Keith Garleb
Director
Global Discovery, Research and Development,
Abott Laboratories
United States of America
Biography
Keith Garleb, Ph.D., MS, is director of Global Discovery, Research and Development, at Abbott. For 25 years, Keith has been dedicated to early stage research and discovery of nutritional technologies. Keith joined Abbott in 1989 as a scientist. He holds 17 nutrition patents and is a well-published author with more than 45 peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts and reviews of scientific literature. He has received numerous research and development awards over his career. Keith earned a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Illinois; a Master of Science in Animal Sciences from University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Illinois.
Research Interest
Keith is also the director of the Center for Nutrition, Learning and Memory, a five-year research partnership between Abbott and the University of Illinois, focused on studying the effects of nutrition on cognitive performance. The center has made significant advances in measuring the impact of nutrition on brain development and in understanding the benefit of lutein on learning and memory.
