Stanley Zlotkin

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Stanley Zlotkin
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Philosophy
Medical career
Profession	Professor
Field	Paediatrics
Institutions	Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto
Sub-specialties	Paediatrics Public Health Sciences Nutritional Science
Research	Micronutrient malnutrition
Awards	H J Heinz Humanitarian Award CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award Ashoka Fellowship

Stanley Howard Zlotkin, CM OOnt is a Canadian Professor of Paediatrics, Public Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto.^[1]

Zlotkin holds an undergraduate degree in Ecology from the University of Toronto, a M.D. from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario), and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Toronto. He also received a Paediatric Fellowship (FRCPC) from McGill University. As part of his career as a clinical nutritionist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Zlotkin was Head of the multi-faceted Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition for two five-year terms between 1998 and 2008, and was followed in July 2008 by Dr. Anne Griffiths. Zlotkin is currently head of SickKids' Centre for Global Child Health.^[2][3]

Zlotkin is a frequent consultant to governments and United Nations agencies on issues related to paediatric nutrition.

He received the H J Heinz Humanitarian Award in 2001 for his international contribution to the health of children globally,^[4] The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) awarded him the CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award in 2006 for "outstanding contributions to the health of children worldwide".^[5] In 2006 was awarded the Order of Canada for his contributions to improving the lives of children,^[6] including his work on Sprinkles, a nutrient-packed powder that mothers around the world add to baby food to prevent anemia and other ailments.^[7] In 2007 he received the International Ashoka Fellowship.^[8] In January 2016, he was awarded Order of Ontario.^[9]

His research interests involve:

• Examining mineral requirements and metabolism in premature and full-term infants, especially iron.
• Clinical trials to treat and prevent iron and vitamin A deficiency.
• Establishing evidence-based nutrition public policy.

He has active research in Canada (supported by Health Canada^[10] and the CDC), Ghana (supported by the CIHR), Mongolia (supported by World Vision^[11] and the H J Heinz Foundation^[12]) and India (supported by the CIHR). He is the inaugural Chief of the Centre for Global Child Heath at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.^[13]