The Program in International Nutrition at Cornell University - Issue #28
Dear all,
I hope you are all well. Thank you to Professor Emeritus Malden Nesheim for joining us last week for our first Conversation.
Please find below the updates in and around the Program in International Nutrition.
Best wishes,
Saurabh and the PIN team
PIN Seminars Fall 2022
Next week
A Conversation with Professor Emeritus of Maternal and Child Nutrition Jere Haas, PhD.
Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30-12:3o EST on Zoom
Other confirmed Fall speakers include:
Jennifer Cashin, Regional Associate Director, Alive & Thrive Southeast Asia
Diana Thomas, Professor, United States Military Academy at West Point
Pattanee Winichagoon, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Mercy Lung'aho, Research Scientist, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Natasha Lelijveld, Senior Nutritionist, Emergency Nutrition Network
Anthony J. Wenndt, Technical Officer, Reaching the Very Poor Programme Services Team, GAIN
If you have any questions for the speakers in this series, please email them to pindirector@cornell.edu and we would love to include them.
PIN Podcasts
Catch up on all of the episodes here! — pin.transistor.fm The Program in International Nutrition from Cornell University interviews leaders and rising stars in the field of nutrition and public health.
Other Seminars and Events of Interest
White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health | health.gov — health.gov
September 28, 2022. the Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The Administration will also release a National Strategy with actions the federal government will take to drive solutions to these challenges. Sign up here to receive a link to watch the livestream from the White House.
Fall 2022 Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Summit — www.eventbrite.com
October 19, 2022 Online. Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and its Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute are pleased to present a fall Innovation Summit focused on opportunities for food system innovations in contexts ranging from complex humanitarian disasters to forward-looking architecture design.
Cornell and CIMMYT presents advanced wheat improvement course - BGRI - Borlaug Global Rust Initiative — bgri.cornell.edu
Starts September 19, 2022 Online. An innovative online course to empower global scientists with the most advanced training in wheat improvement.
Transforming food systems and improving diets — www.gainhealth.org
October 5, 2022, Germany. This joint event by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) aims to discuss possible steps towards sustainable food system transformation
World Food Forum — www.gainhealth.org
October 17-21, 2022, Rome. To inspire wide-spread discussion and action around this urgent topic, the World Food Forum (WFF) – a youth-led movement and network to transform our agrifood systems.
News and Updates
Congratulations to Juan Pablo (JP) Peña-Rosas and Arturo Sanchez, awarded high commendation by the WHO for their participation in the WHO LEAD Innovation Challenge - 2021
WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences — www.who.int
Released this week, this new Framework calls on leaders and other stakeholders to mitigate biorisks and safely govern dual-use research, which has a clear benefit but can be misused to harm humans, other animals, agriculture and the environment.
World Bank establishes new Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response – PPR FIF — www.worldbank.org
Designed to reflect inclusive and effective governance and operating arrangements with high standards of transparency and accountability; hosted by the World Bank with technical leadership from WHO.
Are you a researcher or practitioner working in nutrition and global health? Would you be interested in an opportunity to present your work to the alumni, trainees, and faculty of one of the largest training programs in international nutrition? If interested, please send a pitch of no more than 100 words or two slides including the topic and details of what will be covered to pindirector@cornell.edu. Applications from early career scientists (doctoral student, postdoc, junior faculty) are encouraged. Presentations will be virtual and receive an honorarium. Submissions will be reviewed and selected on a rolling basis.
Please also feel free to nominate speakers!
Recent Publications from the PIN Community
Exclusive breastfeeding: Measurement to match the global recommendation
A comparison of five methods of measuring exclusive breastfeeding, using data from three large-scale cross-sectional surveys
Review of diagnostic methodology for 39 indicators representing food supply, food environments, nutrition outcomes, and environmental outcomes that offer cutoffs to assess performance of national food systems.
The burden of anemia and iron deficiency among a cohort of women of reproductive age in India was substantial, and increased after adjusting for inflammation, suggesting potential to benefit from screening and interventions.