Neuroscience of poverty

University of Yale, USA

Dr. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla is Professor of Epidemiology & Public Health and Director of the Global Health Concentration and of the Office of Public Health Practice at the Yale School of Public Health. He obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and his masters in food science, doctorate in maternal-child nutrition and postdoctorate in integrated early child development at the University of California at Davis. His research program focuses on maternal-child nutrition and household food insecurity measurement, and health outcomes globally. He has published over 180 research articles in prestigious peer reviewed journals in his field. He is a member of the Food and Nutrition Board of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and served as a member of the USA 2010 and 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and the 2016 Lancet Early Childhood Development Series, and chaired the HER-RWJF expert panel on responsive parenting feeding guidelines for infants and young toddlers. He is currently a senior scientific advisor to UNICEF, The World Health Organization, the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was recently awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.