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May 3, 2023

News from the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #47

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We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates and news in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. Join us for our final spring PIN Seminar this Thursday, May 4th! Please send us any content you would like to see shared by email to pindirector@cornell.edu, and we invite you to connect with PIN on LinkedIn. Thank you for your continued engagement and support!

Sincerely, Saurabh and the PIN Team

Spring PIN Seminar

Thursday, May 4, 2023, 11:30am ET, On Zoom. Meeting ID: 918 5540 3575 | Passcode: 055648

Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH

Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University

Pranay Sinha, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine

“The TB Vaccine We Already Have: Addressing Undernutrition to End TB”

Catch up on all previous seminars through the PIN channel on Cornell Video On Demand.


Division of Nutritional Sciences Seminars

Sharon Donovan, PhD

Professor and Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health; Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, University of Illinois

Save the date! August 29, 2023, Sharon Donovan, PhD. The Pritchard Lecture Series in Human Nutrition is sponsored by the Klingenstein Pritchard Scholarship Program and is dedicated to human nutrition, from conception through weaning onto adulthood and honors those who have made significant contributions to human nutrition. This lecture is open to the Cornell community and the public, free of charge. No registration is required for this event. This event will be held in person, 100 Savage Hall, time TBA.


Job Opportunities

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Maternal and Child Nutrition - Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Apply here.

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Engineering/Diagnostics, Cornell University, Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Ithaca, NY (Hybrid). Apply here.

Evidence Methodologist, Cornell University, Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Ithaca, NY (Hybrid). Apply here.


Professional Development Opportunities

McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health, May 23 - June 16, 2023 Online and In Person, Montreal, Canada. Multiple courses available including Advanced TB Diagnostics, Environment and Global Health, and Digital Health. Learn more about all of the 2023 courses and register here.


Upcoming Conferences and Events

  • Save the Date! ObesityWeek® Conference is home to the latest developments in evidence-based obesity science and treatments. In-person conference, Dallas, TX, USA, October 14-17, 2023. Registration and housing open in June. Abstract submission opens June 16th. More information here.

  • Call for abstracts for the 16th Annual Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics (ISNN), held as a satellite of the ObesityWeek® 2023, will be open from April 24 – May 26, 2023. This year’s conference theme “Precision Nutrition in Obesity”. More information and submit here.

  • Global Health Day 2023 Virtual Symposium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, May 4, 2023, with keynote speaker Dr. Manal El-Sayed, Professor of Pediatrics at Ain Shams University. Register here and view the program of events.

  • Webinar: Important Food Sources of Fructose-containing Sugars and Adiposity: Findings from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Feeding Trials, May 8, 2023, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Virtual. Read the review and join the authors in this webinar. More information and register here.

  • Nutrition 2023, Boston, MA, USA, July 22 - 25, 2023, In Person, Register.

  • Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference for Nutrition for Resilience, October 16 - 20, 2023, The Hague, Netherlands, In Person and Online. Visit here for general program information and to register.

  • Save the Date! American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 72nd Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, October 18 - 22, 2023, In Person. More information here.


    PIN Podcast

    Tune in to all of our previous episodes here! The Program in International Nutrition from Cornell University interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of nutrition and public health.


    Recent Publications from the PIN Community

Global strategies for the prevention of neural tube defects through the improvement of folate status in women of reproductive age

Martinez H, Benavides-Lara A, Arynchyna-Smith A, Ghotme KA, Arabi M, Arynchyn A. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05913-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37103517.

Women's empowerment, children's nutritional status, and the mediating role of household headship structure: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Christian AK, Atiglo DY, Okyere MA, Obeng-Dwamena A, Marquis GS, Jones AD. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Apr 24:e13520. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13520. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37092343.

Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania

Semrau KEA, Mokhtar RR, Manji K, Goudar SS, Mvalo T, Sudfeld CR, Young MF, Caruso BA, Duggan CP, Somji SS, Lee ACC, Bakari M, Lugangira K, Kisenge R, Adair LS, Hoffman IF, Saidi F, Phiri M, Msimuko K, Nyirenda F, Michalak M, Dhaded SM, Bellad RM, Misra S, Panda S, Vernekar SS, Herekar V, Sommannavar M, Nayak RB, Yogeshkumar S, Welling S, North K, Israel-Ballard K, Mansen KL, Martin SL, Fleming K, Miller K, Pote A, Spigel L, Tuller DE, Vesel L; LIFE Study Group. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Apr 19;3(4):e0001789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001789. PMID: 37075019; PMCID: PMC10115266.

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