News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #64
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 two special seminar series this Spring. To start, we are pleased to present a 3-part series in collaboration with the Micronutrient Forum. The first talk will be with Dr. Marti van Liere this Thursday February 6th. We will also be celebrating World Obesity Day with a 4-part series in March in partnership with the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, with highlights from current work on obesity and health equity. Please note the PIN Seminar now requires a one-time registration each semester in order to join the webinar, see link below to register.
Warmly,
Saurabh and the PIN team
Spring 2025 PIN Seminar Series
Note - A one time registration 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.
Micronutrient Forum Series:
February 6, 2025, Dr. Marti J. van Liere, PhD, Director of Programs, the Micronutrient Forum
“Turning Evidence into Collective Action for Nutrition”February 20, 2025, Dr. Cecilia Fabrizio, DrPH, MPH, Program Lead, Standing Together for Nutrition Coalition (ST4N), the Micronutrient Forum
“Climate Change and Nutrition: Building the Evidence Base to Drive Global Policy Actions”March 6, 2025, Dr. Martin Mwangi, PhD, Program Lead, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), the Micronutrient Forum
“Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation and Maternal Nutrition”
Celebration of World Obesity Day Series in partnership with the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health:
March 13, 2025, Dr. Mirna P. Amaya, PhD, MPH, Group Lead, Health Systems, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
“People Centered Approach in Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition”March 20, 2025, Dr. Samantha L. Huey, PhD, Research Associate and Group Lead, Precision Nutrition, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
“Current evidence on precision nutrition-based interventions for children and adolescents with obesity”March 27, 2025, Dr. Shah M. Fahim, MBBS, Doctoral Candidate, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
“Current evidence on gut microbiome-based interventions for children and adolescents with obesity”April 10, 2025, Dr. Kripa Rajagopalan, PhD, MSc, MSPH, Lecturer, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University 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”View the full schedule of PIN Seminars on our website.
Register for the PIN Seminar: https://bit.ly/3EdIaX1
PIN Podcast
Tune into our new episodes just dropped with Daniel J. Raiten, PhD, FASN, Pascale Vonaesch, MSC, MPH, PhD, and Ty Beal, PhD!
The PIN podcast team interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of international nutrition and global health to discuss their career path, current role and advice from the field. Browse all of our conversations here.
In memoriam. Salvador Francisco Villalpando Hernández (1943-2024)
Remembering the legacy and work of Dr. Salvador Villalpando Hernádez - a tribute by Drs. Juan A Rivera and Teresa Shamah.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Helgegren H, Winkvist A, Lepp M, Larsson C. Appetite. 2025 Feb 1;206:107819. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107819. Epub 2024 Dec 10. PMID: 39667597.
Mehta R, Wenndt AJ. Nutr Rev. 2025 Feb 1;83(2):e493-e505. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae032. PMID: 38578611.
Huey SL, Mehta NH, Steinhouse RS, Jin Y, Kibbee M, Kuriyan R, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Jan 30;1:CD015877. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015877. PMID: 39882755.