CeSSIAM was founded in Guatemala in 1985 and is a non-governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to nutrition research and education.

 

Our mission is to improve human health and well-being in underprivileged societies through better nutrition.

 

CeSSIAM works in partnership with the Hildegard-Grunow-Foundation for Nutrition Research (HGF) and the Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation (INF)

 

Our current fields of research include:

· Diet and health

· Iron and health

· Community-child nutrition

We aim to achieve our goal through:

· Scientific research into the effects of nutrition in humans

· Academic training to local and international students

 

Executive and Scientific Director: Noel W. Solomons, MD

Postal address:

CeSSIAM in Guatemala, P.O. Box 02 - 5339, Section 3163/Guatemala,

Miami, FL33102-5339, U.S.A.

 

Visiting address:

CeSSIAM, 17 Avenida # 16-89 (interior), Zona 11 (Anillo Periferico), Guatemala City, 01011

 

Telephone/fax number: +502-24733942

E-mail: cessiam@guate.net.gt

 

 

 

Our collaborators include:

· Dublin Technical Institute, Ireland

· Technical University of Munich

· Tufts University, USA

· Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala

· University of Alberta, Canada

· University of Dundee, UK

· University of Innsbruck, Austria

· University of Newcastle, UK

· University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands

· University of Utrecht, the Netherlands

· University of Manitoba, Canada

· Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands

· Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Our sponsors include:

· Sight & Life www.sightandlife.org

· Nestle Foundation www.nestlefoundation.org/

· American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR) www.aicr.org

· World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) www.wcrf.org