News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #57
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 as we host Dr. Cornelia Loechl of IAEA on April 11th. As always, we welcome your continued engagement with our program. Please send any content you would like to see shared in this newsletter to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Warmly,
Saurabh and the PIN team
PIN Spring Seminar Series
April 11, 2024, 11:30 AM ET: Dr. Cornelia Loechl, PhD
Section Head, Nutritional and Health-related Environmental Studies Section, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
"Going Beyond the Surface – How Stable Isotope Techniques are Advancing the Nutrition Agenda"
On Zoom | Passcode 752457
April 25, 2024, time TBA: Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine, Vice Dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine,
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar"Institute for Population Health at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar: Overview, Programs, and Emphasis on Lifestyle Medicine"
In Person (Cornell Ithaca campus MVR 3219) | On Zoom | Passcode 752457
Watch previous PIN Seminars on Cornell Video on Demand.
Remembering Dr. Noel W. Solomons
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Noel Solomons, a giant in the field of international nutrition. Read the obituary in Prensa Libre and the tribute by Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum.
My first interaction with Dr. Solomons was about 18 years ago when I had a chance to contribute a manuscript on HIV and breastfeeding to a special issue that he was editing - it was one of my first academic publications. This was supposed to come full circle as Noel was planning to contribute a perspective on precision nutrition to a special issue that I am editing now. Some of my favorite readings about Noel are this bio and his editorials in Food and Nutrition Bulletin - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0379572117709147 and https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0379572119863534. As Dr. Lynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division of FAO, said, “Noel’s unwavering commitment to nutrition and to capacity development has had a lasting impact on many of us in the field. His constant presence and challenging questions will be sorely missed.”
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News and Events of Interest
"Realizing Nutrition Equity: Possibilities, Priorities, and Pitfalls"
Dr. Darcy Freedman, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western University
April 30, 2024, 11:45am ET, in person 100 Savage Hall, Cornell University.
This webinar will bring together global partners from various disciplines, including birth defects, nutrition, food fortification, and medicine, sharing their global advocacy efforts towards implementation of the resolution and will be the first in the series of two webinars on the topic, co-hosted by the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
May 2, 2024, 9:00-10:30 AM ET, Register
The inaugural award will commence in 2025 to honor an article published in 2024. To be considered, authors must publish a critical review or perspective on an emerging or significant topic impacting the field. More information on guidelines for authors here. View the Nutrition 2024 Program and Register.
Hosted by Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) this first session of the webinar series will focus on gender transformative nutrition in national policy and commitments and will feature:
An overview of the Gender Nutrition Gap
The SUN Movement National Nutrition Plans Gender Review Results
Gender Integration in Technical Assistance
Country Examples from Senegal, Niger, Rwanda and Guatemala
April 16, 2024, 11:00-12:30am ET (15:00 GMT), Register.
Job Opportunities
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Artificial Intelligence and Precision Nutrition T32 - Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University. Apply.
Research and Learning Director - Semilla Nueva. Semilla Nueva is recruiting a research and learning director to co-lead the development and publishing of third-party impact evaluations, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and assist in program design. Graduate degree in nutrition, public health or related field and Spanish fluency required. See full job description, qualifications and apply.
Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF, Dakar, Senegal. Under the supervision of the P4 Nutrition Manager, the Nutrition Specialist is responsible of supporting countries to plan, implement, monitor and interventions on Vitamin A supplementation, breastfeeding, child development beyond the health facilities and young child feeding practices. An advanced university degree (Master’s) in health sciences, public health, nutrition, international development or related disciplines required. Read the full job desciption. Search all vacancies at UNICEF.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Popkin BM, Miles DR, Taillie LS, Dunford EK. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Mar 8;32:100713. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100713.
Karlsson T, Winkvist A, Strid A, Lindahl B, Johansson I. Eur J Nutr. 2024 Apr;63(3):785-796. doi: 10.1007/s00394-023-03300-y. Epub 2024 Jan 4. PMID: 38175250; PMCID: PMC10948568.
Orellana-Manzano A, Garcia-Angulo AC, Cordeiro FB, Carvajal-Aldaz D, Centeno E, Vizcaíno MJ, Poveda S, Garcia M, Matías-De la Cruz C, Andrade-Molina D, Mirabá M, Mehta S, Cárdenas WB. Heliyon. 2024 Mar 8;10(6):e27464. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27464. PMID: 38509901; PMCID: PMC10951513.
Iruhiriye E, Frongillo EA, Olney DK, Niyongira E, Nanama S, Blake CE, Rwibasira E, Mbonyi P. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Mar 17:e13640. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13640. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38494653.
Han Y, Hoddinott J, Kim J, Pelletier D. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Apr;20(2):e13628. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13628. Epub 2024 Feb 9. PMID: 38334313; PMCID: PMC10981480.
Hackl LS, Karakochuk CD, Mazariegos DI, Jeremiah K, Obeid O, Ravi N, Ayana DA, Varela V, Alayón S, Dary O, Moorthy D. J Nutr. 2024 Apr 3:S0022-3166(24)00168-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.03.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38580209.
Neufeld LM, Nordhagen S, Leroy JL, Aberman NL, Barnett I, Wouabe ED, Girard AW, Gonzalez W, Levin CE, Mbuya MNN, Nakasone E, Dhillon CN, Prescott D, Smith M, Tschirley D. J Nutr. 2024 Apr 4:S0022-3166(24)00176-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.04.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38582386.