News from the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #49
We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates, news and opportunities in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. Check out our newly launched PIN website pin.nutrition.cornell.edu packed with info about our program, seminars, podcast, and opportunities to connect and engage. Dr. Jacquelyn Bedsaul-Fryer joins the seminar this week — we hope you can tune in!
All seminars will be hosted on Zoom, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET | Passcode: 055648
Sincerely, Saurabh, Erica, Anna and Nidhi
PIN Seminar
View the full list of upcoming seminars on our new website!
Jacquelyn Bedsaul-Fryer, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Title: “Precision Nutrition applications and opportunities for low- and middle-income countries to help mitigate nutrition and health challenges”
Co-sponsored by the Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Francesca Celletti, MD, PhD
Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, World Health Organization
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Calling all Cornell PIN Alumni!
It’s time to reconnect with the Cornell PIN network of nutrition professionals around the world through the newly launched PIN website — pin.nutrition.cornell.edu. Update your profile on our Alumni page and follow PIN on LinkedIn to stay even further informed and connected. Interested in learning more about participating in a future PIN Seminar or Podcast to talk about your work? Please reach out via our website or email pindirector@cornell.edu.
Thank you to Dr. Mal Nesheim for compiling the early history of PIN — we are requesting alumni share significant events and milestones that should be added to this timeline.
Job Opportunities
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Artificial Intelligence and Precision Nutrition T32 - Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, Cornell University. Apply here.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Maternal and Child Nutrition - Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Apply here.
Evidence Methodologist - Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. Apply here.
Upcoming Conferences
Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference for Nutrition for Resilience, October 16 - 20, 2023, The Hague, Netherlands, In Person and Online. The goal of this hybrid conference is to shape and establish a compelling and evidence-based agenda on the interdependence of nutrition and resilience. ALL plenaries and concurrent sessions, as well as all sponsored symposia will be live streamed, and all posters will be available to view online for registered participants. View the program to get an overview of the sessions available and register here.
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 72nd Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, October 18 - 22, 2023, In Person. Early rate registration now open until September 21st! View the tentative schedule of events here.
PIN Podcast
The Program in International Nutrition from Cornell University interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of nutrition and public health. Tune in to all of our previous episodes here!
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Food: the tuberculosis vaccine we already have
Sinha P, Mehta S. Lancet. 2023 Aug 19;402(10402):588-590. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01321-1. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37567199.
Sensory acceptability of biofortified foods and food products: a systematic review
Huey SL, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Konieczynski EM, Krisher JT, Mbuya MNN, Mehta NH, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Mehta S. Nutr Rev. 2023 Aug 27:nuad100. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad100. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37634146.
Nutritional status and dietary diversity of pregnant and nonpregnant reproductive-age Rohingya women
Fahim SM, Das S, Rasul MG, Zaman MU, Alam MA, Afrin S, Saqeeb KN, Hasan MM, Alam AFMM, Chowdhury M, Ahmed T. Food Sci Nutr. 2023 Jun 15;11(9):5523-5531. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.3508. PMID: 37701197; PMCID: PMC10494628.
Dunford EK, Miles DR, Popkin B. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 Jun;123(6):889-901. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2022.11.007. Epub 2023 Jan 31. PMID: 36931919; PMCID: PMC10200736.
Ickes SB, Lemein H, Arensen K, Kinyua J, Denno DM, Sanders HK, Walson JL, Martin SL, Nduati R, Palmquist AEL. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 May 19:e13500. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13500. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37208841.
Dalton AF, Diallo AO, Chard AN, Moulia DL, Deputy NP, Fothergill A, Kracalik I, Wegner CW, Markus TM, Pathela P, Still WL, Hawkins S, Mangla AT, Ravi N, Licherdell E, Britton A, Lynfield R, Sutton M, Hansen AP, Betancourt GS, Rowlands JV, Chai SJ, Fisher R, Danza P, Farley M, Zipprich J, Prahl G, Wendel KA, Niccolai L, Castilho JL, Payne DC, Cohn AC, Feldstein LR; CDC Multijurisdictional Mpox Case-Control Study Group; CDC Multijurisdictional Mpox Case Control Study Group. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 May 19;72(20):553-558. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7220a3. PMID: 37200229.
Hesselink A, Winkvist A, Lindahl B, Ueland PM, Schneede J, Johansson I, Karlsson T. Nutr J. 2023 May 17;22(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s12937-023-00853-w. PMID: 37198607; PMCID: PMC10189923.
Rocha T, Allotey J, Palacios A, Vogel JP, Smits L, Carroli G, Mistry H, Young T, Qureshi ZP, Cormick G, Snell KIE, Abalos E, Pena-Rosas JP, Khan KS, Larbi KK, Thorson A, Singata-Madliki M, Hofmeyr GJ, Bohren M, Riley R, Betran AP, Thangaratinam S; International Calcium in Pregnancy (i-CIP) Collaborative Network. BMJ Open. 2023 May 11;13(5):e065538. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065538. PMID: 37169508; PMCID: PMC10186423.
Association between a calcium to magnesium ratio and osteoporosis among Puerto Rican adults
Fouhy LE, Mangano KM, Zhang X, Hughes BD, Tucker KL, Noel SE. J Nutr. 2023 May 8:S0022-3166(23)37602-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.05.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37164266.