The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #15
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,
Nidhi and Saurabh
PIN Seminars
This week:
"Finding the ‘gold’ in Golden Rice: Design considerations and challenges in evaluating the nutritional impact of Golden Rice"
Rolf Klemm, MPH, DrPH,
Vice President of Nutrition, Helen Keller International and
Senior Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
March 10, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Save the dates for upcoming Spring 2022 PIN Seminars:
Vani Sethi, PhD,
Nutrition Specialist (Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition), UNICEF India
March 17, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
María Nieves García-Casal, PhD,
Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO)
March 24, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Md. Munirul Islam, MBBS, PhD,
Scientist, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division and
Senior Consultant Physician, Dhaka Hospital
March 31, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Shibani Ghosh, PhD,
Research Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and
Associate Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition, Tufts University
April 14, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Jennifer Friedman, MD, PhD,
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and
Director, Lifespan Center for International Health Research (CIHR)
April 21, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Reina Engle-Stone, PhD,
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
May 5, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
PIN Podcasts
We are excited to be back with another season of the PIN podcast series! Check out our latest episode with Dr. Shweta Khandelwal here.
Catch up on our previous episodes here.
PIN #DKY Series
Did you know, we have started a new #DYK series on Twitter to highlight the work of our faculty and alumni in international nutrition - here is a sampling of our first few tweets
Other Seminars and Events of Interest
WHO Cochrane Cornell Summer Institute | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Cornell College of Human Ecology — www.human.cornell.edu
Applications are now open for the 2022 Summer Institute! This unique institute brings together experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Cochrane, and Cornell University to train participants in the development of systematic reviews of nutrition interventions in populations.
Submit you application via the online system
Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development – Knowledge Indicating Dietary Sufficiency Meeting Series — web.cvent.com
BOND-KIDS is a global effort led by the NICHD to describe factors affecting health and nutrition in school-aged children and to guide assessment of nutrition programs. Find out more about this project in a series of four videocasts starting March 4: https://videocast.nih.gov/
Register here
What is the leading agricultural research for development organization doing to help farmers adapt to climate change? | CALS — cals.cornell.edu
Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series: Spring 2022 Climate-focused research aims to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate shocks and to raise and maintain high yields profitably and, most of all, sustainably by reducing GHG emissions.
Monday, March 16, 2022, 12:25 PM - 1:15 PM
Seminars & Events | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Cornell College of Human Ecology — www.human.cornell.edu
Cathryn Nagler, PhD
Bunning Family Professor
Pritzker School of Moleculer Engineering
The University of Chicago
Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Assessing and bridging SME nutrition gaps in Africa and Asia. — us02web.zoom.us
This event marks the launch of the final report and toolkit for the Nutrition Business Monitor (NBM) project.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10:00 AM CET
Jobs and Other Opportunities
Hiring Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow, PHND - Washington, DC — phf.tbe.taleo.net
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as an Associate Research Fellow (ARF) or Research Fellow (RF) for a two-year renewable appointment in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (PHND).
Position Code: 22-107
Hiring Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow, PHND - Washington, DC — phf.tbe.taleo.net
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as an Associate Research Fellow (ARF) or Research Fellow (RF) for a two-year renewable appointment in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (PHND).
Position Code: 22-108
News and Updates
USAID Advancing Nutrition Commemorates International Women’s Day 2022 — www.advancingnutrition.org
Women play a critical role in achieving positive nutrition outcomes. This International Women’s Day, USAID Advancing Nutrition recognizes the need to #BreakTheBias and work together to understand how gender impacts agricultural outputs, healthy diets, and social norms.
Gender Equality - Nutrition International — www.nutritionintl.org Ensuring that intersectional gender perspectives and the goal of gender equality are central across all our programs, interventions, and partnerships.
World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity — www.who.int More than 1 billion people worldwide are obese – 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. This number is still increasing.
Micronutrient-dense foods to combat malnutrition — www.gainhealth.org
Malnutrition comes in many forms. Hunger, stunting, and wasting can have severe consequences that are all too visible.
Opinion: Nutritious school meals are the key for Africa's children — www.devex.com
At the 2021 Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit, national and global stakeholders made significant new policy and financial commitments to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Women of reproductive age (WRA) are at increased risk for anemia and iron deficiency.
The lack of nationally representative, individual-level dietary intake data has led researchers to increasingly turn to household-level data on food acquisitions and/or consumption to inform the design of food fortification programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Depressive Symptomatology among Boston area Puerto Ricans While CES-D score was consistently lower in those with higher MeD adherence over 5 years of follow up, no relationship between baseline MeD adherence and 5y CES-D trajectory was observed.
Perceptions of the local food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes research Network (ECHORN) Cohort study This study highlights the importance of affordability in consumption of FV in the Eastern Caribbean, and how this relationship may be modified by food insecurity.
Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) involves weekly or biweekly outpatient clinic visits for clinical surveillance and distribution of therapeutic foods.
Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplements (MMS) are more effective than iron and folic acid (IFA) supplements in reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes.