Numerary Member
Health Sciences: Doctor in Pharmacy
Date of admission: October 24, 2019
Admission speech: «Evolution and Revolution in the Scientific Knowledge of Dietary Intake in Spain»
Reply speech: Dr. Javier Aranceta Bartrina, Doctor in Medicine and Surgery
Dr. GREGORIO VARELA MOREIRAS
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, and Director of the CEU University Institute “Food and Society”.
- Head of the Research Excellence Group “Nutrition for Life”.
- President of the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics Societies (FESNAD).
- Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, and Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia.
- Founding Member of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Food Sciences.
- President of the Scientific Committee of the Health and Mediterranean Diet Agency.
- Member of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Council of IMDEA-Food (Community of Madrid), and of the Nutrition Committee of the Spanish Heart Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of more than 250 indexed scientific articles, over 50 book chapters, and editor of 15 books.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Commander of the Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
- International Hippocrates Award for Medical Research in Human Nutrition.
- Dr. Marañón Award for Outstanding Scientific Work in Food Studies.
- Grand Prix de la Science de l’Alimentation, International Academy of Gastronomy.
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