Michael Bruce Zimmermann MD

Michael B. Zimmermann, M.D., is professor and head of the Human Nutrition Laboratory in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland. He is jointly a visiting professor in endocrinology, diabetes, and nutrition at the University of Zurich Hospital, Switzerland. He also is the executive director of the International Council for the Control of the Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) Global Network and the editor of the IDD newsletter.
He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed papers, many in the area of micronutrient deficiencies, with a focus on iodine and iron deficiency. His research has won the 2004 Mead Johnson Prize for Nutrition Research from the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the 2005 Endocrine Society and Pfizer International Award for Excellence in Published Clinical Research, and the 2013 International Endocrinology Award of the American Society of Endocrinology. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and did his postgraduate medical training at the University of California, San Francisco