SPEAKER'S PROFILES
Chunming Chen
Professor on Nutrition, Senior Advisor, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
EDUCATION
1943-1947 Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Central University Bachelor of Science
POSITION HELD AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2001 - present Chairperson of the Board, ThankTank Research Center for Health Development
1992 - present Senior Advisor and Professor, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine before 2002)
1985 - present Professor on Nutrition, Chinese Center for Disease Control
1983 - 1992 Founding President, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
1989 - 1999 Dean, Union School of Public Health, Beijing Union Medical University
1982 - 1984
Director-General, Department of Health and Epidemic Prevention, Ministry of Public Health
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
2001-present Senior Advisor, State Consultative Committee on Food and Nutrition
INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Jan. 2004-present Advisor, International Life Science Institute Focal Point in China
2002 - present Board member of Center for Health promotion, ILSI
2002 - present Member, Board of Directors, GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition)
1995 - present Member of Advisory Group for 2020 Vision, International Food Policy Research Institute
1996 - present Member of Advisory Committee of International Obesity Task Force
1993 - Jan.2004 Director, International Life Science Institute Focal Point in China
2000 - 2004 Member, Reference Group for Strategy for Non-communicable Disease Prevention of World Health Organization
2000 - 2005 Member, FAO Eminent Expert Panel on Ethics on Food and Agriculture
1979 - 2002 Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition, World Health Organization
MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
International Life Science Institute Focal Point in China
Fellow, International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
Honorary Chair, Chinese Nutrition Society
RESEARCH WORK
Establishment of China Food and Nutrition Surveillance System and 15 year Surveillance during 1990-2005
Nutrition policy research based on 2002 National survey on Nutrition and health status of Chinese residents
Child nutrition and complementary feeding programs
Food fortification in China focused on anemia prevention
