Michael Crawford

Director:
Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition.

Visiting Professor:
Imperial College, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction.

Founder Trustee:
The Mother and Child Foundation.

Founder Trustee:
The Little Foundation.

President:
McCarrison Society.

Freeman of the City of London 2017

Global Award for Research on Omega 3 and Neuroscience, by the Much Love Foundation,China, 2018.

Alexander Leaf Distinguished Scientist Award for Lifetime Achievement. ISSFAL, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2016

Order of the Rising Sun, Tokyo, Japan. 2015.

Chevreul Medal, Paris, France. 2015.

In recognition for research in Neuroscience and Medicine. Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA 2010.

Gold Medal from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, for contribution to science and nutrition. Government of Oman, 2008.

President of the VIth Congress of ISSFAL, Brighton, England. 2004.

Millennium - Danone Chair at the University of Ghent, Belgium.2000.

Centenary Award from Hoffman la Roche for ‘outstanding contribution to the biological understanding of the significance of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and for his research on preterm & term infant brain development’ 2006.

International Award for Modern Nutrition for work on unsaturated fatty acids in early human brain development and health, Lausanne, Switzerland.1995.

Gold Medal 1st International Congress on Essential Fatty Acids.1981,

• The inadequacy of the essential fatty acid content of present preterm feeds. Eur J Pediatr 1998; 157 Suppl 1: S23-7. Crawford MA, Costeloe K, Ghebremeskel K, Phylactos A.
  
  
• Are deficits of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids responsible for the neural and vascular complications of preterm babies? Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 66(4 Suppl): 1032s-41s. Crawford MA, Costeloe K, Ghebremeskel K, Phylactos A, Skirvin L, Stacey F.
  
  
• Pregnancy reduces arachidonic and docosahexaenoic in plasma. Min Y, Ghebremeskel K, Crawford MA, et al. triacylglycerols of Korean women. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 2000; 70(2): 70-5.
  
  
• Blood fatty acid composition of pregnant and nonpregnant Korean women: red cells may act as a reservoir of arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid for utilization by the developing fetus. Lipids 2000; 35(5): 567-74. Ghebremeskel K, Min Y, Crawford MA, et al.
  
  
• Peri-conception maternal lipid profiles predict pregnancy outcomes. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2016; 114: 35-43. Ogundipe E, Johnson MR, Wang Y, Crawford MA.
  
  
• Randomized controlled trial of brain specific fatty acid supplementation in pregnant women increases brain volumes on MRI scans of their newborn infants. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2018; 138: 6-13. Ogundipe E, Tusor N, Wang Y, Johnson MR, Edwards AD, Crawford MA.
  
  
• Depression and anxiety in the pregnant Omani population in relation to their fatty acid intake and levels. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2025; 204: 102668. Al Sinani M, Johnson M, Crawford M, Al Maqbali M, Al-Adawi S.
  
  
• Male and Female, Prenatal Brain Development Differs in Response to the Maternal Omega 3 and 6 Nutritional Status. Current Developments in Nutrition 2021; 5: 734. Crawford M JM, Wang Y, Edwards D, Tusir N, Ogundipe E.