Background
Uauy, Ricardo was born on December 29, 1948 in Santiago, Chile. Son of Nicolás A. and Olga I. (Dagach) University.
Uauy, Ricardo was born on December 29, 1948 in Santiago, Chile. Son of Nicolás A. and Olga I. (Dagach) University.
Doctor of Medicine, University Chile, Santiago, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977.
Associate professor, U. Chile, 1976-1981;
professor, U. Chile, 1981-1984;
professor, U. Chile, since 1991;
director Institute Nutrition, U. Chile, 1994;
associate professor, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1985-1991. Member NTSS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1989-1993. Member protein-energy committee Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/World Health Organization/UNU, Rome, 1981.
Member fats and oils committee Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/World Health Organization, Rome, 1993. Research in field.
Fellow American Academy Pediatrics. Member Society for Pediatric Research, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Chilean Nutrition Society (past president), Latin American Pediatric Research Society.
Married Teresa V. Valdivia, March 2, 1973. Children: Nicolás, Ricardo, Cristóbal.