Current Novel Research Efforts

• Improving the growth, develoment, feeding care, and survival of infants and young children globally. 
• Understanding how to advance programs and policies for improving nutrition and development. 

Associated Affiliate Scholars

• Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD .
• Burch, James, Ph.D. 
• Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D. 
• Hebert, James, Ph.D. 
• Liese, Angela, Ph.D. 
• Liu, Jihong, Sc.D.

Expand allAffiliate Publications

• Basnet S, Frongillo EA, Nguyen PH, Moore S, Arabi M. Factor structure and equivalence of maternal resources for care in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Maternal and Child Health Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03100-4.
• Blake CE, Frongillo EA, Warren AM, Constantinides SV, Rampalli K, Bhandari S. Elaborating the science of food choice for rapidly changing food systems in low-and middle-income countries. Global Food Security. 28:100503, 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100503.
• Botchway M, Davis RE, Appiah LT, Moore S, Merchant AT.The Influence of Religious Participation and Use of Traditional Medicine on Type 2 Diabetes Control in Urban Ghana. J Relig Health (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01187-9
• Constantinides SV, Turner C, Frongillo EA, Bhandari S, Reyes LI, Blake CE. Using a global food environment framework to understand relationships with food choice in diverse low- and middle-income countries. Global Food Security, 2021, 100511.
• Escobar-Alegria JL, Frongillo EA, Blake CE. Terminal logic behavior and strategic defection of governmental officials during presidential transitions in Guatemala: Implications for the sustainability of food and nutrition security policy. Current Developments in Nutritionorg/10.1093/cdn/nzaa161, 2020.
• Flores, JC, Gracia-:avedan E, Benavente Y, Amiano P, Romaguera D, Costas L, Robles C, Gonzalez-Barca E, Banda E, Alonso E, Aymerich M, Campo E, Dierssen-Sotos T, Marcos-Gragera R, Rodriguez-Suares MM, Solans M, Gimeno E, Martin PG, Aragones N, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, Pollan M, Kogevinas M, Sanjose S, Castono-Vinyals G, Casabonne D. The Dietary Inflammatory Index and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in the MCC Spain Study. Nutrients. 2020. doi:10.3390/nu12010048 
• Han Y-Y, Jerschow E, Forno E, Hua S, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Perreira K, Sotres-Alvarez D, Afshar M, Punjabi NM, Thyagariajan B, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, Kaplan RC, Celedon JC. Dietary Patterns, Asthma, and Lung Function in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Annals of the American Thoracic Society. May 2019. doi:10.1513/annalsats.201908-629oc.
• Hatcher AM, Weiser SD, Cohen CR, Hagey J, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira L, Frongillo EA, Bukusi EA. Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among HIV-positive individuals in rural Kenya. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.025, 2020.
• Kulkarni S, Frongillo EA, Cunningham K, Moore S, Blake CE. Gendered Intrahousehold Bargaining Power is Associated with Child Nutritional Status in Nepal. J Nutr. 2021;nxaa399. doi:10.1093/jn/nxaa399
• Lopez-Pentecost M, Crane TE, Garcia DO, Kohler LN, Wertheim BC, Hebert JR, Steck SE, Shivappa N, Santiago-Torres M, Neuhouser ML, Hatsu IE, Snetselaar L, Datta M, Kroenke CH, Sarto GE, Thomson CA. Role of dietary patterns and acculturation in cancer risk and mortality among postmenopausal Hispanic women: results from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). Journal of Public Health. 2020. doi:10.1007/s10389-020-01342-8
• Madan EM, Frongillo EA, Unisa S, et al. Effect of Differences in Month and Location of Measurement in Estimating Prevalence and Trend of Wasting and Stunting in India in 2005-2006 and 2015-2016.Curr Dev Nutr. 2020;4(6). Published 2020 May 23. doi:10.1093/cdn/nzaa092.
• Miller JD, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Burger R, Wekesa P, Sheira LA, Mocello AR, Bukusi E, Otieno P, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Young SL. Household water and food insecurity are positively associated with poor mental and physical health among adults living with HIV in western Kenya. Journal of Nutrition. nxab030, 2021. doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab030.
