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IUNS Fellows

The Fellows of IUNS (FIUNS) are nutrition scientists who in the opinion of the IUNS Council have rendered outstanding service to the cause of nutrition.

Nominations:

Names of candidates for fellowship can be proposed by:

  • Adhering Bodies of IUNS
  • National Science Academies and Nutrition Institutions and
  • IUNS Fellows

Candidates cannot apply on their own behalf.

Fellows of IUNS are selected based on:

1. Outstanding nutrition research:

  • Contributions to the advancement of knowledge
  • Scientific publications in reputed international journals
  • Academic achievements

2. Development of nutritional science:

  • Establishment of nutrition centres
  • Human resource development
  • National projects
  • Formulation of national nutrition policies and programmes

3. National recognition in terms of awards/prizes/honours.

4. Contribution to IUNS and other international organisations in the field of nutrition.

The election of Fellows will take place once in 4 years, during the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN).

Nominations must include:

  • A completed online application form
  • A letter of recommendation
  • A short curriculum vitae or biography
  • The candidates’ scientific achievements and
  • A list of their publications

Deadline for nomination submission: 31st January 2025

Nominate a 2025 Fellow of IUNS



Fellows of IUNS

Fellows 2025

  • Rebecca Kuriyan Raj (India)
  • Subbarao M. Gavaravarapu (India)
  • Hisanori Kato (Japan)
  • Teruo Miyazawa (Japan)
  • Jonathan Hodgson (Australia)
  • Barbara Meyer (Australia)
  • Wayne Bryden (Australia)
  • Xiaoguang Yang (China)
  • Aiguo Ma (China)
  • Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa (Philippines)
  • Shafiqul Sarker (Bangladesh)

Fellows 2022

  • Reynaldo Martorell (USA)
  • Leah Gramlich (Canada)
  • Michael Thomas Clandinin (Canada)
  • Mary L’Abbé (Canada)
  • Sean Strain (UK)
  • M Barbara Livingstone (Northern Ireland)
  • Albert Flynn (Ireland)
  • Ngozi M. Nnam (Nigeria)
  • Wen-Harn Pan (Taiwan)
  • Paul Amuna (Ghana)
  • Frank Dunshea (Australia)
  • Caryl Nowson (Australia)
  • Andrew Sinclair (Australia)
  • Vanisha Nambiar (India)
  • Barbara Burlingame (New Zealand and USA)
  • G.Bhanuprakash Reddy (India)
  • Duo Li (Australia)
  • Inga Thorsdottir (Iceland)

Fellows 2017

  • Alan Jackson (UK)
  • Ann Prentice (UK)
  • Gretel Pelto (USA)
  • Ridwan Hardinsyah (Indonesia)
  • Heiner Boeing (Germany)
  • Helen Roche (Ireland)
  • Kenneth Brown (USA)
  • Ladda Mo-suwan (Thailand)
  • Makoto Shimizu (Japan)
  • Marcela Gonzalez Gross (Spain)
  • Yuexin Yang (China)
  • Salome Kruger (South Africa)
  • R. Hemalatha (India)
  • Johann Jerling (South Africa)
  • Lindsay Allen (USA)
  • Maria Puy Portillo (Spain)
  • Miguel Angel Martinez (Spain)
  • Juan Rivera (Mexico)
  • Mohammed Abdul Mannan (Bangladesh)
  • Joyce Kinabo (Tanzania)
  • Helene McNulty (Ireland)
  • Carmen Vidal (Spain)
  • Rajkumar Hemalatha (India)

Fellows 2013

  • Helmut F. Erbersdobler (Germany)
  • Anura Vishwanath Kurpad (India)
  • Michael J. Gibney (Ireland)
  • Denis Lairon (France)
  • Tola Atinmo (Nigeria)
  • Luis Alberto Moreno Aznar (Spain)
  • Ascensión Marcos (Spain)
  • Zulfiqar A. Bhutta (Pakistan)
  • Ian Macdonald (UK)
  • Christine Mary Williams (UK)
  • Osman Mahmoud Galal (Egypt/ USA)
  • Este Vorster (South Africa)

Fellows 2009

  • Ebenezer Asibey Berko (Ghana)
  • Harriet Kuhnlein (Canada)
  • Nahla Hwalla (Lebanon)
  • Hiroshige Itakura (Japan)
  • Tadashi Noguchi (Japan)
  • Charlotte Neumann (USA)
  • Barry Popkin (USA)
  • Ching-Jang Huang (Taiwan)

Fellows  2005

  • Olaoluwa Akinyele (Nigeria)
  • Corazon Veron Cruz-Barba (Philippines)
  • Anna Ferro-Luzzi (Italy)
  • Jean-Pierre Habicht (USA)
  • Leif Hambraeus (Sweden)
  • Joseph Hautvast (Netherlands)
  • Basil Hetzel (Australia)
  • Gu Jing-Fan (China)
  • Mohd Ismail Noor (Malaysia)
  • Ruth Oniang’o (Kenya)
  • Victor Adebambo Oyenuga (Nigeria)
  • Alain Rerat (France)
  • Michihiro Sugano (Japan)
  • Barbara Underwood (USA)
  • Aree Valyasevi (Thailand)
  • Kyoden Yasumoto (Japan)

 Fellows 2001

  • Christian A. Barth (Germany)
  • Stanislaw Berger (Poland)
  • Cecilia A. Florencio (The Philippines)
  • Keyou Ge (China)
  • Kamala Krishnaswamy (India)
  • Mohammad Ataur Rahman (Pakistan)
  • Arthur Stewart Truswell (Australia)

Fellows 1997

  • Jose Mario Bengoa (Venezuela)
  • Chun-Ming Chen (China)
  • F. Grande Covian (Spain)
  • Patrocinio E. de Guzman (Philippines)
  • R. Devadas (India)
  • Jane Kusin (Netherlands)
  • Adewale Olufunmilola Omololu (Nigeria)
  • B.S. Narasinga Rao (India)
  • Marion Robinson (New Zealand)
  • Irwin Rosenberg (USA)
  • Florentino Solon (Philippines)
  • J.C. Somogyi (Switzerland)
  • J.C. Waterlow (UK)
  • R.G. Whitehead (UK)

Fellows 1993

  • Gyorgy Biro (Hungary)
  • D.H. Calloway (USA)
  • J.E. Dutra de Oliveira (Brazil)
  • R.F. Florentino (The Philippines)
  • A.L. Forbes (USA)
  • J. Gay (Cuba)
  • C. Gopalan (India)
  • Yang Guangqi (China)
  • Po-Chao Huang (Taiwan)
  • Carmen L. Intengan (The Philippines)
  • J. Leibetseder (Austria)
  • R. Luyken (The Netherlands)
  • Vinodini Reddy (India)
  • N.S. Scrimshaw (USA)
  • Antonia Trichopoulou (Greece)
  • A.R.P. Walker (South Africa)