Carla Prado
Dr Carla Prado is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. She holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Integrative Nutrition, Body Composition and Energy Metabolism. She directs the Human Nutrition Research Unit, a premier facility for body composition and energy metabolism research. Her research focuses on the impact of abnormal body composition in chronic diseases and developing targeted nutritional interventions to mitigate these impacts. Dr Prado serves as an Associate Editor of two top Journals in her field. Dr Prado is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists – two of the highest academic honors in her country. She has been recognized in the ‘Canada’s Top 40 under 40’ list, and named as one of the ‘Most Powerful Women in Canada: Top 100’. She is also the recipient of the ASPEN 2025 Stanley J. Dudrick Research Award, given to researchers who have demonstrated exceptional research productivity and contributions to the field of nutrition therapy. Dr Prado has also been distinguished as a Highly Cited Researcher by ClarivateTM, placing her among the top researchers globally for her significant and broad influence in her field.
Dr. Prado is an expert in assessing nutritional status through the precise measurement of body composition and energy metabolism. The focus of her current research program is to investigate the prevalence and health outcomes of abnormal body composition phenotypes in patients with diverse chronic conditions. She is also developing targeted nutrition interventions to optimize body composition and improve health outcomes.
Dr. Prado obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Alberta and has completed further training at the Cross Cancer Institute (Canada), the National Institutes of Health (USA), Newcastle University (UK), and the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (USA). She is an Associate Editor of top two Journals in her field. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists - two of the highest academic honors in her country. She has also been recognized in the ‘Canada’s Top 40 under 40’ list, named as one of the ‘Most Powerful Women in Canada: Top 100’, and distinguished as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate™ (Web of Science).
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