We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates on news and upcoming events from Cornell and the international nutrition community. Please join us for our first Seminar this Thursday September 10th with Dr. Kripa Rajagopalan, who will be sharing work on daily iron supplementation for iron deficiency anaemia in infants, children, and adolescents. We invite you to review the Fall Seminar schedule below and add the dates to your calendar.

As always, we welcome feedback from the PIN community on what you’d like to see from the program, including content for the newsletter and nominations for Seminar speakers.

Warmly,
Saurabh and the PIN team

Fall 2026 Seminar Series

All Fall PIN Seminars will be held on Zoom
Thursdays | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Zoom join link (new this semester): https://cornell.zoom.us/j/97731843933?pwd=gwh7Nm052k1FCbLDyBida8nO9bb2Ub.1
Meeting ID: 977 3184 3933 | Passcode: 166959

September 10, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Dr. Kripa Rajagopalan, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University
“Daily iron supplementation for iron deficiency anaemia in infants, children, and adolescents”

September 17, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Dr. Catherine Kagemann, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University
“Nutrition Sensitive Metabolites and Tuberculosis”

September 24, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Dr. Srishti Sinha, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University
“Addressing Micronutrient Malnutrition: The Case for Rice Fortification”

October 8, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Nicole U. Stoffel, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Biopharmacy, ETH Zurich
“Oral Iron: Less is More!”

October 15, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Dr. Jitender Nagpal, MBBS, MD, Deputy Medical Director and Senior Consultant in Pediatrics, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science Research, India
“Impact of Micronutrient Supplementation in Pregnant Women on Infant Neurodevelopment”

November 5, 2026 | Add to Calendar
Dr. Carol Hutchinson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Kannatcha Sroypechr, DrPH, Senior Professional Nutritionist, Maha Sarakham Provincial Public Health Office, Thailand
“Dietary Folate Education vs. Iron Folic Acid Supplementation for Improving Folate Status”

Events and Opportunities

September 15, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Online
Johns Hopkins Graduate Nutrition Seminar: The Influence of Common Food Properties on Eating Behavior and Intake
Dr. Paige Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
More information..

September 16, 2026, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | In person
DeWitt Goodman Seminar: Dr. Christopher Duggan, MD
Samuel Meltzer MD Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Nutrition Harvard Medical School
Professor, Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
“Optimizing Nutrition Education in Medical Schools”
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, 622 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032; Room: Atchley PH8 E107. More information.

October 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | Webinar
From Seed to Consumer: Bridging Agriculture, Nutrition, and Sustainability
This webinar will explore the relationships between nutrition and agriculture, utilizing insights from the International Food Information Council’s (IFIC) Food and Health Survey, and showcasing how farmers work hard to meet consumer demands and how companies connect with the end consumer to deliver nutrition and sustainability. Free to ASN Members, $10 for non-members. Register.

Recent Publications from the PIN Community

Effect of a complementary feeding intervention based on iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet on the gut microbiota in 12-18-month-old children: a randomized trial

Huey SL, Cole NL, Pagani I, González A, Finkelstein JL, Haas JD, Udipi SA, Ghugre P, Potdar RD, Knight R, Mehta S. Nat Commun. 2026 Jul 30;17(1):9242. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75674-6. PMID: 42669658; PMCID: PMC13527057.

Applying Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in precision nutrition

Massara P, Kirkland J, Pagani I, Huey SL, Hirsh H, McDonald D, Patel L, Finkelstein JL, Gantz M, Wang F, Erickson D, Wells MT, Elemento O, Knight R, Mehta S. Nat Commun. 2026 Jul 6;17(1):5880. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-75004-w. PMID: 42409828; PMCID: PMC13338271.

Consumer Acceptability of Animal-Source Food Alternatives: A Literature Review to Support the Transition to Sustainable, Healthy Diets

Nordhagen S, Beal T, Herrero M, Neufeld LM, Sokourenko K, Xipsiti M. Curr Dev Nutr. 2026 Aug 11;10(9):109513. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2026.109513. PMID: 42701417; PMCID: PMC13545432.

Expert Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management of Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency in Adults

Guéant JL, Alpers DH, Allen LH, Andres E, Devlin AM, Green A, Green R, Guéant Rodriguez RM, Hannibal L, Harrington D, Mason JB, McCaddon A, Miller JW, Murphy M, Nexo E, Mc Nulty H, Owen JP, Quadros E, Rosenblatt D, Refsum H, Rietsema W, Stabler S, Ward M, Yajnik C, Finkelstein JL. Adv Nutr. 2026 Aug 25:100726. doi: 10.1016/j.advnut.2026.100726. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42641763.

Training Perspectives from the NIH T32 Artificial Intelligence for Precision Nutrition Programs

Mehta S, Huey SL, Massara P, Liu L, Whisner CM, Deng Y, Novotny R, Antwi J, Kim S, Musaad S, Erickson D, Estrin D, Finkelstein JL, Joachims T, Kageman CH, Tamimi R, Thomas D, Wells MT. J Nutr. 2026 Aug 22:101796. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101796. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42632616.

Portable Duplex Diagnostic Platform for Point-of-Care Differentiation of Ebola and Lassa Virus

Gao W, Nikolaou TA, Almeida M, Consul A, Guo Y, Olguin V, Un C, Elbedawi N, Ganguly A, Diop M, Mehta S, Ricks K, Erickson D. Anal. Chem. 2026 August 31; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.6c00820

Anemia in Women of Reproductive Age (15-49 years) in West Africa: A Scoping Review of Etiologic Factors and Programmatic Implications

Anato A, Laillou A, Nanama S, Ntambi J, Seyoum Y, Baye K. Nutr Rev. 2026 Sep 1;84(9):1956-1971. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf219. PMID: 41267168.

Frequent EFSA regulation violation for wheat flours suggests stronger control and regulatory harmonization of production, milling and distribution

Noel A, Pincemaille J, Creta M, Carnero B, Duca R, Denis F, Burgart M, Rutledge D, Habchi B, Mehta S, Guéant JL, Grova N. npj science of food. 2026 Sept 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-026-01126-6

Food on the Go: How Engagement with the Food Environment Affects Adolescent Diets in Northern Vietnam

Fretes G, Nguyen PH, Gune S, Maasen K, Talsma EF, Truong MT, Hoang NT, Brouwer ID, Ruel MT, Leroy JL. J Nutr. 2026 Sep;156(9):101691. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101691. Epub 2026 Jun 27. PMID: 42364813.

Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and oxidative stress biomarkers in pre- and perimenopausal women from the Midlife Women's Health Study

Inman ZC, Cinzori ME, Guetterman HM, Seaton T, Strakovsky RS, Flaws JA. Reprod Toxicol. 2026 Sep;144:109287. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2026.109287. Epub 2026 Jun 18. PMID: 42315047.