Program in International and Community Nutrition

Students

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  Grant J. Aaron

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Judith S. Stern

  Nationality: South African

  Undergraduate degree

  BS Clinical Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 2005

  Relevant employment/international experience

  Volunteer health worker, Red Cross Honduras

  Current research

  Food cost & energy density study with low-income Californian women.

  Research interests

  Determinants of childhood obesity

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  Naila Baig-Ansari

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Epidemiology

  Major Professor: Philip H. Kass

  Nationality: Pakistan

  Undergraduate degree

  B.A. (Management), The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989

  Advanced degree

  M.S. (Epidemiology), The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 2001. Thesis: "Care and feeding practices and their association with stunting among young children residing in Karachi´s squatter settlements"

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Fogarty Research Fellow on an International Maternal & Child Health Training Grant at The Aga Khan University’s Community Health Sciences Department, Karachi, Pakistan. Work included: Conceptual development of nutrition component as well as the psycho-social component for a study on perinatal infections and birth outcomes conducted in joint collaboration between the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA and The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (2001-2003).
  2. Principal Investigator for project entitled "Development of Improved Complementary Feeding Practices and Foods in Pakistan: A Base Line Survey of Care and Feeding Practices and their Determinants" (2000-2002). Objectives included:
     1. Cross-sectional survey of care and feeding practices of infants/young children aged 6-18 months
     2. Quantification of nutritional intake using dietary instruments which included FFQ, 24-hour dietary recall, and weighing method
     3. Development and validation of a pictorial questionnaire for use among an illiterate population
     4. Evaluation of microbial contamination of home-available complementary foods.

  Research interest

  Nutritional and behavioral epidemiology, methodological issues in dietary assessment methods, household food security and gender-related issues, care and feeding practices, management of data and questionnaire designing.

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  Lacey Baldiviez

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.A. (Biology) University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, 2006

  Previous relevant employment

  1. Personal Fitness Trainer, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coach, Spectrum Athletic Club, Valencia, CA
  2. National Exercise & Sports Training Association, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer
  3. International Board of Nutrition and Fitness Coaching, Certified Nutrition Coach and Certified Lifestyle Coach
  4. Client Service Representative, Northeast Team, Specialty Medical Laboratory, Valencia, CA

  International experience

  University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, Study Abroad Program: La Academia Latinoamericana, Quito, Ecuador 2004

  Research interest

  Infant nutrition

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  Khadija Begum

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: Bangladeshi

  Undergraduate degree

  1. M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery), Chittagong Medical College, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1990
  2. Clinical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1998-1999

  Advanced degree

  MPH (Masters in Public Health), School of Medical Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2002. MPH Thesis: "Assessment of iron status of Vietnamese infants living in Sydney".

  Previous relevant employment

  1. Medical Officer, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (1994-2003)
  2. Assistant Scientist, Child Health Unit, Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Research experience

  1. "Multi-Country Evaluation (MCE) of the health and economic impact of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Matlab, Bangladesh". Bangladesh is one of the five countries participating in the in-depth study on Multi-Country Evaluation (MCE) of IMCI effectiveness cost and impact implemented by World Health Organization. The Bangladesh study is being implemented by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and WHO.
  2. "IMCI follow-up after training to review and monitor Health Worker´s performance and quality of case management and counseling" implemented by International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) in collaboration with Government of Bangladesh and UNICEF.

  Research interests

  Maternal and child health and nutrition; infant feeding practices and dietary factors in relation to anemia and iron deficiency; community nutrition in low income countries: intervention design and evaluation.

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  Diana Bueno Gutiérrez

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Caroline Chantry

  Nationality: Mexican

  Undergraduate degree

  M.D. (General Practice), Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Tijuana, México, 2003

  Advanced degree

  M.S. (Molecular Biology), Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Tijuana, México, 2007. Thesis: “Vasodilatory effects of cocoa flavonoid epicatequin”.

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Professor (Molecular Biology), Medicine School, UABC, Tijuana, México.
  2. Research Assistant in project entitled: “Prevalence of obesity and body image dissatisfaction among high school students in Tijuana”

  Research interests

  Promotion of breastfeeding, maternal nutrition, infant feeding, nutrition education.

