Stanley Zlotkin
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Nutritional Sciences and Public Health, University of Toronto
Dr. Stanley Zlotkin received his medical training at McMaster University, paediatric training at McGill University, Montreal, and obtained a Ph.D. in Nutrition at the University of Toronto. He has worked as a clinician-nutritionist and research scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children since 1980. He is currently a Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics, Nutritional Sciences and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto, a senior scientist in the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Hospital. He is also the Executive Director of the newly formed Sprinkles Global Health Initiative at the Hospital for Sick Children. He recently became a Research Fellow in the new University of Toronto Centre for International Health. As well as being a consultant on nutritional issues to Canadian Federal and Provincial governments, he is past Chair of the Nutrition Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society and past Chair of the Research Ethics Board of the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Zlotkin's research interests involve:
(i) Clinical trials to treat and prevent iron and other micronutrient deficiencies through home-fortification with Sprinkles;
(ii) Establishing evidence-based nutrition public policy.
He has active research projects in Canada, Ghana, Bangladesh and Pakistan. He is a recipient of the HJ Heinz Humanitarian Award (for his international efforts related to micronutrient deficiencies) and recently the Earle Willard McHenry Award for his long-term commitment to nutrition research in Canada. He has numerous peer-reviewed publication in the field of paediatric nutrition.
Updated: 12 Mar 2007
