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Dr '''Ann Prentice''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FMedSci|FAfN|FRSB|sep=,}} (born 1952) is a British [[nutritionist]].
Dr '''Ann Prentice''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FMedSci|FAfN|FRSB|sep=,}} (born 1952) is a British [[nutritionist]].


Prentice studied chemistry at the [[University of Oxford]], then medical physics at the [[University of Surrey]], and natural sciences at [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="HoMBRG">{{cite Q|Q29581763}}</ref>
Prentice studied chemistry at the [[University of Oxford]], then medical physics at the [[University of Surrey]], and natural sciences at [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="HoMBRG">{{cite Q|Q29581763}}</ref>


Since 1978, her career has been with the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]], both in the United Kingdom and [[The Gambia]]<ref name="HoMBRG" /> at the [https://www.mrc.gm/ MRC Unit The Gambia]. She has also worked in [[Bangladesh]], [[China]], [[South Africa]], and [[Uganda]]. Since 1998 she has been the head of the MRC's collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research (HNR) (latterly called the "[[MRC Human Nutrition Research|Elsie Widdowson Laboratory]]"),<ref name="HoMBRG" /> until its closure in December 2018. Her [https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ann-prentice/ research group] subsequently moved to the [https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/ MRC Epidemiology Unit] within the University of Cambridge [[School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge|School of Clinical Medicine]] where she is [https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/special/04/section7.shtml#heading2-16 Honorary Professor of Global Nutrition and Health].
Since 1978, her career has been with the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]], both in the United Kingdom and [[The Gambia]]<ref name="HoMBRG" /> at the [https://www.mrc.gm/ MRC Unit The Gambia]. She has also worked in [[Bangladesh]], [[China]], [[South Africa]], and [[Uganda]]. Since 1998 she has been the head of the MRC's collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research (HNR) (latterly called the "[[MRC Human Nutrition Research|Elsie Widdowson Laboratory]]"),<ref name="HoMBRG" /> until its closure in December 2018. Her [https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ann-prentice/ research group] subsequently moved to the [https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/ MRC Epidemiology Unit] within the University of Cambridge [[School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge|School of Clinical Medicine]] where she is [https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2017-18/special/04/section7.shtml#heading2-16 Honorary Professor of Global Nutrition and Health].

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Ann Prentice
OBE, FMedSci, FAfN, FRSB
Born1952 (age 71–72)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationNutritionist
EmployerMedical Research Council
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Professor Ann Prentice

Dr Ann Prentice OBE, FMedSci, FAfN, FRSB (born 1952) is a British nutritionist.

Prentice studied chemistry at the University of Oxford, then medical physics at the University of Surrey, and natural sciences at the University of Cambridge.[1]

Since 1978, her career has been with the Medical Research Council, both in the United Kingdom and The Gambia[1] at the MRC Unit The Gambia. She has also worked in Bangladesh, China, South Africa, and Uganda. Since 1998 she has been the head of the MRC's collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research (HNR) (latterly called the "Elsie Widdowson Laboratory"),[1] until its closure in December 2018. Her research group subsequently moved to the MRC Epidemiology Unit within the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine where she is Honorary Professor of Global Nutrition and Health.

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MRC Keneba, The Gambia in 2018

She has served on the UK Government's Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) since its inception, serving as the Chair between 2010 - 2020. She is a member of the SACN Subgroup on Maternal and Child Nutrition (SMCN). From 2004 to 2007, she served as president of the Nutrition Society.[1]

She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), a Fellow of the Association for Nutrition (FAfN), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).[1][2]

Prentice is the recipient of numerous honours, awards and prizes; she received the British Nutrition Foundation Prize in 2011, the Institut Candia's Laureate de Le Prix Scientifique in 1998, and the Robert and Edna Langholz Award for International Nutrition in 2004.[2] In 2018 she received the Macy-György Award (International Society of Research into Human Milk and Lactation), in 2017 she was made honorary Fellow of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences. She was the recipient of the 2020 inaugural Widdowson Award, named in honour of Elsie Widdowson, from the Nutrition Society in recognition of her excellent contribution to the field of public health nutrition.[3] On 7 December 2020, she delivered her Widdowson Award lecture entitled "Hard facts and misfits: essential ingredients of public health nutrition research".

She holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey, and Honorary Professorships at the University of the Witwatersrand and at Shenyang Medical College[2] in addition to her Professorship at the University of Cambridge.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Stefania Crowther; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2009). The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. London: History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-119-6. Wikidata Q29581763.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr Ann Prentice". Cambridge University. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Widdowson Award winner announced - Professor Ann Prentice | The Nutrition Society". www.nutritionsociety.org. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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