Ann Prentice

Ann Prentice OBE (* 1952 ) is a British nutritionist .

Life

Prentice studied chemistry at Oxford University , then medical physics at Surrey University and natural sciences at Cambridge University .

Since 1978 she has worked for the Medical Research Council , both in Great Britain and in China and Gambia. In 1998 she became director of the MRC Collaborative Center for Nutritional Research (most recently called " Elsie Widdowson Laboratory ").

She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition in the United Kingdom and President of the UK Nutrition Society from 2004 to 2007.

Awards and honors

She holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey and honorary professorships from the University of the Witwatersrand and Shenyang Medical College.

1998: Laureat de le Prix Scientifique, Institut Candia, France

2004: Edna and Robert Langholz Award for International Nutrition, USA

2006: Officer of the Order of the British Empire , for Nutrition Services

2010: Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (elected)

2011: Fellow of the Association for Nutrition (elected)

2011: British Nutrition Foundation Prize

2011: Nutrition Society Gold Medal

2012: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (elected)

2012: Honorary Fellow of the Association for Nutrition

2014: Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University of Surrey

2015: Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

2016: Honorary Fellow of The Nutrition Society

2017: Fellow of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (honorary)

2018: Macy-György Award (International Society of Research into Human Milk and Lactation)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000 - The History of Modern Biomedicine. In: histmodbiomed.org. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
↑ Dr Ann Prentice - EWL. In: ac.uk. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on August 30, 2018 ; accessed on January 18, 2020 .

Web links

Professor Ann Prentice. In: ac.uk. MRC Epidemiology Unit, accessed January 17, 2020 (American English).
Ann Prentice - The Nutrition Society. In: nutritionsociety.org. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Prentice, Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British nutritionist
DATE OF BIRTH	1952

[histmodbiomed-1] The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000 - The History of Modern Biomedicine. In: histmodbiomed.org. Retrieved January 18, 2020 .

[mrc-ewl.cam.ac-2] Dr Ann Prentice - EWL. In: ac.uk. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on August 30, 2018 ; accessed on January 18, 2020 .