News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #70
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 for the next PIN seminar Thursday April 10th, with Dr. Kripa Rajagopalan and Dr. Srishti Sinha, sharing our work on diet therapy for the management of obesity in children and adolescents. The series is in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health.
As always, we welcome your continued engagement and support.
Sincerely,
Saurabh and the PIN Team
Spring 2025 PIN Seminar Series
Note - A one time registration per semester is now required to join the PIN Seminar on Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/3EdIaX1. Then follow instructions to join sent by email.
All Spring PIN Seminars will be held on Zoom Thursdays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET.
World Obesity Day Series in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health.
April 10, 2025, Dr. Kripa Rajagopalan, PhD, MSc, MSPH, Lecturer, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health with Dr. Srishti Sinha, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
“Current Evidence on Diet Therapy for Managing Obesity in Children and Adolescents”
Register for the PIN Seminar: https://bit.ly/3EdIaX1Job Opportunities
Please send us your postings to include in the newsletter, including any full time and part time positions, consultancies and fellowships, to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Regional Adviser, Health Financing & Governance, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt, full-time. Apply here.
Project Manager I, Implementations, NextGen Healthcare, full time, remote. Apply here.
Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Relief International, Darfur, Sudan, full time. Apply here.
Research Fellow, Climate Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Nutrition and Planetary Health, full time, London or Gambia. Apply here.
Research Assistant, Climate Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Nutrition and Planetary Health, part time, London or Gambia. Apply here.
Public Health Program Manager, Population Health, City of Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. Apply here.
Assistant Professor in Precision Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, nine-month, tenure-track appointment involving research and teaching. Apply here.
Deputy Director of Nutrition, Gates Foundation, full time, Seattle, WA, USA. Apply here.
Browse careers and vacancies at other international organizations:
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Overview of foodborne hazards associated with inflammation and metabolic health
Sinha S, Hackl LS, Huey SL, Lambertini E, Nordhagen S, Bennett AM, Shrestha N, Cole NL, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S. BMC Glob Public Health. 2025 Apr 8;3(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s44263-025-00150-0. PMID: 40200316.
Vegetarian diet and healthy aging among Chinese older adults: a prospective study
Jigeer G, Wang K, Lv Y, Tucker KL, Shen X, Chen F, Sun L, Shi X, Li Y, Gao X. NPJ Aging. 2025 Apr 1;11(1):25. doi: 10.1038/s41514-025-00213-4. PMID: 40169599; PMCID: PMC11961757.
Tasnim T, Islam MH, Kurshed AAM, Islam S, Sultana S, Karim KMR. BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 29;15(3):e093064. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093064. PMID: 40157733; PMCID: PMC11956310.
DeChristopher LR, Tucker KL. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Mar 26:1-30. doi: 10.1017/S1368980025000370. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40135583.
Stafstrom W, Ngure F, Mshanga J, Wells H, Nelson RJ, Mischler J. PLoS One. 2025 Jan 13;20(1):e0316457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316457. PMID: 39804920; PMCID: PMC11729969.