Mark Wahlqvist
researcher
Mark Lawrence Wahlqvist (born 5 February 1942) is an Australian physician, academic, and public health nutritionist known for his contributions to human nutrition, food policy, eco-nutritional science, and global public health.
Wahlqvist was the first appointed Professor of Human Nutrition in Australia and has held senior academic positions domestically and internationally, as well as leadership roles in major nutrition science organizations. His academic appointments include an Emeritus Professorship at Monash University, along with Honorary Professorships at Deakin University and Zhejiang University.
He served as President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) from 2001 to 2005.
In 2000, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Early life and education
Wahlqvist was born in 1942 in Adelaide, South Australia, and attended Westbourne Park Primary School and Unley High School. He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, earning a BMedSc with Honours in 1963 and an MBBS in 1966. He earned a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of Adelaide in 1970 with a thesis titled 'Arterial Wall Metabolism and Atherogenesis', and a second MD from Uppsala University, Sweden, in 1972, presenting the thesis 'Substrate and Hormone Inter-relationships in Human Myocardial Metabolism'.
Academic and professional career
Wahlqvist began his academic and medical career with research in metabolic physiology and clinical medicine. He served in senior academic roles in both Australia and Sweden before becoming the Foundation Professor of Human Nutrition at Deakin University in 1978.
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