Professor Francis B. Zotor is a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Health, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Health Sciences (UHAS)., Ghana. He is the Vice President of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)
Professor Francis B. Zotor trained for his first degree in Biotechnology at the University of Westminster, UK, pursued his Masters in Biotechnology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK and later on obtained a PgDip in Higher Education and PhD in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Greenwich, UK.
Professor Francis B. Zotor has a doctoral training in public health nutrition and is a registered public health nutritionist. He is a recognized leader spanning over two and a half decades in nutrition across Africa and has been instrumental in driving and promoting the establishment of a strong nutrition profession on the continent, training and research to underpin programme delivery especially across the health and education sectors in Africa. Professor Zotor’s areas of research largely revolves around developing and implementing methodologies for nutrition and health related research activities to benefit vulnerable populations across Africa. His research interests cover a global dimension of population and nutritional epidemiology; specifically, the links between poverty, food and nutrition security and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the life cycle. He is a food product development specialist. The global context of his work has enabled him to work in both developed and developing societies.
Prof Zotor chairs the Technical Advisory Committee on Nutrition of the Food and Drugs Authority. Internationally, he serves as Director and Trustee on AfriCAN, Trustees on the African Nutrition Society and eNutrition Academy, serves on Council for the Federation of African Nutrition Societies and on the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.