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Appendix G: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 151-158

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... As a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and advisory bodies of the World Health Organization, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and other international organizations, he assists with the development of research and policies intended to improve child health.
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From page 152...
... Dr. Black is the recipient of the Programme for Global Paediatric Research Award for Outstanding Contributions to Global Child Health in 2010, the Prince Mahidol Award for Public Health in 2010, the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award in 2011, the Nutrition Leadership Award from Sight and Life in 2013, and the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award in 2016.
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From page 153...
... Zulfiqar A Bhutta, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., is the Robert Harding Inaugural Chair in Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; CoDirector of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health; and the Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University, unique joint appointments.
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From page 154...
... . In 2009 she was appointed as an expert for the European Food Safety Authority Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies Panel and the Working Groups on Dietary Reference Values and Health Claims.
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From page 155...
... He has experience in the design and implementation of randomized controlled trials and observational epidemiologic studies of perinatal health and infectious diseases, with emphasis on nutritional factors. These include examining the epidemiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes, childhood infections, and HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria among populations in Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, Uganda, and other developing countries.
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From page 156...
... Her methodological expertise has led to contributions to several methodological guidance documents. She gave lectures on statistical methods in various master training programmes including the BIOSAFE summer school jointly organized by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università degli Studi di Milano, and EFSA.
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From page 157...
... She is currently a member of several international committees related to nutrition advocacy, food policy, micronutrients, and implementation science. Her research interests include micronutrient assessment, bioavailability, and metabolism; efficacy of food-based interventions to address micronutrient deficiencies; maternal and child nutrition policy; and program implementation.
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