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  Reina Engle-Stone

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kenneth H. Brown

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.A. (Biological Sciences), Cornell University, Ithaca NY, 2005

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Health Educator, AmeriCorps State Program, Chicago, IL
  2. Research Assistant, US Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory, Ithaca, NY
  3. IFSA-Butler Semester Abroad Program, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica

  Research interest

  Micronutrient deficiency in low-income populations; intervention design and evaluation

  Publications

  Engle-Stone R, Yeung A, Welch RM, Glahn RP. Meat and ascorbic acid can promote Fe availability from Fe-phytate but not from Fe-tannic acid complexes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2005; 53(26): 10276-84.

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  Andrea Hacker-Thompson

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Janet C. King

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Nutrition), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1999

  Advanced degree

  M.S. (Nutrition and Dietetic Internship) University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 2001. Thesis title: Infant growth patterns in Kenya

  Registered Dietitian

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Research dietitian, UCSF/Mt Zion Osteoporosis Center
  2. Research dietitian, University of Kansas Energy Balance Laboratory
  3. Community Nutrition rotation of dietetic internship, Nairobi Kenya

  Research interest

  The effect of nutrition on building and maintaining a woman’s optimal bone health

  Current research

  Effects of protein and/or potassium in calcium metabolism in postmenopausal women; co-investigator on calcium and vitamin D food frequency questionnaire validation projects. Currently working with Dr. Janet King at CHORI, designing a study to look at the effects of calcium intake, vitamin D status and race on calcium metabolism in pregnant and lactating women.

  Publications

  1. DE Sellmeyer and AN Hacker. Dairy Council of California Calcium Questionnaire Validation Study Project Report. October 2006.
  2. AN Hacker, C Ryan. Prevalence of infant stunting in urban Kenya. Nutrition Research. 2001;23(12):1643-9.
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  Andrew G. Hall

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Janet C. King

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate Degree

  B.S. (Biochemistry), University of California, Davis, 2001

  Advanced degree

  M.S. (Nutrition), University of California, Davis, 2004. Thesis: "A graded model of dietary zinc deficiency: effects on growth, insulin-like growth factor-I, the glucose/insulin axis, and zinc transporters in weanling rats"

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Postgraduate and Masters Research, Departments of Pediatrics and Nutrition, University of California, Davis. (Examined the hypothesis that degrees of Zn deficiency likely to be found de novo in states of malnutrition would also be accompanied by metabolic and growth related changes in adolescent rats; assisted in research that examined a similar premise in both infant Zn deficiency and intrauterine growth retardation rat models.)
  2. Volunteer English Teacher, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam and National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam. (Taught English to undergraduates, graduate students, and health professionals at HSPH, lectured on nutrition research for students and faculty, and assisted with an ongoing nutritional intervention project aimed at improving maternal micronutrient status, birth weight, and child nutrition in a rural province west of Hanoi.)

  Research interest

  Effects of nutritional status during pregnancy on birth outcome and metabolic programming

  Publication

  • Hall, A., Kelleher, S., Lönnerdal, B. & Philipps, A. A graded model of dietary Zn deficiency: effects on growth, insulin-like growth factor-I, and the glucose/insulin axis in weanling rats. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Jul;41(1):72-80.
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  Eric L. Hazzard

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Sheri Zindenberg-Cherr

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate Degree

  B.S (Animal Science), University of California, Davis

  Research interests and/or current research

  Nutrition education

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  Joshua Jorgensen

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kenneth H. Brown

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Nutrition Science), University of California, Davis, 2001

  Advanced degree

  M.P.H., University of California, Davis, 2006. Thesis: "The Mommy and Me Assessment (MAMA) Project" (This was a breastfeeding rate and duration study of Yolo County mothers conducted at the Yolo County Health Department.)

