Suttilak Smitasiri

Suttilak Smitasiri "is Head of the Division of Communication and Behavioral Science at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, in Thailand, and has been associated with the Institute since 1980. She has published widely on nutrition education, communication, and behavior change, and on micronutrient malnutrition, and is a reviewer for the Food and Nutrition Bulletin and the Journal of Nutrition Education. Smitasiri has served as a consultant to WHO, UNICEF, FAO, Helen Keller International, and the World Bank on nutrition issues in Southeast Asia, and is a member of several international expert panels on nutrition, including the International Vitamin A Consultative Group. She has advised Ph.D. students at the University of Queensland in Australia and Aarhus University in Denmark. She received her Ph.D. in community nutrition from the University of Queensland and masters degrees in communications from Stanford University in the USA and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand."


 * Vice Chair, International Food Policy Research Institute