Dr Luz Maria De-Regil

Dr Luz María De Regil is the Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety. She is responsible for the strategic and managerial work of the Department with Member States and partners to prioritize, plan, implement, monitor and regularly evaluate multisectoral efforts to ensure universal access to effective nutrition actions, safe food and healthy diets, through strengthening health systems and building forward better food systems which recognize the interdependence of the health of humans, animals and the wider environment.

Dr De Regil is an Epidemiologist with 20 years of experience in the public, private, non-for-profit and intergovernmental sectors. Her expertise spans from research in basic science to large-scale public health programming and policy. Before her current position, she was the Unit Head of Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems at WHO, the Vice-President of Global Technical Services at Nutrition International, in Canada, Epidemiologist at WHO, and Researcher in Mexico and USA.

Luz Maria has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed policy publications and has served in multiple international advisory bodies in public health and in the Boards of Non for Profit organizations.

Luz Maria De Regil holds a Doctorate in Sciences of Public Health, a Master’s Degree in Sciences, Postgraduate studies in International Negotiation and Policy Making, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences.