The Helene B. Robertson Professor of Pediatrics at WashU in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Graduated with a degree in chemical engineering before turning to medicine, which influenced the role he played in saving the lives of many thousands of children
Developed the first ready-to-use lipid-based therapeutic food for children and published successful trial results back in 2001
Worked on different formulations and published a dozen clinical trials
Hugely productive in other fields through leading the on-the-ground components in Malawi of innovative microbiome studies led by his colleague at WashU, Jeff Gordon
