Cutberto Garza, M.D.
Cutberto Garza, M.D., the director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, is known internationally for the key role he has played in understanding the nutritional needs of young children. His research on human lactation and the immunologic components of human milk has provided critical knowledge about human nutrition, and he has taken an active role in raising awareness about breast-feeding as a life-saving factor in developing countries. Garza also works to eliminate malnutrition by serving on several policy-making panels, including the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council, which provides scientific and technical advice on a 10-year plan for national nutrition monitoring, and the Food and Nutrition Board of the U.S. National Institute of Medicine, which has major influence on U.S. nutrition policy. He also helped the new United Nations University establish its World Hunger Programme. He has served as a consultant for state, national and international organizations. Garza has been on Cornell's faculty since 1988. He previously taught at Baylor College of Medicine, from which he earned his M.D. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Baylor University and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
