News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #66
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 this Thursday as Dr. Martin Mwangi of the Micronutrient Forum joins the PIN Seminar to discuss the work of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium.
We will also be celebrating World Obesity Day with a 4-part series this month in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, with introductions on March 13th by Dr. Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas. The talks will highlight our collaborative work on obesity in children and adolescents and people-centered approaches to managing obesity.
As always, we welcome your engagement and support.
Saurabh and the PIN Team
Spring 2025 PIN Seminar Series
Note - A one time registration per semester 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.
March 6, 2025, Dr. Martin Mwangi, PhD, Program Lead, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium, the Micronutrient Forum
“Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation and Maternal Nutrition”
Celebration of World Obesity Day Series in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at 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” with introductions by Dr. Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, MD, PhD, MPH, Head, Global Health Initiatives, Office of the Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization.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, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health 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/3EdIaX1Other Events of Interest
The next review of applications for the 2025 WHO/Cochrane/Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making is scheduled for March 5th. There will be further evaluation of applications weekly until the course is full. Week one begins May 19, 2025 with asynchronous online training; Week two begins June 15, 2025 with in-person training at Cornell University campus, Ithaca, NY. Apply here.
Nutrition 2025, May 31 - June 3, 2025, Orlando, Florida. Join the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting. Register by March 7th to secure the best rate. Late Breaking/Rapid Science Submission deadline is March 10th. More information here.
Job Opportunities
Please send us your postings to include in the newsletter, including any full time and part time positions, consultancies and postgraduate fellowships, to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Gates Foundation, Deputy Director of Nutrition, full time, Seattle, WA, USA. Apply here.
Gates Foundation, Program Officer, Maternal Newborn Child Nutrition Health, full time, Abuja, Nigeria. Apply here.
Sight and Life , 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 here.
Browse careers and vacancies at other international organizations:
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
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