Meeting a Fellow Palestinian At a Government Event
Dr. Elmadfa is a Palestinian, he is originate from Jaffa, a city which the zionist forces captured and depopulated in 1948. His family was forced to move to Egypt when he was of age five. After all these years Dr. Elmadfa still remembers his departure from Jaffa to the camps in the Sinai desert. He relates: “they put us in a small truck on the top of each other and threw us out into a camps in the Egyptian desert, where we spent six months. Then they forced us to move again, this time they threw into the Gaza Strip and told us “Gaza is your new homeland”.
Curriculum Vitae (short version)
Univ.-Prof. emer. Dr. Ibrahim ElmadfaDepartment of Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna
Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel +43 1 4277 54911 Email: ibrahim [dot] elmadfa [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] atPersonal data
Born 1943 in Jaffa, Palestine.
Austrian and German citizenship.
Married, one child.Education
1950-1961 UNRWA Schools for the Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip
1961 Secondary School Leaving Certificate
1962-1968 Training in Food Science and Technology at the University of Assiut, Egypt (BSc. 1966)
and in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Giessen, Germany
(Dipl. oec. troph. 1968)
1970 PhD in Human Nutrition at the University of Giessen (Germany)
1975 Habilitation at the University of Giessen, Germany; Dozent for Human NutritionCareer
1970 – 1990 Teaching Staff Member in different positions, Institute of Nutrition; University of
Giessen
1978 – 1979 Sabbatical, research programme at the Biochemistry Department, Guy´s Hospital
Medical School, London (UK)
1980 – 1990 Professor for Human Nutrition at the University of Giessen (Germany)
1981 Invited professor at the University of Assiut (Egypt)
1990 – 2011 Professor for Nutritional Sciences/Human Nutrition and director of the Institute of
Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna
Since Oct. 2011 Emeritus statusAwards
1967, Apr. “Award of best student” 1962-1966 received at celebrations of the 12th Science Day from the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Gamal Abd-el-Nasser
1978, Oct. “German Book fair, Non-fiction prize”, Team of Authors, Silver Medal
2011, Oct. “Nutra India 2011 International Award” for Outstanding Contribution in
Promoting advancement of Nutrition Science, Research and Development through International Cooperation at global level for Networking, Mysore University and the Nutrition Society of India
2012, Apr. “Large silver medal for services to the Republik of Austria” (Grosses silbernes
Ehrenzeichen für seine Verdienste um die Republik Österreich)Professional activities (non-exhaustive)
1990 FAO short time expert in Kuwait for development and co-ordination of nutritional programmes at the Sabah’s Hospital
1994 Consultant on clinical nutrition and lecturer invited by the Tunisian Ministry of Health
Since 1994 Curator, member of the editorial board and reviewer of several scientific journals1995 / 1996 Member (representing Austria) of the Ad-hoc Committee on Safety Evaluation of
Novel Foods of the OECD
1995-2001 Scientific Advice of the European Commission as member (vice chair) of the Scientific
Committee for Food (SCF)
since 1996 Member of the Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Austriacus, Chairman of the
sub-committee Novel Foodand Novel Technologies
Since 1997 Member of the Steering Committee on Nutrition, Diet and Healthy Life Styles in
Europe of EU commission, DG SANCO, formerly DG V
Since Oct 1997 Member of the network “European Master Public Health and Nutrition”
Since Nov 1999 President of the Austrian Nutrition Society (ÖGE)
2000 to 2011 Editor of Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, and Editor of Forum Nutrition
2001 – 2005 Council member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
2003 – 2006 President of the European Academy of Nutritional Sciences (EANS)
2004 Co-initiation and establishing of the Middle-East and North African Nutrition
Association (MENANA)
Oct 2004 Short time Expert for Capacity Development of UNDP in Yemen
2004 Invited lectures in Safety of Food Fortification in Asian Countries, as an IAEA Expert,
MOH, Hanoi (Vietnam)
2005 – 2006 Consultant for capacity development in Higher Education in Nutrition Science at
Medical Universities in Iran, a World Bank-funded project
2005 – 2009 President-Elect of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
2007 – 2010 Founding member and Vice-President of the Worldwide Public Health Nutrition
Association (WPHNA)
2008 – 2009 Member of Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Fats and Fatty Acids in Human
Nutrition
2008 Short time expert in planning the national nutrition survey, Kuwait
2009 Member of National Childhood Obesity Foundation NOCF, Marblehead, MA, USA
2009 Invited lectures: Launching the Draft Regional Strategy and Action Plan on Nutrition
of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), Cairo, Egypt, and at the Ministry
of ealth, Ramallah, Palestine
2009 – 2013 IUNS-President
Since 2010 Member of the WHO Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG)
Since 2010 Member of the International Advisory Council (IAC) of the WHO-Global Non
Communicable Disease Network (NCDnet)
Since 2010 Scientific cooperation with UNICEF, National Micronutirient Survey with focus on anemia causes in Palestine
