Andrew Prentice
- Professor of International Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Head of the the Nutrition & Planetary Health Theme at the MRC Unit The Gambia (MRCG)
- Through a combination of discovery research and clinical trials his team is focused on developing better interventions in maternal and child nutrition
- Contributed to numerous national and international expert groups and advisory bodies
- Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and was recently elected as an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
- Specific interests are in iron, infection and anemia, and how the maternal diet at the time of conceiving a baby affects the fetal epigenome with life-long effects on health
Podcasts from this author
Esther Van de Voort - Digital agriculture: New frontiers for the food system - Workshop 102 - Round Table - Episode 25
Kevin Chen - Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security - Workshop 102 - Round Table - Episode 24
Andrew Prentice - Human growth patterns – an evolutionary and cross-species perspective - Workshop 102 - Session 1 - Episode 15
Sarah Cusick - Nourishing healthy brain growth and development in young children - Workshop 102 - Session 1 - Episode 18
Videos from this author
Round Table: Healthy growth within a healthy planet
Publications from this author
Annales 80.1 - Foods for the future and their potential impact on child nutrition
Annales 79.2 - Children‘s Diets in a Changing World