Reynaldo Martorell is the

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of International Nutrition at

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. He has been on faculty at

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and

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. He is also a director of the International Nutrition Foundation, vice president of the Pan American Health and Education Foundation and an advisor to

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He has also been President of the Society for International Nutrition Research. Martorell graduated from

St. Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

with a bachelor's degree in anthropology followed by a PhD in biological anthropology from the

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Awards and recognition

*McCollum International Lectureship *International Nutrition Prize *Health Award, Carlos Slim Foundation

References

External links

Reynaldo Martorell – Emory University
Emory University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Washington alumni American nutritionists Saint Louis University alumni Members of the National Academy of Medicine {{US-academic-stub