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Dr. King is a Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, a Professor of Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley, and a Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI).

She is member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. She chaired their Food and Nutrition Board and is currently a member of the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council. She has served on Expert Consultations for the Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization and is a member of the International Zinc Consultative Group. She has been Associate Editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition since 1993. She directed the USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center at the University of California, Davis (1995-2002) and chaired the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley (1988-1994). She was the recipient of the Excellence in Research Award of the American Dietetic Association (1999), the Distinguished Achievement Citation from Iowa State University (1998), the Borden Award and the Lederle Award from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences (1997; 1989), the International Prize in Modern Human Nutrition from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland (1996), and the Agnes Higgins Award in Maternal Nutrition from the American Public Health Association (1993).

She has published over 200 articles and trained over 50 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.