Happy New Year! 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 first PIN seminar of 2026 on February 5th with Dr. Diego Moretti, sharing his work on iron metabolism.

As always, we welcome your continued engagement and support.

Saurabh and the PIN Team

Spring 2026 PIN Seminar Series

All Spring PIN Seminars will be held on Zoom
Thursdays | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Zoom join link: https://cornell.zoom.us/s/94680509885?pwd=QXlOZWhQTWMxUUxFSzhEL1JQOTIyUT09
Meeting ID: 946 8050 9885 | Passcode: 752457

• February 5, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Diego Moretti, PhD, Professor of Nutrition, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (FFHS), University of Applied Sciences of South Switzerland (SUPSI)
  “Iron metabolism in high altitude residents: is there a need to adapt recommendations?”

• February 19, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Catherine Kagemann, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
  “Nutrition and Tuberculosis”

• March 5, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Nathaniel Cole, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Ithaca, NY

• March 19, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Barry M. Popkin, PhD ‘74, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  “The first decade of global food policy: the past, the present and the future”

• April 9, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Jane Hirst, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Program Director, Women's Health, The George Institute for Global Health, Clinical Chair in Global Women's Health, Imperial College London

• April 30, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Vanessa Garcia Larsen, PhD, Chief, Risk Factors and Nutrition Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Other Events of Interest

• July 25-28, 2026 | American Society of Nutrition’s Annual Meeting, NUTRITION 2026, will be held in Washington, D.C. Early registration deadline is May 1st. See their general information and register here. Deadline to submit abstracts is March 9, 2026.

• January 28, 2026 | 10:00am - 11:00am ET | IFPRI Webinar
  “Evidence-Informed Impact: Unpacking the Untapped Potential of the School Feeding Labor Force”
  Online, co-organized by IFPRI and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF). More information

• February 16, 2026 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Seminar “PHAISE Seminar: Digital Twins and Population Health”
  Online, presented by Public Health and AI Strategic Endeavors, the investigators will explore their respective experiences working with digital twins to improve health outcomes for their targeted populations, followed by an opportunity for audience members to ask questions and participate in discussion with the investigators. More information

PIN Podcast

Don’t forget to check out the new episodes of the PIN Podcast, including a conversation with Dr. Harold Alderman! The PIN Podcast, streamed in over 50 countries, talks to leaders and rising stars in the field of international nutrition to discuss their unique career journeys, and to share wisdom and advice for students and young professionals pursuing a career in public health and nutrition. Tune in to all of our episodes on any major streaming platform or by clicking here!

Recent Publications from the PIN Community

Introducing Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplements: Lessons Learned From Implementation Research in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Tanzania

Thurstans-Fuller S, James P, Menezes R, Fleet A, Chowdhury IA, Desormeaux J, Razafimalaza OJN, Codjia P, Tyler V, Tumilowicz A, Sifri Z, Mates E. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e70139. doi: 10.1111/mcn.70139. PMID: 41320953; PMCID: PMC12665796.

Overview: Existing Context and the Need to Generate Evidence of the Impact of Large-Scale Food Fortification on the Prevalence of Anemia

Chadha M, de Romana DL, Pachón H, Arabi M. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e70093. doi: 10.1111/mcn.70093. Epub 2025 Sep 15. PMID: 40952254; PMCID: PMC12647967.

COVID-19 vaccination campaign, knowledge, and trust in Duran, Ecuador: a cross-sectional study

Orellana-Manzano A, Garcia-Angulo A, Quinto F, Munizaga MG, De la Cruz CM, Cordeiro FB, Carvajal-Aldaz D, Ordoñez C, Silva A, Valencia L, José-Vizcaino M, Bermúdez FAG, Ghosh S, Andrade-Molina D, Centeno-Tablante E, Mehta S, Cárdenas WB, Borbor-Cordova M. Vaccine. 2026 Feb 6;72:127867. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127867. Epub 2026 Jan 5. PMID: 41494357.

Recent choline intake is inversely associated with inflammation in pregnancy- Evidence from the Canadian APrON cohort

Larson EA, Smith LE, Flores A, Lam A, Syed A, Perng W, Field CJ. J Nutr. 2025 Dec 30:101278. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.101278. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41478590.

Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions: protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh

Manohar S, Nguyen PH, Neupane S, Munos MK, Heidkamp R, Banerjee A, Pandya N, Kim SS. BMJ Open. 2025 Dec 29;15(12):e099314. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099314. PMID: 41469055; PMCID: PMC12750752.