The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #11
Dear all,
We hope you are well. See below for this week’s updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition.
Please do share any news, content, and suggestions for materials you will like us to include in the newsletter that will make this more useful for you. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Nidhi and Saurabh
PIN Seminars
Save the dates for upcoming Spring 2022 PIN seminars:
Shweta Khandelwal, MSc, PhD, MSc, India Taskforce, Lancet COVID-19 Commission Public Health Foundation of India
Feb 24, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Corinna Hawkes, PhD, Professor of Food Policy, University of London
Mar 3, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Rolf Klemm, MPH, DrPH, Vice President of Nutrition at Helen Keller International (HKI) and Senior Associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mar 10, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Vani Sethi, PhD, Nutrition Specialist (Adolescent and Women’s Nutrition), UNICEF India
Mar 17, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
María Nieves García-Casal, PhD, Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 24, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Md. Munirul Islam, MBBS, PhD, Scientist, Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, & Senior Consultant Physician, Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR-B
Mar 31, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Shibani Ghosh, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Tufts University
Apr 14, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Jennifer Friedman, M.D., PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University & Director, Lifespan Center for International Health Research (CIHR)
Apr 21, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Reina Engle-Stone, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
May 5, 2022, 11:30 AM EST
Other upcoming seminars and events of interest
II International Seminar on Food and Nutrition in Primary Health Care - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization — www.paho.org
The II International Seminar on Nutrition in Primary Health Care (PHC), organized by the Ministry of Health of Brazil, with the collaboration of the Pan American Health Organization will be held virtually on 15th, 16th and 17th February, from 2.00 to 6.00 pm (Brasilia time).
Upcoming Webinar | Tanzania’s New National Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan — myemail.constantcontact.com
Join us for this upcoming webinar to learn more about the development of NMNAP II and it’s accompanying Resource Mobilization Strategy (RMS).
February 16, 2022, 8:00 - 9:30 AM ET (GMT-5)
A Decade of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI): Lessons from Using Empowerment Metrics — www.ifpri.org
This Special Event will reflect on what has been accomplished and learned by applying WEAI and pro-WEAI in diverse contexts.
FEB 16, 2022 - 9:30 to 11:00AM (EST)
Seminars & Events | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Cornell College of Human Ecology “Regulation of allergic responses to food by intestinal bacteria" — 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)
New Podcast episode
We have an exciting line up of podcasts for this semester.
Check out our latest episode from Season 2 with Dr. John Hoddinott
PIN Podcast | PIN 13 - John Hoddinott
Dr. John Hoddinott joins the PIN Podcast to tell us about his work as H.E. Babcock Professor of Food & Nutrition Economics and Policy, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University.
Feel free to connect with us:
Guest: Dr. John Hoddinott - LinkedIn
Interviewers:
Ph.D. students, Kripa Rajagopalan, @Kripa_UsRaj;
Elizabeth Centeno Tablante, @CentenoTablante;
Cristina Guitron, @cris_guitron;
Masters student, Nidhi Shreshta, @nidhi__shreshta;
and Postdoc, Dr. Samantha L. Huey, @slhuey;
Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences Program in International Nutrition, @Cornell_PIN!
Editing: Elena Cherchi, @elenacherchicom
Catch up on previous PIN podcasts
Jobs and Opportunities - DNS and others
GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition: Director, Knowledge Leadership — jobs.gainhealth.org The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a full-time Director, Knowledge Leadership to be responsible for providing strategic leadership, direction, and accountability of the Knowledge Leadership team. The Director, Knowledge Leadership will be expected to integrate and oversee a portfolio of monitoring, evaluation and research activities in terms of excellence, best practice and creativity.
Congratulations to our Alumni!
We have fantastic news to share on the alumni front. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lynnette Neufeld, PhD for being appointed as Director of Nutrition at Food and Agriculture Organization.
Please also join us in congratulating Dr. Mduduzi Mbuya, PhD for being appointed as Interim Director of Knowledge Leadership at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
News and Updates
2022: The Year of Nutrition | African Union — au.int Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Recent publications from the PIN community
Background: The aim of this study is to assess if peer counseling of women improves breastfeeding, complementary feeding practices, and child growth, and thus reduces the prevalence of undernutrition in children up to 4 years of age.
Interventions to improve calcium intake through foods in populations with low intake - PubMed
Background: Given the vital role of calcium in bone health, metabolism, and cell signaling, countries with low calcium intake may want to consider food-based approaches to improve calcium consumption and bioavailability within their population.
Background: We assessed the quality of nutrition service delivery during ANC and examined its influencing factors related to the health facility, health care provider (HCP) and client characteristics.
Highly portable quantitative screening test for prostate-specific antigen at point of care - PubMed
Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most diagnosed cancer among men. Targeted PCa screening may decrease PCa-specific mortality. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the most reliable and widely accepted tumor biomarker for screening and monitoring PCa status.
Maternal and paternal involvement in complementary feeding in Kaduna State, Nigeria: The continuum of gender roles in urban and rural settings - PubMed Household gender roles influence infant and young child feeding behaviours and may contribute to suboptimal complementary feeding practices through inequitable household decision-making, intra-household food allocation and limited paternal support for resources and caregiving. In Igabi local governm …