Background
GURNEY, Dr JOHN MICHAEL was born on March 31, 1933 in London, United Kingdom.
GURNEY, Dr JOHN MICHAEL was born on March 31, 1933 in London, United Kingdom.
St Thomas Hospital Medical School, United Kingdom, 1951-1959, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Liverpool School of Hygiene & Tropical Medical, United Kingdom, 1963, Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medical, 1965-1966, Doctor in Public Health, Member of the Faculty of Community Medicine.
Spoken languages: English, French.
Regional Nutrition Advisor, World Health Organization Regional Office(s) for South East Asia since 1989. Senior Programme Officer, Joint World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Nutrition Support Programme, Geneva, 1983-1989. Director, Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute, World Health Organization/PAHO, Jamaica, 7783.
Manager, Regional Nutrition Training Project(s) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/World Health Organization), Lebanon/Egypt, 1975-1977. Medical Officer, Caribbean Food & Nutrition Institute, 1969-1975. Lecturer/Medical Rch Fellow, Food Science & Applied Nutrition Unit, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1966-1969.
District Medical Officer, Department of Medical Services, Solomon Islands, 1959-1965.
Member: International Anaemia Consultative Group. International Union of Nutritional Sciences Working Groups: Growth Monitoring and Nutritional Action and Assessment of Population Nutrition Status, Programme Evaluation.
Spouse Jean Elaine, National of Jamaica.