News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #78
We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates on activities in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. Join us for our next PIN Seminar on March 19th as we host Dr. Barry Popkin to hear more about his work in global food policy.
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March 19, 2026 |Add to Calendar Dr. Barry M. Popkin, PhD ‘74, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “The first decade of global food policy: the past, the present and the future”
April 9, 2026 | Add to Calendar Dr. Jane Hirst, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Program Director, Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Clinical Chair in Global Women's Health, Imperial College London
April 30, 2026 | Add to Calendar Dr. Vanessa Garcia Larsen, PhD, Chief, Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
The PIN podcast team sits down with leaders and rising stars in international nutrition and global health to explore their career journeys, current work, and lessons from the field.
In our newest episode, Dr. Diego Moretti shares his passion for nutrition research, reflects on his career path, and offers practical advice for early-career scientists navigating the field.
May 6 - 8 | Indicate interest here Jacobs Center AI and ML Workshop Series hosted by the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health. Join us for an intensive 3-day training workshop exploring cutting-edge topics in precision nutrition and health. Learn how to leverage large biobanks like All of Usand Nutrition for Precision Health to build analysis plans and workflows focused on human microbiome, metabolomics, and digital twins research. Open to faculty, postdocs, trainees, and researchers interested in precision nutrition, computational biology, and data science. Please note that space is limited. Please fill out this formto indicate interest in attending.
March 18 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET |Register Webinar: Navigating Nutrition Communications hosted by the American Society for Nutrition. As technology evolves, science progresses, and nutrition trends change, how do we as nutrition scientists communicate nutrition topics to broader audiences? As part of a series on combatting nutrition misinformation, this webinar will help you take complex hot topics on nutrition and translate them into takeaway messages, whether it is in-person, with the media, or on social media.
March 19 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm ET | Schurman Hall Lecture Hall 4/5 Food Politics in the Trump Era: The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, with Dr. Marian Nestle, Professor Emerita New York University, Visiting Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Hosted by Cornell Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
March 24 | 4:45pm - 5:45pm ET | MVR G151 Dorothy M. Proud Lectureship:Dr. Alison Steiber,Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, hosted by the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. View all DNS Seminars here.
March 27 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Register Webinar: Exploring Internship Pathways: Preparing for Diverse Careers During Graduate Training hosted by the American Society for Nutrition. Join us for a webinar designed to highlight how internships can bridge the gap between academic training and impactful industry roles. Hear from three professionals who successfully transitioned from graduate school into careers across biotech, digital health, and data-driven healthcare innovation.
May 8, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm |Register Webinar: AI, Evidence Synthesis, and Claim Reliability hosted by the American Society for Nutrition. This webinar presents Josh Nicholson’s experiences as co-founder of Scite, an AI-based tool used to evaluate the veracity of scientific claims. Topics such as the state of the present and future use of AI in research, what it means to demonstrate a claim is supported, and how to establish scientific consensus will be explored.
July 25-28, 2026 |Register The American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting, NUTRITION 2026, will be held in Washington, D.C. Early registration deadline is May 1st.
Mapping and Nutrient Profiles of Commercially Produced Complementary Foods in West Africa Diongue A, Mama OM, Souho T, Kouton SLE, Fofana A, Diagana YS, Issa MY, Sadou H, Kou'santa AS, Hounkpatin WA, Laillou A, Nanama S, Faye MH, Diouf A, Idohou-Dossou N. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e70167. doi: 10.1111/mcn.70167. PMID: 41693310; PMCID: PMC12907569.
