Leticia Rao
Dr. Leticia Rao is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Ontario, former Director of the Calcium Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and former staff scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Her expertise is in bone cell biology with a focus on preventing osteoporosis by studying bone cells in the laboratory and carrying out basic and clinical studies of drugs, nutritional supplements, and phytonutrients, including carotenoids and polyphenols, in postmenopausal women. Her research has been presented at national and international conferences and symposia and published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She co-authored The Bone-Building book. She has also edited eight books on nutrition and health. She has presented her research at several international organizations.