The Program in International Nutrition Newsletter
Dear all,
We hope you are well. See below for this week’s updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition. Please do send content and suggestions that you will like us to include in the newsletter that will make this more useful for you. Thank you.
Best wishes,
Camille and Saurabh
Jobs and opportunities
Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences
The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) at Cornell University invites applications for a cluster hire comprised of two positions in nutrition and global health: this cluster links to initiatives in the Division including external partnerships with the World Health Organization, Cochrane, and others.
PIN seminars
Up next:
COVID-response adaptations in nutrition supplementation programs- experiences from Nutrition International
Mandana Arabi, MD, PhD, Nutrition International
October 28, 2021 at 11:30am ET on Zoom
Save the Dates for upcoming Fall 2021 PIN Seminars:
Food Safety and Food Systems
Luz Maria De-Regil, DSc, World Health Organization
November 4, 2021 at 11:30am ET on Zoom
Addressing pediatric iron deficiency in areas where infection is common
Sarah Cusick, PhD, University of Minnesota
November 11, 2021 at 11:30am ET on Zoom
Food security in the time of Covid-19, with special reference to Bangladesh
John Hoddinott, MA, PhD, Cornell University
November 18, 2021 at 11:30am ET on Zoom
Dissertation Seminar
Jenna Golan, PhD Candidate, Cornell University
December 2, 2021 at 11:30am ET on Zoom
Other upcoming seminars and events of interest
Meat intake and dementia risk in UK adults — publichealth.jhu.edu
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dept. of International Health Program in Human Nutrition | October 26th, 2021: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
Pathways to an anti-racist and regenerative environmentalism in an age of intersecting crises — cals.cornell.edu
Perspectives in Global Development | October 27th, 2021: 12:25pm – 1:15pm ET
A Conversation about Activist Scholarship and the Politics of Research and Engagement — cals.cornell.edu
Polson Institute for Global Development | October 28th, 2021: 4:00 – 5:30pm ET
Food and Youth: What I have learned from young people and their desire to fix the food systems they live in — www.ifpri.org
31st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture | October 28th, 2021: 10:00am – 11:30am ET
Janet Clay White ’61 Lecture in Community Nutrition — www.human.cornell.edu
Josiemer Mattei, PhD, MPH, FAHA | November 30, 2021: 11:30am – 12:30pm ET
Other seminars in the Division of Nutritional Sciences are listed at https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/about/seminars
Recent publications from the PIN community
Nutrition, Inflammation, and the Gut Microbiota among Outpatients with Active Tuberculosis Disease in India India has the highest rates of tuberculosis (TB) globally and a high prevalence of malnutrition; however, the interplay between host nutritional status, inflammation, and the gut microbiome in active tuberculosis disease (ATBD) is less well-studied.
Provision of folic acid for reducing arsenic toxicity in arsenic-exposed children and adults Background: Arsenic is a common environmental toxin.
Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. Given an emphasis on equity in access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in global health targets, evaluations of differences in tuberculosis burden by sex are crucial. We aimed to assess the levels and trends of the global burden of tuberculosis, with an emphasis on investigating differences in sex by HIV status for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to...