PATRON: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
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Research
Advisory Panel

The Mother and Child Foundation Advisory Panel

Panel member's Name

Institution

Organisation

Speciality/ Discipline

Date of Appointment

Stephen Cunnane

University of Sherbrooke

Research Centre for Aging

Nutrition and Lipid Biology

1994

Laurence Harbige

University of Greenwich

School of Science

Immunology

1994

Frits Muskiet

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Maternal Nutrition

2006

Clara Lowy

King's College London

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1994

Rosemary Fost

Layperson

McCarrison Society

Public Health

2006

Holm Holmsen

University of Bergen

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology

1994

Jan Katzen-Luchenta

Khalsa Montessori School, Phoenix

N/A

Pre-school teacher

2006

Krishna Somers

Retired

N/A

Tropical Cardiologist

2006

Kate Start

N/A

School Meals Programme in Southwark

Dietician

2006

Dr Anne Gibson

Freeman of the City of London

N/A

Morbid Anatomy

1994

 
 
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