Derrick B. Jelliffe
1979
Professor Derrick Jelliffe was an internationally recognized expert on public health and nutrition. He
devoted almost the whole of his professional life to the problems of child care in the developing world.
Born 20 January 1921 in Rochester, England
Died 17 March 1992
- Studied in London and in the United States
- MB 1943, MD, FRCP, FAAP, FAPHA
- Professor of Pediatrics in Universities of the West Indies, Calcutta and East Africa (Makerere University) 1959–1966
- Professor of Community Nutrition, University of the West Indies
- Director Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute Jamaica 1966–1972
- Head, Division of Population and Family Health 1972–1990
- Professor of Public Health and Professor of Pediatrics, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, UCLA Los Angeles 1972–1991
- Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Pediatrics, UCLA 1991–1992
- Courses in maternal and child nutrition, nutritional assessment, the public health significance of human lactation, refugee health programs, and advances in international maternal and child health
President, Association of Pediatrics of India, 1955
President, Association of Physicians of East Africa, 1966
Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Uppsala University 1981
Books
21 books and approximately 300 papers about maternal and child health and nutrition in developing countries.
Editor and founder
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1955–1992
WHO Expert Panel on Nutrition 1964–1992
Chairman
Committee on ”The Significance of colostrum” 1990–1993
Consultant
USAID, UNICEF, WHO, PAHO, INCS etc.
Awards and Honors
- Rosen von Rosenstein Medal (Swedish Pediatric Society), 1969
- Gopalan Orator and Medal (Indian Society of Nutrition), 1976
- Inauguration of Derrick B. Jelliffe Lectureship (Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dieticians), 1979
- The Lifetime achievement award, International Health Section, American Public Health Association, Washington DC, 1992
