Program in International and Community Nutrition
Faculty members of PICN
Faculty
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Kathryn G. Dewey, Ph.D.
- Director, Program in International & Community Nutrition
- Professor, Department of Nutrition
- Nutritionist in Agricultural Experiment Station
Office: 3253A Meyer, (530) 752-0851
kgdewey@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Dewey's research area is community and international nutrition, with an emphasis on maternal and child nutrition.
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Lindsay H. Allen, Ph.D., R.D.
- Research Professor, Department of Nutrition
- Director, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Office: 3253B Meyer, (530) 752-5920
lindsay.allen@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Allen is the Director of the USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC). Dr. Allen's research is focused on the prevalence, causes, consequences and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies including iron, vitamin B-12, zinc, vitamin A and riboflavin.
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Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Ph.D.
- Research Professor, Department of Nutrition
Office: 214 Young Hall, (530)752-0659
mborgerhoffmulder@ucdavis.edu
Research interests: Human behavioural ecology.
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Kenneth H. Brown, M.D.
- Professor Department of Nutrition
- Nutritionist in Agricultural Experiment Station
Office: 3253C Meyer, (530) 752-1992
khbrown@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Brown's research program includes investigation of the causes, complications, treatment, and prevention of childhood malnutrition in lower-income countries, focusing primarily on issues of infant and young child feeding (breast feeding and complementary feeding), relationships between infection and nutrition, and control of specific micronutrient deficiencies, including zinc, iron and vitamin A
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Caroline Chantry, M.D.
- Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
caroline.chantry@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Research interests: HIV, growth, breastfeeding, micronutrients.
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Lia C.H. Fernald, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Public Health Nutrition
- Community Health & Human Development
- UC Berkeley
fernald@berkeley.edu
Dr. Fernald’s research program is focused on two related issues examining the intersection of socio-economic status and health in the context of the developing world: How inequalities in socio-economic status contribute to physical and mental health outcomes in children and adults; and how large-scale interventions can address socio-economic disparities in health and nutrition.
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Marjorie J. Haskell, Ph.D.
- Associate Research Nutritionist, Department of Nutrition
Office: 3217A Meyer, (530)754-7415
mjhaskell@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Haskell's research interests include:
- Bioavailability of vitamin A from plant-based diets
- Food based interventions for improving maternal and infant vitamin A status
- Use of stable isotope techniques for assessing vitamin A status. Studies are currently underway in Bangladesh and Nepal.
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Lovell S. Jarvis, Ph.D.
- Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Office: 159 Mrak Hall, (530)752-0110
lsjarvis@ucdavis.edu
Research interests: Economic and other determinants of malnutrition in developing countries; food and nutrition strategies of developing countries, including agricultural and livestock policies.
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Lucia L. Kaiser, Ph.D.
- Specialist in Cooperative Extension, Department of Nutrition
Office: 3207 Meyer, (530)754-9063
llkaiser@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Lucia Kaiser’s research interests include: examining the impact of acculturation and food security on the child-parent feeding relationship among Latinos; developing tools to evaluate nutrition education; evaluating life skills education on transition from welfare to work.
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Janet C. King., Ph.D., R.D.
- Research Professor Emerita, Department of Nutrition
- USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center Scientist
jking@chori.org
Using stable isotopes and kinetic modeling techniques, Dr. King's research group studies how calcium and zinc utilization is affected by different physiological states, such as pregnancy, lactation, aging, or insufficient or excessive intakes.
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Bo L. Lönnerdal, Ph.D.
- Professor, Department of Nutrition
- Nutritionist in Agricultural Experiment Station
Office: 3217C Meyer, (530)752-8347
bllonnerdal@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Lönnerdal's research program is focused on two main areas: infant/pediatric nutrition and trace element metabolism.
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Joshua W. Miller, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Office: Research III 4645 2nd Avenue Suite 3200A Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-3532
jwmiller@ucdavis.edu
Research interests: B Vitamins (folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6); homocysteine; neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's); hepatic and mammary tumorigenesis; epigenetics; sickle cell disease; assessment of vitamin B12 status, absorption, and turnover.
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Charles B. Stephensen, Ph.D.
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition
- USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center Scientist
Office: 204 WHNRC, (530) 754-9266
charles.stephensen@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Stephensen’s research interests focus on the relation between nutritional status and infectious diseases, particularly the host immune response to infections and the impact of infections on nutritional status.
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Christine Stewart, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
- Assistant Nutritionist in Agricultural Experiment Station
Office: 3253B Meyer, (530) 752-1992
cpstewart@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Stewart’s research interests focus on the long-term effects of malnutrition during pregnancy and early childhood in developing country populations. Her two primary interests are: 1) The association between micronutrient nutrition during pregnancy on child growth and early risk factors for chronic disease; 2) Patterns of growth in infancy and childhood that are associated with chronic disease risk in populations in developing countries or those undergoing the nutrition transition.
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Marta Van Loan, Ph.D.
- Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition
- USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center Scientist
Office: 202 WHNRC, (530) 752-4160
marta.vanloan@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Van Loan's research has a dual focus. 1) To determine how soy isoflavones may reduce bone loss in early postmenopausal women not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and thereby be a natural alternative to HRT. 2)To determine the effect of different diets and eating patterns on body composition, weight and fat loss, bone metabolism.
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Stephen A. Vosti, Ph.D.
- Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Office: 2135 Social Sciences & Humanities (530) 752-8097
marta.vanloan@ars.usda.gov
Research interests: Tropical deforestation, economic development, effects of policy action on human welfare, poverty-environmental links, population-environment links, climate-poverty links, bioeconomic models, environmental economics, and biodiversity policy
Emeriti
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Louis E. Grivetti, Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutrition
Office: 3139 Meyer, (530) 752-2078
legrivetti@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Grivetti blends classical approaches of social and biological sciences with historical perspectives. The unifying theme of his research is how, why, and under what conditions human diets change, the mechanisms of change, and the nutritional implications of human behavior.
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Charles H Halsted, M.D.
- Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Nutrition.
Office: 6323 Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, (530) 752-6778
Fax: (530) 752-3470
chhalsted@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Halsted’s research studies focus on the interactions of folate deficiency and abnormal methionine metabolism in the development of alcoholic liver disease. Studies include animal models and clinical patients.
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Research interests: Nutrition and behavioral development. Functional consequences of early supplementary feeding in nutritionally at-risk populations; long-term functional consequences of intrauterine growth retardation; effects of iron deficiency and helminthic infections on cognition and school performance; national policies regarding growth monitoring and breastfeeding promotion.
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Fernando E. Viteri, M.D., D.Sc.Med
- Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Nutrition.
viteri@nature.berkeley.edu
Research interest: Providing the scientific bases for possible interventions aimed at preventing and correcting human iron deficiency and other nutrient deficiencies that are responsible for nutritional anemias and other related conditions.