Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal

Dr Maria de las Nieves Garcia-Casal (born 1962 in A Coruña, Galicia (Spain)), is the first nutritionist and first woman to lead the Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN) as its President during the period 2012 to 2015 [1] She is currently the President of the Venezuelan Chapter of the Society for the period 2014–2016. Her research includes iron nutrition and also the assessment of marine algae as a source of food for humans.[2]

She was the head of the Center of Experimental Medicine at Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research in Caracas, Venezuela. Currently she works as scientist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.[3]

Garcia-Casal has been awarded numerous national and international awards for her scientific contributions to health and nutrition. In 2009, Bengoa Foundation awarded Garcia-Casal a research award for her work in diabetes with Fundacion Seguros Caracas[4][5]

References
  1. "Maria Nieves Garcia Casal". Nutrition 2014. Retrieved 2016-8-23
  2. "En Venezuela hay algas marinas aptas para el consumo humano". www.el-nacional.com. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  3. . July 2018 https://www.who.int/nutrition/about_us/structure/en/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Premio a la Investigación en Diabetes 2009". www.fundacionbengoa.org. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  5. "Fundación Bengoa informa". Anales Venezolanos de Nutrición. 22 (2): 113–115. ISSN 0798-0752.


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