Since 2010 Vice-president of the Iberoamerican NutritionFoundation (FINUT)
Since 2012 Member of Steering Group of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSO) on
Nano-Scale ParticlesInterdisciplinary cooperation with
• General Hospital of Vienna (Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien), Department of gastroenterology, Department of diabetology, Department of nephrology and others
• Pediatric Hospital of Vienna (Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde), Vienna, and different paediatric departments of other Austrian hospitals
• Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Institute of Food Chemistry and Food Research (Institut für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Forschung) and Competence Center for Nutrition and Health, Vienna, Austria
• State Institute of Veterinary, Medical and Food Research and Control (Staatliches Veterinär-, Medizinal- und Lebensmitteluntersuchungsamt), Giessen, Germany
• German Institute of Nutrition Research (Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung), Department of Epidemiology, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
• Max Rubner Institute, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Institute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom
• German Foundation for Health Education (Deutsche Stiftung für gesundheitliche Aufklärung)
• Union for Consumer Information (Verein für Konsumenteninformation, Austria)
• WHO–Project “Vienna – Healthy City”, Vienna municipality
• International Life Sciences Institute Europe (ILSI)
• Central Institute of Food Research, Budapest, Hungary
• Scientific co-operation and exchange of expertise and personnel with institutes of nutrition and/or food research in Prague (Czech. Rep.); Budapest (Hungary); Warsaw and Bosnan (Poland); Helsinki (Finland); Karolinska Institutet (Sweden); Al Ain-University (United Arab Emirates); INRAN / Ministry of Health (Rome), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;University of Milano (Italy); Maastricht University, University Wageningen (Netherlands); University of Iceland (Reykjavik, Ice-land); Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, Saft, Kuwait; National Nutrition Institute (NNI), Cairo; American University of Beirut; University of Southhampton, United Kingdom; University of Nebrasca, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA; University of Granada, SpainHonorary member of several national nutrition societiesScience management:
• Establishment and coordination of the study of nutritional sciences at the University of Vienna, development of the curriculum for the study of nutritional sciences (under- and postgraduates: Diplom / Magister, BSc, MSc, Doctorate / PhD Studies)
• Council member of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Vienna
• Member of the committee of budget at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Vienna
• Chairman of the examination board and later Director the Study Programs of nutritional sciences (under- and post graduate including Doctorate study program)
• Supervision and graduation of >100 PhD students in molecular nutrition, nutrition in health and disease at cellular-molecular and population level, food quality / methods of analysis; >1000 diploma and MSc students in nutrition in Giessen and Vienna
• Acquisition and administration of research grants (1991-2011 > 18 million Euro)
• Organisation and chairing of the 17th International Congress of Nutrition, Modern Aspects of Nutrition – Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives, in August 2001 in Vienna (3600 participants)Research interests and projects (non-exhaustive)
(1) Public Health Nutrition, Consumer Health, Nutrition Communication and Education
• Since 1991 conduction of the Austrian Study on Nutritional Status – ASNS in various Austrian population groups:
• Evaluation of the nutritional status of children and adolescents, pregnant women, elderly, adults, disabled, and others as basis for the Austrian Nutrition Report 1998
• Cross sectional studies for the assessment of the nutritional situation in the Austrian population as basis for the Austrian Nutrition Report 2003
• Representative cross sectional studies in all population groups for the evaluation and documentation of the nutrition situation in Austria as the basis for the Austrian Nutrition Report 2008
• Representative study on the laboratory assessment of nutrition and health status in Austria as a basis for the Austrian Nutrition Report 2012
• Assessment of the Physical Activity Level (PAL) in the Austrian population
• Assessment of the impact of fortified foods and supplements on the micronutrient intake in Austria
• Role of antioxidants in the prevention, progression and therapy of diseases; hospital nutrition
• Bioavailability of nutrients in healthy adults and various patient groups including some intervention studies (cancer, diabetes, Crohn´s disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic cardiovascular diseases, nephrotic patients)
• Nutrition Information Network – A Project of Vienna’s City Health Plan
• Pro-Children: How to improve vegetable and fruit consumption in children (EU funded project) 2001-2004
• The European Nutrition and Health Report (EU funded project), 2002-2004 and 2007-2009
• NUTRISENEX (Improving the Quality of Life of Elderly People by Coordinating Research into Malnutrition of the Elderly)
