Derrick B. Jelliffe
1979
- 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
- 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
