News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #65
Please find updates on activities in and around the field of international nutrition and global health in this newsletter. Join us this Thursday as the PIN Seminar welcomes Dr. Cecilia Fabrizio of the Micronutrient Forum.
We are deeply saddened to learn about the recent job losses that have affected our international nutrition community. If you have any open positions, please let us know and we can advertise on our website and in the newsletter. Please also let us know if you have any other ideas or suggestions for supporting our community or any events we can facilitate and send them to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Warmly,
Saurabh and the PIN team
Spring 2025 PIN Seminar Series
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All Spring PIN Seminars will be held on Zoom Thursdays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET.
Micronutrient Forum Series:
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.
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PIN Podcast
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.
Job Opportunities
Please send us your postings to include in future newsletters, including any full time and part time positions, consultancies and postgraduate fellowships. Send to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Sight and Life is looking for Country Program Managers across multiple locations. If you have expertise in leading maternal health and nutrition programs, are based in either South Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, or Indonesia, can manage financial and administrative operations, and love working with global, diverse teams. We are looking for you!
Apply now and join our result-oriented (and super fun) team to play your part in transforming nutrition and health in your country. Please email your CV with a cover letter to HR@sightandlife.orgBrowse careers and vacancies at other international organizations:
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Iron intake and iron status of Swedish adolescents with diets of varying climate impact
Hallström E, Löfvenborg JE, Moreaus L, Sjöberg A, Winkvist A, Lindroos AK. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Feb 15;64(2):93. doi: 10.1007/s00394-024-03572-y. PMID: 39954132; PMCID: PMC11829901.
Wang D, Partap U, Liu E, Costa JC, Cliffer IR, Wang M, Nookala SK, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Ahmed I, Argaw A, Ariff S, Bhandari N, Chowdhury R, Erchick D, García-Guerra A, Ghaffarpour M, Hanley-Cook G, Huybregts L, Jehan F, Kaseb F, Krebs NF, Lachat C, Lama TP, Manandhar DS, McClure EM, Moore SE, Muhammad A, Neufeld LM, et al. PLoS Med. 2025 Feb 3;22(2):e1004523. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004523. PMID: 39899474; PMCID: PMC11790098.
Dorbu AD, Waddel HB, Chadha MK, de Romaña DL, Arabi M, Moore RH, Mehta C, Pachón H. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Feb 3:e13801. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13801. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39899434.