We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates on activities in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. As the world celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science this month, we want to pause to acknowledge and applaud the Program In International Nutrition network of women trainees, alumni, researchers and community workers around the globe who are working to advance human nutrition, improve health and save lives.

Join us next Thursday February 19th as the PIN Seminar welcomes Dr. Catherine Kagemann, sharing her work with the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center on Metabolites and Tuberculosis.

As always, please reach out with content you’d like to see shared and nominations for seminar speakers and topics.

Best regards,

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
Webinar ID: 946 8050 9885 | Passcode: 752457

• February 19, 2026 | Add to Calendar
  Dr. Catherine Kagemann, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
  ”Nutrition Sensitive Metabolites 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
  ”Effect of a complementary feeding intervention on the gut microbiota in 12–18-month-old children”

• 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)

View the full PIN Seminar schedule

Seminars Co-Sponsored by PIN and Open to the PIN Community

Hosted by the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program | NS6140 | Cornell University

Zoom Join Link: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/94173338667?pwd=ADdCdacEjPffXJ3doUMTCC4T8FIwbA.1
Webinar ID: 941 7333 8667 | Passcode: 6140MCN

• February 10, 2026 | 10:10am - 11:25am
  Dr. Parul Christian, DrPH, MSc, Professor and Director, Program in Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
  “Nutrition and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Survival”

• February 24, 2026 | 10:10am - 11:25am
  Dr. Manisha Nair, MBBS, MSc, AFHEAH, DPhil, Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Oxford, England.

Hosted by the Division of Nutritional Sciences

• May 5, 2026 | 4:45pm - 5:45pm | MVR Hall G151 | Cornell University Ithaca campus
  Pritchard Lecture, Dr. Patrick Webb, PhD, Professor, Food and Nutrition Economics, Policy and Programs, Tufts University, Boston, MA.
  Cosponsored by the Program in International Nutrition and the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University.

Other Events of Interest

• February 11, 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Cornell University Mann Library Room 102
  Workshop: Where's the Data? Navigating the Data Sharing and Repository Landscape
  Join us for a panel discussion about sharing open and reproducible data. Sponsored by Cornell Data Services, the campus-wide informational events will be ongoing February 9 - 12 focused on data access, analysis, discovery, management, sharing, and preservation in celebration of International Love Data Week.

• 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.

• February 18, 2026 | 2:30pm - 3:30pm UTC | Cochrane
  Panel discussion: Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science

  

  To mark international Day of Women and Girls in Science, Cochrane is hosting a panel of accomplished women - Julia Finkelstein, Cornell University and Bakhita Barbara Miheso, Kenya Medical Research Institute, chaired by Cochrane CEO Karla Soares-Weiser. Register.

• 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. More information and register here. Deadline to submit abstracts is March 9, 2026.

Recent Publications from the PIN Community

The Longitudinal Impact of Fetal Malnutrition on the Anthropometric Growth of Young Children in Leyte, the Philippines

Bruzzio ME, Friedman J, Barry C, McDonald E, Jarilla B, Tallo V, Colt S. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e70120. doi: 10.1111/mcn.70120. Epub 2025 Sep 26. PMID: 41001947.

Nutritional Anemia Reductions Due to Food Fortification Among Women of Childbearing Age: A Literature Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis

Dorbu AD, Waddel HB, Chadha MK, de Romaña DL, Arabi M, Moore RH, Mehta C, Pachón H. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e13801. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13801. Epub 2025 Feb 3. PMID: 39899434; PMCID: PMC12647971.

A blueprint for fortification planning and programming: Lessons learned from an analytical review of existing fortification frameworks

Darwar R, Rowe LA, Chadha M, Sanson-Rosas AM, Arabi M. Matern Child Nutr. 2026 Mar;22(1):e13571. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13571. Epub 2023 Dec 28. PMID: 38155486; PMCID: PMC12647979.

Global assessment of childhood growth monitoring: cross-sectional survey of national policies and practices

Koivu A, Ashorn U, Borghi E, Hasman A, Menon P, Pulungan A, Ruel-Bergeron J, Shaker-Berbari L, Singh M, Thacker N, Were WM, Ylikruuvi K, Ashorn P; International Growth Monitoring Survey Consortium. J Glob Health. 2026 Feb 6;16:04034. doi: 10.7189/jogh.16.04034. PMID: 41645838; PMCID: PMC12878480.

Comparison of Aflatoxin Contamination and Dietary Exposure From Complementary Foods Among Rural Tanzanian Infants Enrolled in the Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial

Kayanda RA, Kassim N, Phillips E, Turner PC, Stoltzfus R, Ngure FM. Food Sci Nutr. 2026 Jan 30;14(2):e71315. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.71315. PMID: 41625275; PMCID: PMC12856770.

Livelihood implications of dietary shifts to animal-source food alternatives: a scoping review

Nordhagen S, Beal T, Herrero M, Mane E, Neufeld LM, Sokourenko K. Lancet Planet Health. 2026 Jan 30:101424. doi: 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101424. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41628623.