News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #71
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 final PIN seminar of the semester - the Lindower-Wolitzer DNS Experiential Learning Symposium, Thursday May 1st, please adjust your calendar for the new start time of 2:00pm for this event.
As always, we welcome your continued engagement and support.
Sincerely,
Saurabh and the PIN Team
Spring 2025 PIN Seminar Series
The Lindower-Wolitzer DNS Experiential Learning Symposium
May 1, 2025
2:00 - 3:00pm ET - note new start time
Cornell Ithaca Campus, MVR 3219 and on Zoom
Reception to follow
Join us for presentations by our College of Human Ecology Public Health and Nutrition Ambassadors, highlighting their work as undergraduate researchers on projects relevant to real-world practice and set to inform public policy and guidelines.
Olivia Kornstein ‘26: “Diet therapy for the management of obesity in children and adolescents”
Mia Marcotte ‘26: “Defining hemoglobin cutoffs to diagnose anemia”
Esha Shakthy ‘25: “Infant formula variations and the gut microbiome”
A one time registration per semester is required to join the PIN Seminar on Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/3EdIaX1. Then follow instructions to join that you receive by email.
News and Opportunities of Interest
Anaemia Innovation Challenge
Call for Innovations: Combat Anaemia in South Asia
Pitch your innovation to help prevent, diagnose, or treat anaemia among girls and women in South Asia. Selected applicants will receive a travel award to present their idea/product/technology at a regional conference for reducing anaemia in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 9-11, 2025. Selected participants will also be invited to participate in the PORTENT Global Health Point-of-Care Diagnostics Accelerator. We're seeking digital and AI-based solutions that improve last-mile access in a cost-effective way. Deadline to submit your proposal is May 30th. Learn more and apply.
PORTENT Innovation Award Opportunity
To support the development of point-of-care technologies in nutrition, infection and cancer.
Through this RFP PORTENT will provide awards to teams developing point-of-care diagnostic technologies based on our criteria and those who need support for technology development, clinical validation, regulatory, commercialization/manufacturing, and clinical training to bring their product to market. Specifically, we aim to accelerate technologies that (1) are beyond the proof-of-concept stage and would benefit from clinical validation, (2) have been validated or even commercialized but want to expand reach and have additional impact, or (3) have been developed/incubated previously and show promise at addressing a market need locally in the US. Deadline to apply is June 6th. Learn more and apply.
Congratulations to PIN doctoral candidate in nutrition Andrea Robinson on her induction into the Cornell chapter of the Bouchet Honor Society! Read more about this outstanding achievement.
Talks by PIN Affiliates
April 29, 2025, Mirna P. Amaya, PhD, MPH, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, “Leadership considerations for public health transformation, guiding workforce and systems change.” Learn more here.
April 29, 2025, Samantha L. Huey, PhD, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Artificial Intelligence and Nutrition Session, “Large Language Model (LLM)-based chatbots for evidence synthesis and health information at the Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health.” Learn more here.
April 29, 2025, Fabiola Dionisi, PhD, Societe’ des Produits Nestle’, Co-Author Samantha L. Huey, PhD, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center, “Harnessing AI in Lipid Nutrition: showing the course for future innovations.”
Job Opportunities
Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, CALS Division of Nutritional Sciences. Apply here.
Postdoctoral Associate in Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Cornell University. Apply here.
Full time Research Aide, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University. Apply here.
Part time Research Aide, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University. Apply here.
Laboratory Manager, Cornell Human Ecology, Cornell University, full time. Apply here.
SNAP-Ed Nutritionist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York Southern Finger Lakes Region, USA, full time. Apply here.
Nutrition Lecturer/Instructor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA, full time. Apply here.
Regular Faculty in Nutrition and Women's Health, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA, full time. Apply here.
Technical Officer - Health Emergencies, PAHO/WHO, Guatemala, one year temporary, in person. Apply here.
Nutrition Officer, UNICEF, Kassala, Sudan, temporary appointment. Apply here.
Nutrition Media and Communication Support Consultant, UNICEF, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 5 month assignment. Apply here.
Consultant - to organize and facilitate Training of Trainer and Public Dialogue on Maternal, Newborn, Infant and Young Child Nutrition for health professionals, UNICEF, Timor-Leste. Apply here.
UNICEF Pacific Consultancy: Investment Case for Improving Food Environment Regulations for Fiji, UNICEF, 7 month assignment. 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.
Deputy Director of Nutrition, Gates Foundation, full time, Seattle, WA, USA. Apply here.
Deputy Director, Strategy Implementation & Management- Nutrition, Gates Foundation, full time, Seattle, WA, USA. Apply here.
Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development, Gates Foundation, full time, Abuja, Nigeria. Apply here.
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Please send us your job postings to include in the newsletter, including any full time and part time positions, consultancies and fellowships, to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
WHO Risk Stratification Working Group (WHO-RSWG). Lancet Glob Health. 2025 May;13(5):e843-e858. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00045-2. PMID: 40288395.
Dunford EK, Miles DR, Popkin BM. Public Health Nutr. 2025 Apr 24:1-19. doi: 10.1017/S1368980025000606. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40270081.
Nayan MM, Islam MH, Shaheen N, Islam S, Sumon GMR, Bipul M, Amin MR. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 21;15(4):e098605. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098605. PMID: 40258644; PMCID: PMC12015688.
Gersten ZP, Baylin A, Jansen EC, Sarpong DB, Jones AD. J Nutr. 2025 Apr 15:S0022-3166(25)00185-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.04.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40246239.
Blake CE, Kim SS, Frongillo EA, Menon P. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 Mar 10;9(4):104582. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.104582. PMID: 40242392; PMCID: PMC12002925.