News from the Program in International Nutrition, Cornell University | Issue #69
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 next talk of our series, March 27th with Dr. Shah Mohammad Fahim, sharing our work on the gut microbiome and interventions for children and adolescents with obesity. The series is in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Center at the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health.
As always, we welcome your continued engagement and support.
Sincerely,
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.
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 27, 2025, Dr. Shah Mohammad 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/3EdIaX1Save the Date ~ May 1, 2025, 11:30am EDT, The Lindower-Wolitzer DNS Experiental Learning Symposium. Join us for a presentation by the College of Human Ecology Public Health and Nutrition Ambassadors highlighting their work as undergraduate researchers on projects relevant to real-world practice and set to inform public policy and guidelines. Hybrid, via PIN Seminar Zoom link and in person, Cornell Ithaca Campus (location and more information TBA).
Job Opportunities
Please send us your postings to include in the newsletter, including any full time and part time positions, consultancies and fellowships, to pindirector@cornell.edu.
Regional Adviser, Health Financing & Governance, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt, full-time. Apply here.
Senior Program Officer, Humanitarian Immunization & Polio, Gates Foundation, London, UK. Apply by 4/4/2025 here.
Project Manager I, Implementations, NextGen Healthcare, full time, remote. Apply here.
Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator, Relief International, Darfur, Sudan, full time. Apply here.
Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Amazon One Medical, multiple USA locations. Apply here.
Research Fellow, Climate Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Nutrition and Planetary Health, full time, London or Gambia. Apply here.
Research Assistant, Climate Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Nutrition and Planetary Health, part time, London or Gambia. Apply here.
AI Scientist, Responsible AI Team, Novo Nordisk Denmark. Apply by 4/3/2025 here.
Public Health Program Manager, Population Health, City of Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. Apply here.
Assistant Professor in Precision Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, nine-month, tenure-track appointment involving research and teaching. Apply here.
Global Adjunct Faculty, Nutrition (Remote), Purdue University, School of Health Sciences, fully remote non-tenured adjunct teaching position in the Bachelor in Nutrition program. Apply here.
Deputy Director of Nutrition, Gates Foundation, full time, Seattle, WA, USA. Apply here.
Country Program Manager, Philippines, Sight and Life, full time in-person. Apply here.
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Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Sinha P, Bhargava M, Carwile ME, Dauphinais MR, Tisile P, Cintron C, Locks LM, Hauser J, Oliver M, Heysell SK, Mehta S, Finkelstein JL, Koura KG, Cegielski JP, Houben RMGJ, McQuaid CF, Bhargava A. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Mar 19:S2214-109X(25)00021-X. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00021-X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40120593.
Phillips E, Ngure FM, Kassim N, Turner PC, Makule E, Smith LE, Makori N, Cramer B, Humpf HU, Nelson RJ, Stoltzfus RJ. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2025 Feb 1;121(2):333-42
Kayanda RA, Kassim N, Ngure FM, Stoltzfus RJ, Phillips E. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 31;17(1):131. doi: 10.3390/nu17010131. PMID: 39796565; PMCID: PMC11722735.
Foudjo BUS, Teta I, Nielsen JN, Kang Y, Nguefack-Tsague G, Nounkeu CD, Touré D, Doledec D, Oben J. BMC Nutr. 2025 Mar 22;11(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s40795-025-01041-1. PMID: 40121510; PMCID: PMC11929175.