During his tenure at UConn and Yale, Pérez-Escamilla has served as a scientific expert advisor for the World Health Organization, UNICEF FAO, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
[1] Following his PhD, Pérez-Escamilla became an assistant professor of nutritional sciences and public health at the University of Connecticut (UConn).
[6] In 2016, Pérez-Escamilla addressed the Brazilian Senate on the topic of "Food Insecurity, Human Development, and Planetary Health.
"[7] During his tenure at UConn and Yale, Pérez-Escamilla has served as a scientific expert advisor for the World Health Organization, UNICEF FAO, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
As a result of his global impact for having developed, led, and implemented pioneering programs in public health nutrition, Pérez-Escamilla was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.