• Murillo-Castillo KD, Frongillo EA, Corella-Madueño MA, Quizán-Plata T. Food Insecurity Was Associated with Lower Fruits and Vegetables Consumption but Not with Overweight and Obesity in Children from Mexican Fishing Communities. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. November 2020:1-16. doi:10.1080/03670244.2020.1737042.
• Nguyen TT, Darnell A, Weissman A, Cashin J, Withers M, Mathisen R, Lapping K, Mastro T, Frongillo EA. National nutrition strategies that focus on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition in Southeast Asia do not consistently align with regional and international recommendations. Maternal & Child Nutrition e12937, doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12937, 2020.
• Nguyen T, Hajeebhoy N, Li J, Do CT, Mathisen R, Frongillo EA. Community support model on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in remote areas in Vietnam: implementation, cost, and effectiveness.International Journal for Equity in Health 20:121, 2021. doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01451-0
• Nguyen PH, Kachwaha S, Pant A, Tran LM, Avula R, Young MF, Ghosh S, Sharma PK, Escobar-Alegria J, Forissier T, Patil S, Frongillo EA, Menon P. Strengthening nutrition interventions in antenatal care services affects dietary intake, micronutrient intake, gestational weight gain, and breastfeeding in Uttar Pradesh, India: Results of a cluster-randomized program evaluation. Journal of Nutritionorg/10.1093/jn/nxab131, 2021.
• Nguyen PH, Kim SS, Tran LM, Menon P, Frongillo EA. Early breastfeeding practices contribute to increased exclusive breastfeeding in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Maternal & Child Nutrition. doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13012, 2020.
• Pappaport AI, Karakochuck CD, Hess SY, Whitehead RD, Namaste SM, Dary O, Parker ME, Neufeld LM, Larson LM, Newton S, Wegmuller R, Moorthy D. Variability in haemoglobin concentration by measurement tool and blood source: an analysis from seven countries. Journal of Clinical Pathology. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206717
• Quizán-Plata T, Carrasco-Miranda JG, Murillo-Castillo KD, Corella-Madueño MAG, López-Teros V, Frongillo EA. Determinants and consequences of food insecurity in artisanal fishing families from the coastal community of Sonora, Mexico. Food and Nutrition Bulletinorg/10.1177/0379572120965874, 2020.
• Suzuki K, Shivappa N, Kawado M, Yamada H, Hashimoto S, Wakai K, Iso H, Okada E, Fuji R, Hebert JR, Tamakoshi A. Association between dietary inflammatory index and serum C-reactive protein concentrations in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study. Nagoya J. Med. Sci. 2020;82: 237-249. doi:10.18999/nagjms.82.2.237
• Tassitano RM, Weaver RG, Tenório MCM, Brazendale K, Beets MW. Clusters of non-dietary obesogenic behaviors among adolescents in Brazil: a latent profile analysis. International Journal of Public Health. 2020. doi:10.1007/s00038-020-01418-y.
• Tinago CB, Frongillo EA, Warren AM, Chitiyo V, Cifarelli AK, Fyalkowski S; Pauline V. Development and assessment of feasibility of a community-based peer support intervention to mitigate social isolation and stigma of adolescent motherhood in Harare, Zimbabwe. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 7:110, 2021. doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00832-0
• Veronese N, Cisternino AM, Shivappa N, Hebert JR, Notarnicola M, Reddavide R, Inguaggiato R, Guerra V, Logroscino A, Rotolo O, Chiloiro M, Leandro G, De Leonardis G, Tutino V, Misciagna G, Fontana L, Caruso MG. Dietary inflammatory index and mortality: a cohort longitudinal study in a Mediterranean area. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. December 2019. doi:10.1111/jhn.12701.
• Whittle HJ, Leddy AM, Shieh J, Tien PC, Ofotokun I, Adimora AA, Turan JM, Frongillo EA, Turan B, Weiser SD. Precarity and health: Theorizing the intersection of multiple material-need insecurities, stigma, and illness among women in the United States. Social Science & Medicine 245: doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112683, 2019.

Research Labs & Centers

• Global Health
• Certificate of Graduate Study in Global Health