• HECTOR (Eating Out: Habits, Determinants and Recommendations for Consumers and the European Catering Sector)
• CHANCE (Community Health Management to Enhance Behaviour)
• Global Burden of Chronic Diseases, Partner in a Bill Gates Foundation funded research project, coordinated by Harvard School of Public Health (2008-2010)(2) Food Quality and Safety
DAFNE (Data Food Networking)
EUROFIR (European Food Information Resource Network)
EFSA DATEX 2008/01 Individual Food Consumption for Adult Population in EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland (Project of the European Food Safety Authority
FOOD PROFIT December 2007-October 2010 (Aiming to improve the nutritional quality of prepared / processed food at regional / local levels in order to make the healthier choice for the consumers the easiest choice, development of the self-evaluation tool HANCP system including nutritional criteria into the value chain of food production, preparation and service processes)(3) Risk assessment (food additives, contaminants), safety evaluation of nutrients used for food fortification
Risk assessment of exposure to food additives in the Austrian population
Risk assessment of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) from food and human milk
Safety evaluation of nutrients used for food fortification (workshop of ILSI Europe), September 1998, Lisbon
Expert report on food safety – nitrate (commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, http://www.bmsg.gv.at/bmsg/fvl/attachments/lk_publ_420_1.pdf)
Expert report on food safety – food irradiation (commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, http://www.bmsg.gv.at/bmsg/fvl/attachments/lk_publ_419_1.pdf)
Expert report on food safety – cadmium (commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health)
Expert report on food safety – ochratoxin A (commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, http://www.bmsg.gv.at/bmsg/fvl/attachments/lk_publ_421_1.pdf)
Opinion on a request for the safety assessment of the use of Phytosterol Esters in Yellow Fat Spreads (as rapporteur to the SCF, April 2000)
Report on Effects of Beta-carotene Supplementation in Combination with Tocopherol and Ascorbate in Clinical and Chemopreventive Trials as rapporteur to the SCF, March 1998)
Draft Report on Composition and Specification of Food Intended to Meet the Expenditure of Intense Muscular Effort, Especially for Sportsmen (SCF WG report, as chair)
Draft reports “Upper Safe Level” (SCF Task Force): vitamin E (as rapporteur, with R. Walker), vitamin K (as rapporteur), vitamin B2 (as rapporteur)Publications
Author or co-author of over 40 scientific (University level) and popular scientific books and book chapters i.a. for purposes of teaching and information of the general population.
Author and co-author of close to 500 original papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals in German or English, review articles, full papers and presentations at national and international scientific meetings and conferencesOf particular interest in the field of Public Health and Health Policy:
• Nutrition Report for Vienna (Elmadfa et al., 376 pages, German, Austria 1994), commissioned by the City of Vienna, WHO-Project Vienna – Healthy City
• Strategies for the Optimisation of Catering Programmes at Companies (Elmadfa et al., 66 pages, Austria 1995), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection
• Nutrition of the Elderly, report in German (Elmadfa et al., 81 pages, Austria 1996), commissioned by the City of Vienna, WHO-Project Vienna – Healthy City
• Nutrition and Disease Prevention in Vienna, report in German (Elmadfa et al., 83 pages, Austria 1996), commissioned by the City of Vienna, WHO-Project Vienna – Healthy City
• Austrian Nutrition Report 1998, report in German with English summary (Elmadfa et al., 365 pages), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, Vienna, 1999
• Reference Values of DGE, ÖGE, SGE, and SVE for Nutrient Intake (German, 1st edition). D-A-CH-Referenzwerte für die Nährstoffzufuhr (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ernährung, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ernährungsforschung, Schweizerische Vereinigung für Ernährung, 1. Auflage, 240 pages, Heidelberg, 2000, 4. Korrig. Nachdruck [4th corrected reprint], 2012)
• Austrian Nutrition Report 2003, report in German (Elmadfa et al., 352 pages), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health and Women, Vienna, 2003, Summary in English
• European Nutrition and Health Report 2004. Elmadfa, Weichselbaum (eds), Forum of Nutrition 58, 223 pages, Karger, Basel, 2004.
• Elmadfa I (editor) (2009): European Nutrition and Health Report 2009. Karger AG, Basel, Forum of Nutrition, Vol. 62, 412 pages
• Austrian Nutrition Report 2008, report in German (Elmadfa et al., 435 pages), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, Vienna, 2009, Summary in English
Elmadfa I (editor) (2009): European Nutrition and Health Report 2009. Karger AG, Basel, Forum of Nutrition, Vol. 62, 412 pages
• Austrian Nutriton Report 2012, report in German (Elmadfa et al., 412 pages), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health, Vienna 2013, Summary in EnglishParticipation in as well as organisation and chairing of international and national conferences and symposiaJuni 2013
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