Michael Dunn is, , the director of

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's Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science. Dunn was the leader a team also including BYU students Kathryn Burton and Adam Richins that developed a way to make corn

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s which were fortified with iron and other essential vitamins to aid the health of people who live primarily on corn tortillas, such as most children in

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. Dunn worked for the International Food Network before joining the BYU faculty five years ago. Dunn received a Ph.D. from

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in 1996.

Sources

BYU faculty listing

''Salt Lake Tribune'' article on Dunn's tortilla work

BYU newsnet article on Dunn's corn fortification project

''Daily Herald'' article on project

Agriculture Academia "Who's Who" sight listing for Dunn
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