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Kathryn G. Dewey, PhD (she/her/hers)

Distinguished Professor Emerita
University of California, Davis
Davis, California, United States

Kathryn Dewey is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. She was a co-founder of the UC Davis Program in International and Community Nutrition (now the Institute for Global Nutrition) and served as its Director from 2007 to 2018. Dr. Dewey’s research focuses on maternal and child nutrition in vulnerable populations, with an emphasis on interventions to prevent malnutrition during the first 1000 days. She has led numerous randomized trials and cohort studies in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Ghana, Malawi, and Bangladesh. She is an author of more than 500 publications. Her full bibliography is available at this URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1R9q5pf4wzz5B/bibliography/public/

Dr. Dewey's has an extensive record of professional service to WHO, UNICEF and other organizations during the past 40 years, including membership on the 2020 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board for the National Academies, the Board of Directors for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, the WHO Guidelines Development Group on Complementary Feeding, the WHO Guidelines Development Group on Prevention and Treatment of Wasting, the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts (STAGE) for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, the FAO/WHO Expert Group on Nutrient Requirements for Children aged 0-36 Months and several other advisory committees. Dr. Dewey has received several awards, including the Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition, the Macy-György Award from the International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, the E.V. McCollum International Lectureship, and Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition.

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