Wu Receives W.C. Frazier Memorial Lectureship in Food Microbiology

January 12, 2026

IIT-affiliated faculty member Dr. Felicia Wu was recently selected to receive the W.C. Frazier Memorial Lectureship in Food Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin's Food Research Institute. The lectureship was established in 1991 to honor Dr. Frazier and is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in food microbiology. Wu will give her keynote lecture, "Food at the World Health Organization: How to Prevent Diet-Related Disease on a Global Scale," on May 12, 2026.

Wu is a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. Wu’s research examines the national and global burden of foodborne disease, how improved nutrition can counteract the harmful effects of toxins, and how cost-effective strategies can improve food safety in the United States and worldwide. Dr. Wu is Co-Chair of the US National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Environmental, Biosafety, and Biosecurity Considerations of Synthetic Cell Research and Development, and a member of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and the World Health Organization's Food-Based Dietary Guidelines Committee.