Professor Philip Calder

Philip Calder is Head of the School of Human Development and Health and Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. He is an internationally recognized researcher on the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids, with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids, and on the influence of diet and nutrients on the immune and inflammatory responses. His research addresses both life course and translational considerations and includes research in cell and animal models and in healthy humans and patients. He has received many awards and prizes for his work including the American Oil Chemists’ Society Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), the prestigious Danone International Prize for Nutrition (2016) and the DSM Lifetime Achievement Prize in Human Nutrition (2017). Professor Calder was President of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2009-2012), Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism - ESPEN (2012-2016) and President of the Nutrition Society (2016-2019). He is currently President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (2019-2023). Professor Calder was Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nutrition (2006-2013) and is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of Nutrition, Clinical Science, Nutrition Research and Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. He has over 800 scientific publications and is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher.

Prizes

• Prize for 3rd Year Biochemistry at Massey University (1979)
• PhD Scholarship (1980)
• PhD Scholarship (1980)
• Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship (1987)
• Sir David Cuthbertson Medal (1995)
• Outstanding Paper (2000)
• Among top 25 papers published in 2001 (2002)
• Among top 25 papers published in 2003 (2004)
• Belgian Danone Institute Chair (2004)
• Best paper published in Clinical Nutrition in 2004 (2005)
• Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (2007)
• Nutricia International Award (2007)
• Nutrition, Diet and Chronic Disease Visiting Lectureship (2007)
• Cuthbertson Award and Lecture (2008)
• Muriel Bell Award (2009)
• Louisiana State University Chancellor's Award in Medicine and Neuroscience (2011)
• Fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology (2011)
• Fellowship of the Association for Nutrition (2012)
• Normann Medal (2012)
• Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
• Pennington Lecture (2015)
• British Nutrition Foundation Prize (2015)
• Danone International Prize for Nutrition (2016)
• British Nutrition Foundation Annual Lecture (2016)
• Distinguished Lecturer and Scholar (2017)
• DSM Lifetime Achievement Award in Human Nutrition (2017)
• National Dairy Council Annual Lecture (2017)
• Fellowship of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2018)
• Member of Nutrition Society Council 1998 to 2001 (1998)
• NUTRIM Award (2019)
• Rank Prize Lecture (2021)
• European Lipid Science Award (2021)
• 80th Anniversary Prize (2021)