News from the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University | Issue #61
We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates and activities in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. Please join us on zoom as we host Dr. Anaïs Rameau, of Weill Cornell Medicine on October 17th. As always, we welcome your continued engagement with our program - feel free to email us at pindirector@cornell.edu with content you’d like to see included in the newsletter.
Warmly,
Saurabh and the PIN team
Fall 2024 PIN Seminar Series
All Fall PIN Seminars will be held on Zoom Thursdays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
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October 17, 2024, Anaïs Rameau, MD, Chief of Dysphagia, Director of New Technologies, Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Title: “Voice as an AI Biomarker of Health - Introducing Audiomics”October 31, 2024, Daniel Raiten, PhD, FASN, Senior Nutrition Scientist, Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health.
Title: “Understanding the intersection of climate change, food systems, diet, nutrition and health: Implications for evidence-informed programs, policies, and interventions to address diet and health”
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The PIN podcast team interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of international nutrition and global health to discuss their career path, current role and advice from the field. Browse all of our conversations here.
News and Other Events of Interest
Cornell Maternal Health Symposium: Preventing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Preconception through Pregnancy, the 4th Trimester, and Beyond
October 21-22, 2024. Roosevelt Island, NY, NY and Virtual.
The Cornell Maternal Health Symposium brings together researchers across our Cornell Ithaca, Weill Cornell, and Cornell Tech campuses - from bench to bedside to populations - to improve maternal health across the lifecycle, from preconception, pregnancy, the postpartum period (the "fourth trimester"), and beyond. With keynote address by Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, “Racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality.” Registration for this two-day event is free for Cornell faculty, trainees and staff. Visit the event website for the full agenda and to register.
Cornell Biomedical Engineering Lecture Series: Saurabh Mehta, MBBS, ScD
Friday, November 1, 2024 2:55pm - 4:10pm
“Technology Ecosystem to Support Precision Nutrition and Health”
In person, 226 Weill Hall, Cornell University Ithaca Campus
Division of Nutritional Sciences Seminars
All DNS Seminars are free and open to the public. All Seminars (except otherwise noted above) will be held in person, Tuesdays, 11:45am - 12:45pm EST, Cornell University, Savage Hall 100.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Review of the facilitators and barriers to adoption of biofortified foods and food products
Huey SL, Islam S, Mehta NH, Konieczynski EM, Friesen VM, Krisher JT, Mbuya MNN, Monterrosa EC, Nyangaresi AM, Mehta S. Nutr Res Rev. 2024 Oct 8:1-22. doi: 10.1017/S0954422424000258. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39376108.
Using formative research to enhance our understanding of implementation contexts: Preparing for a trial of maternal nutrition interventions
Thorne-Lyman AL, Kalbarczyk A, Tumilowicz A, Christian P, Afsana K. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Oct;20 Suppl 6(Suppl 6):e13639. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13639. PMID: 39344039; PMCID: PMC11439738.
Effects of prenatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries
Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Garcés A, Huybregts L, Krebs NF, Lartey A, Leroy JL, Maleta K, Matias SL, Moore SE, Mridha MK, Okronipa H, Stewart CP. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Oct;120(4):814-835. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.08.008. Epub 2024 Aug 16. PMID: 39154665.
Connecting precision nutrition with the Food is Medicine approach
Sinha S, Huey SL, Shukla AP, Kuriyan R, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Sep 27:S1043-2760(24)00251-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2024.08.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39341732.
Bifidobacterium longum and microbiome maturation modify a nutrient intervention for stunting in Zimbabwean infants
Gough EK, Edens TJ, Carr L, Robertson RC, Mutasa K, Ntozini R, Chasekwa B, Geum HM, Baharmand I, Gill SK, Mutasa B, Mbuya MNN, Majo FD, Tavengwa N, Francis F, Tome J, Evans C, Kosek M, Prendergast AJ, Manges AR; Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial Team. EBioMedicine. 2024 Sep 27;108:105362. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105362. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39341154.ddfd