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Richard Semba, MD, M.A., M.P.H.

Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Dr. Semba received his M.A. and M.D. from Stanford University, and his M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute and has been a faculty member at Wilmer since 1987. Dr. Semba conducts research on nutrition, food systems, and human health and provides expertise on dietary protein and micronutrients in vulnerable populations such as preschool children, pregnant women and the elderly. Richard worked in global health for more three decades. He runs a research laboratory that uses proteomics, metabolomics, and mass spectrometry to gain insight into major health problems such as child stunting, age-related macular degeneration, and aging. Dr. Semba authored or co-authored over 400 scientific peer-reviewed publications. He is author of three books: Handbook of Nutrition and Ophthalmology (Humana Press, 2004), The Vitamin A Story: Lifting the Shadow of Death (Karger, 2012), and (with Kristine Smets) A Perfect Vision: Catalogue of the William Holland Wilmer Rare Book Collection (Johns Hopkins, 2013).

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