News from the Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #40
We are pleased to share this newsletter with updates and news in and around the field of international nutrition and global health. If there is any content you would like to see included, please email us at pindirector@cornell.edu.
Thank you for your continued engagement and support!
Best Regards, Saurabh and the PIN team
Spring PIN Seminar
All Seminars will be held 11:30AM - 12:30PM US Eastern Time (except April 27th, which is at 8 AM) On Zoom
Meeting ID: 918 5540 3575 | Passcode: 055648
March 9, 2023, Rahul Rawat, PhD
Senior Program Officer, Nutrition and Global Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
March 23, 2023, Heather Danton, MS
Project Director, USAID Advancing Nutrition “USAID Advancing Nutrition: Highlights from the Agency's Flagship Multi-sectoral Nutrition Project”
March 30, 2023, Helena Pachón, PhD, MPH
Research Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University - “Advocate-Scientist in Food Fortification: Experience & Research”
April 27, 2023, 8:00am EST, R. Hemalatha, MBBS, MD
Director, Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Nutrition
May 11, 2023, Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH
Director, Translational Medicine -Global Health, Novartis
with Pranay Sinha, MD, Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine
Catch up on all previous seminars through the PIN channel on Cornell Video On Demand.
Other Events and Seminars
Tufts Nutrition Data Symposium, March 8-10, 2023, Hybrid. This 2.5 day symposium features an in-person kick-off keynote and social mixer, followed by two full days of virtual programming, including expert panels, workshops, research presentations, and featured speakers. Free to register.
Edinburgh Medal Address, April 12, 2023, Edinburgh, England, In Person. “Food Politics: Why it Matters Now”, Edinburgh Medal Recipient Professor Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH. Register here.
American Society for Nutrition Networking Event: Coffee Hour with ECN & SIG, April 28, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET, Online. Join ASN for a networking event organized by the Early Career Nutrition Group and the Student Interest Group on April 28th, 2023. The purpose of this event is to facilitate engagement for students and early career professionals in the nutrition field. This event will foster informal mentorship and connection opportunities. All are welcome to join. Register here.
WHO/Cochrane/Cornell University Summer Institute, July 1-7, 2023 Online and July 15-20, 2023 In Person, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. Part of the WHO Collaborating Center on Nutrition Research for Health in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, this unique 2-week summer institute is intended for nutrition scientists and practitioners with interest in the application of scientific evidence in policy making. Candidates must have a university degree in health or social sciences with interest in nutrition interventions for public health and be willing to be co-authors on a Cochrane review. More information and apply here.
Nutrition 2023 returns to Boston, MA, USA, July 22 - 25, 2023, In Person. The program features scientific symposia and educational sessions, unpublished research studies presented in oral and poster sessions and flash talks, award lectures delivered by distinguished leaders, professional and career development opportunities, and events with ASN’s vibrant scientific communities known as Groups Engaging Members (GEMs). Attendees also will have opportunities to network with leaders from funding agencies, industry and other organizations. Register here.
Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference for Nutrition for Resilience, October 16 - 20, 2023, The Hague, Netherlands, and Online. The Micronutrient Forum’s 6th Global Conference will be a hybrid event, with a robust virtual program and in-person component at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands – a locus of international law and justice and well suited for a gathering centered on the human right to good nutrition. Register here.
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 72nd Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, October 18 - 22, 2023, In Person. The ASTMH Annual Meeting draws tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, foundations, government, not for profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, military and private practice. The meeting is designed for researchers, professors, government and public health officials, military personnel, travel clinic physicians, practicing physicians in tropical medicine, students and all healthcare providers working in the fields of tropical medicine, hygiene and global health.
PIN Podcast
The Program in International Nutrition from Cornell University interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of nutrition and public health. Listen to all of the previous episodes here!
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Safe care from home for complicated pregnancies?
Tucker KL, McManus RJ. Lancet Digit Health. 2023 Mar;5(3):e103-e104. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00018-3. PMID: 36828601.
Friesen VM, Miller JC, Bitantes RB, Reario MFD, Arnold CD, Mbuya MNN, Neufeld LM, Wieringa FT, Stormer A, Capanzana MV, Cabanilla CVD, Lietz G, Haskell MJ, Engle-Stone R. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Feb 22:e13486. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13486. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36815231.
Israel decides to cancel sweetened beverage tax in setback to public health
Troen AM, Martins APB, Aguado IH, Popkin B, Mozaffarian D, Caraher M, Yaroch AL, Bordonada MÁR, Levine H. Lancet. 2023 Feb 18;401(10376):553-554. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00214-3. Epub 2023 Feb 1. PMID: 36738757.
Vesel L, Bellad RM, Manji K, Saidi F, Velasquez E, Sudfeld CR, Miller K, Bakari M, Lugangira K, Kisenge R, Salim N, Somji S, Hoffman I, Msimuko K, Mvalo T, Nyirenda F, Phiri M, Das L, Dhaded S, Goudar SS, Herekar V, Kumar Y, Koujalagi MB, Guruprasad G, Panda S, Shamanur LG, Somannavar M, Vernekar SS, Misra S, Adair L, Bell G, Caruso BA, Duggan C, Fleming K, Israel-Ballard K, Fishman E, Lee ACC, Lipsitz S, Mansen KL, Martin SL, Mokhtar RR, North K, Pote A, Spigel L, Tuller DE, Young M, Semrau KEA; LIFE study team. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 15;13(2):e067316. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067316. PMID: 36792338; PMCID: PMC9933750.
Benavides-Lara A, Fernández-Sánchez O, Barboza-Argüello MP, Alfaro-Calvo T, Martínez H. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023 Feb 15:1–12. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05837-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36790493; PMCID: PMC9930052.
Kim SS, Ashok S, Avula R, Mahapatra T, Gokhale P, Walton S, Heidkamp R, Munos MK. J Nutr. 2023 Feb 14:S0022-3166(23)11099-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36796483.
Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world
Pérez-Escamilla R, Tomori C, Hernández-Cordero S, Baker P, Barros AJD, Bégin F, Chapman DJ, Grummer-Strawn LM, McCoy D, Menon P, Ribeiro Neves PA, Piwoz E, Rollins N, Victora CG, Richter L; 2023 Lancet Breastfeeding Series Group. Lancet. 2023 Feb 11;401(10375):472-485. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01932-8. Epub 2023 Feb 7. PMID: 36764313.