Professor Philip Calder has been named as the tenth recipient of the Danone International Prize for Nutrition.
The prize, which is one of the most distinguished honours in the field of nutritional science, carries with it a donation of 120,000 €. It is awarded every two years to reward internationally outstanding researchers and promote their work in this field. This is not the first time that a Southampton professor has received the award. In 2005 Professor David Barker, was the recipient, for the Barker Early Origins Hypothesis, also known as the fetal origins hypothesis or the thrifty phenotype hypothesis.
Professor Calder, also of the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, said as he received the award at the recent Experimental Biology Congress in San Diego:
“It is a great honour to receive the Danone International Prize for Nutrition. To me, it represents recognition by the nutrition community of 25 years of research in nutrition, immunology and omega-3 fatty acid functionality. It is also an encouragement to keep going further along this path. Our new findings from the Salmon in Pregnancy Study indicate that early nutrition interventions, even during pregnancy, can have long lasting effects on health.”
Promoting research, education and training in the field of nutritional health is the mission of the Danone Institute International.
The press release and a video of Professor Calder speaking about the award is available on the University website.