Regional President:
WONCA North America 2018-21

Prof Marvin Reid (Jamaica)

Prof Marvin Reid is the director of the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Caribbean Institute for Health Research (CAIHR) and Associate Lecturer in Department of Community Medicine & Psychiatry at The University of the West Indies, Mona (The UWI). His research interests spans the gamut of community medicine, clinical trials and human metabolism. He has co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles and has received the Mona Campus Principal’s and The UWI Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence as well as other international awards for research publications. Professor Reid practises as a Family Physician in a group practice, and is a member of the Family Medicine Specialty Board at The UWI which advises on postgraduate Family Medicine training. He is a member of several national, regional and international professional bodies such as Medical Association of Jamaica, Caribbean College of Family Physicians, American Physiological Society as well as a member of the Research Advisory Committee of Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).