Professor Andrew Prentice
Professor of International Nutrition, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andrew Prentice is Professor of International Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Based in The Gambia he is Head of the Nutrition & Planetary Health Theme at the MRC Unit The Gambia @ LSHTM. He has researched maternal & child health in low income settings for over 45 years. Currently his primary interests are in iron, infection and anemia and in the effect of a mother’s diet at conception on the baby’s epigenome. His work has been recognised but national and international awards. He was recently elected an International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.