The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #29
Dear all,
We hope you are well. Please find below this week’s updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Saurabh and the PIN Team
PIN Podcasts
Tune in to Season 4 | Episodes 1 & 2 — pin.transistor.fm
The PIN Podcast is back with a new season! Listen to our two-part conversation with Professor Emeritus Malden Nesheim where he reflects on the history of International Nutrition and his work at Cornell.
PIN Seminars Fall 2022
Mark your calendar
Thursday October 13, 2022, 11:30am - 12:30pm on Zoom
Dr. Natasha Lelijveld, PhD
Senior Nutritionist, Emergency Nutrition Network
Other confirmed Fall speakers include:
Anthony J. Wenndt, PhD ~ October 20, 2022
Reaching the Very Poor Programme Services Team, GAIN
Diana Thomas, PhD ~ October 27, 2022
United States Military Academy at West Point
Mercy Lung'aho, PhD ~ November 3, 2022
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Jennifer Cashin, MPH ~ November 10, 2022
Alive & Thrive Southeast Asia
Pattanee Winichagoon, PhD ~ November 17, 2022
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
If you have any questions for the speakers in this series, please email them to pindirector@cornell.edu and we would love to include them.
Catch up on all the PIN Podcast episodes here!
Other Seminars and Events of Interest
Maternal Child Nutrition Seminar — cornell.zoom.us
September 30, 2022, via Zoom. 12:25pm-1:15pm. Dr. Shah Mohammad Fahim of Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences will present his recent research in a talk entitled "Modulating gut microbiota to fight childhood undernutrition: the story of Microbiota Directed Complementary Food." Join the Zoom meeting here | Meeting ID: 986 5604 1655 | Passcode: MCN
White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health — health.gov
September 28, 2022. Ending Hunger, Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Reducing Diet-Related Diseases and Disparities. View the agenda and tune in here to watch the panels via YouTube.
Nature Conferences - Medicine in a Virtual Age — conferences.nature.com
October 4-6, 2022. Virtual. This Nature Conference will focus on recent advances in the development, application and implementation of strategies to deliver health care and health education via remote technologies — connecting individuals and health professionals, bringing care to low-resource settings, and ensuring equal access for all. Register here.
3rd International Conference on Precision Nutrition and Metabolism in Public Health and Medicine — www.aegeanconferences.org
October 15-20, 2022. In person. Chania, Greece. This 4-day meeting brings together experts in nutrition, metabolomics, systems biology, and computer science who otherwise would not interact to advance our fundamental understanding of biological networks, their dynamics, changes with age and interactions with nutrients. Register by October 10th here.
Cochrane's 2022 Annual General Meeting | Cochrane Community — community.cochrane.org
October 17, 2022. Virtual or In Person. You are invited to attend Cochrane's 2022 Annual General Meeting. Register here.
News and Updates
Congratulations to Dr. Purnima Menon, new Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy, at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Read more about Dr. Menon's work here
Invisible numbers — www.who.int
The noncommunicable disease data portal displays data to highlight current status of NCD mortality, morbidity and risk factor exposures, and track global and national progress against key targets, identify common challenges, and signpost useful resources.
Recent Publications from the PIN community
Clinical trial data suggesting that women with anemia may be incorrectly identified as not anemic via portable hemoglobinometer, and the anemia prevalence may be underestimated at the population level.
Insights on the barriers that are curbing the management of SAM in resource-limited settings
The public health and nutrition communities of low- and middle-income countries across the Tropics have increasingly recognized that aflatoxins and other related mycotoxins pose a serious threat to human health.