Carla Prado is a Professor at the University of Alberta and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Her internationally recognized work assesses and disseminates evidence on the importance of body composition, particularly low muscle mass, to predict health outcomes such as cancer survival. This work is changing clinical practice. She is designing targeted nutritional strategies to optimize body composition and improve health in multiple diseases, and in immigrant health. Recent recognitions of her pathbreaking work include Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award and Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100.