The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Weekly Newsletter
Dear all,
Welcome to the first PIN newsletter of 2022! Like before, we will send announcements and links for job openings, our upcoming seminars, podcasts, and relevant news to your inbox in one email each week.
Please do share any content including any publications, news, awards, and honors that you will like us to share through this newsletter. Please also join me in welcoming Nidhi Shrestha, a graduate student in DNS, to the PIN team for this semester.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
Saurabh
News and updates
Cornell to co-lead NIH center for precision nutrition research | Cornell Chronicle — news.cornell.edu The Division of Nutritional Sciences and partner RTI International won a five-year, $23 million award to coordinate research for the NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health study.
The DHS Program Online Learning Platform — learning.dhsprogram.com
The DHS Program announces a new open course offered on The DHS Program Learning Hub, Introduction to Nutrition Indicators in DHS Surveys. Available for free with a simple registration, this course is designed to orient professionals from government, civil society, multilateral organizations, and all data users to the nutrition indicators reported in DHS surveys. Participants can expect to spend between 2-3 hours completing this self-paced course.
Register and begin the Introduction to Nutrition Indicators in DHS Surveys, and share widely within your networks!
Jobs and Opportunities - DNS and others
PIN seminars
Save the dates for upcoming Spring 2022 PIN seminars:
Feb 24, 2022 | Shweta Khandelwal, MSc, PhD, MSc, India Taskforce, Lancet COVID-19 Commission Public Health Foundation of India
Mar 3, 2022 | Corinna Hawkes, PhD, Professor of Food Policy, University of London
Mar 10, 2022 | 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 17, 2022 | Vani Sethi, PhD, Nutrition Specialist (Adolescent and Women's Nutrition), UNICEF India
Mar 24, 2022 | María Nieves García-Casal, PhD, Scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 14, 2022 | Shibani Ghosh, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Tufts University
Apr 21, 2022 | Jennifer Friedman, M.D., PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University & Director, Lifespan Center for International Health Research (CIHR)
May 5, 2022 | Reina Engle-Stone, PhD, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
Podcasts
We have an exciting line up of podcasts lined up for this semester. Catch up on previous episodes at pin.transistor.fm.
Recent publications from PIN community
Background: Childbearing decreases High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), potentially contributing to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in parous women. Large HDL particles (HDL-P) are associated with lower risk of CVD.
Background: Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in India do not meet recommendations. Community health care workers (CHWs) are often the primary source of information for pregnant and postpartum women about Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices.
Background: Implementation science (IS) has the potential to improve the implementation and impact of policies, programs, and interventions. Most of the training, guidance, and experience has focused on implementation research, which is only 1 part of the broader field of IS.
Background: Salutogenesis focuses on factors that generate health and is a useful construct for identifying factors that promote health and for guiding activities to this end.
Background: This study examines the food safety beliefs of vendors and consumers in a mid-sized Nigerian city using data from in-depth interviews and cognitive mapping techniques drawn from ethnography.