The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health will have its 18th Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture on Monday, October 2, 2023 at 4:30 pm. This year's speaker will be Miguel A. Martínez-González, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health, Universidad de Navarra, Spain; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. (More details to follow.)
Professor Martinez-Gonzalez is a member of CIBEROBN and founder of the "Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra" (SUN) Mediterranean cohort. He also coordinates the PREDIMED Research Network and is PI of PREDIMED-Plus, a large multi-center primary prevention trial using an energy-reduced-Mediterranean diet, physical activity, and weight loss. He recently received the National Gregorio Maranon Award for Medical Research, awarded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain's most important recognition of someone in the field of scientific research.