  Relevant employment/international experience

  Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Spain, Summer, 1993 – Summer, 1994

  Research interests

  Disease prevention in children of developing countries

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  Rumana Khan

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Epidemiology

  Nationality: Bangladeshi

  Undergraduate degree

  M.B.B.S. (Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery), Sir Salimullah Medical College, University of Dhaka, 2001

  Advanced degrees

  • MPH (Masters in Public Health), James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Dhaka, 2006
  • MSc (Health Economics), University of Dhaka, 2003

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  Research Investigator, Social and Behavioral Sciences Unit, Public Health and Sciences Division, ICDDR,B (Knowledge for Global Lifesaving Solutions), Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Research interests

  Gender and nutrition, chronic diseases in developing world, health system and economic burden of diseases

  Publications

  • Majula Singh and Rumana Jesmin Khan. 2006. A Cultural Explanatory Model for White Discharge Amongst Women in Kakaboo Village, Bangladesh: BRAC University Journal 3(1): 17-26.
  • Rumana Jesmin Khan, KMHS Sirajul Haque , Nadia Ishrat Alamgir, MA Muqueet. Cost of treatment of acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina in hospitals of Dhaka city: (Abstract) 25th Annual General Meeting and Scientific conference, Chest & Heart Association of Bangladesh, March 2004.
  • Rumana Jesmin Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Demissie Habte, Aliya Naheed. Out of pocket payment for inpatient pneumonia care in Dhaka city: (Abstract) on 1st Annual Early Childhood Conference 2006, 15-17 September 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Early Concern, Center for Early Childhood Development and Research.
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  Moses Klevor

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: Ghana

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Nutrition), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, 2000

  Advanced degrees

  Master of Philosophy (Nutrition), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, 2007

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Field Supervisor, International Lipid-based Nutrient Supplement (ILiNS) Study acceptability trial (Ghana Site), 2009
  2. National Health Coordinator, Ghana Red Cross Society, 2008-2009
  3. Project Manager, Dietary Assessment Tools Validation Study, University of North Carolina School of Public Health/University of Ghana, 2007-2008
  4. Field Supervisor, Enhancing Child Nutrition Through Animal Source Food Management (ENAM) Project in Africa (Ghana Site), 2006
  5. Field Research Assistant, Plan International (Southern Ghana Child Survival Baseline Survey), 2005
  6. Field Research Assistant, WHO (Multicenter Growth Reference Study (Ghana Site), 2001-2003.

  Research interests

  Maternal and child nutrition, community nutrition, nutrition intervention programs, assessment methodologies

  Publication

  • Validation of the 24-hour dietary assessment method among University of Ghana Students, 2nd African Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC) Book of Abstracts, Accra, Ghana, August, 2006.
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  Rochelle M. Lacey

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Lucia L. Kaiser

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate Degree

  B.S. (Nutrition) from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, December 2004

  Previous Relevant Employment

  10-week Internship at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii (CRCH) under the guidance of Dr. Suzanne Murphy. Analyzed vitamin E content of foods, especially those commonly consumed in Hawaii, in order to update the values of the CRCH food composition database.

  Research Interests

  Samoan health beliefs and dietary practices among adolescents, parents, and public health officials residing in American Samoa.

  Publication

  Frank AA, Murphy SP, Lacey R, Custer LJ. Tocopherol and tocotrienol of foods consumed in Hawaii. J. Agr. Food Chem. (in press).

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  Zeina Maalouf

  Affiliation:

  Major Professor:

  Nationality:

  Undergraduate Degree

  B.S. (Nutrition & Dietetics), American University of Beirut, 2003

  Advanced Degree

  M.S. (Food Policy & Applied Nutrition), Tufts University, 2005

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. World Bank, Africa Bureau, Qualitative Study of the Implementation Strategies of the Senegal National Nutrition Enhancement Program
  2. Programs Assistant, Global Food & Nutrition Inc, Washington, DC

  Research interests and/or current research

  Maternal nutrition, infant feeding, relation to obesity

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  Malay K. Mridha

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: Bangladeshi

  Undergraduate degree

  MBBS (Medicine, Surgery), Chittagong University, Bangladesh, 1997

  Advanced degrees

  • MSc (Nutrition), Chittagong University, Bangladesh, 2001
    Thesis title: Cost of diabetes care at out patient department of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • MSc (Health Economics), Dhaka University, Bangladesh, 2002
    Thesis title: Willingness of street based sex workers to pay for reproductive health services
  • MPH (Public Health), State University, Bangladesh, 2007
    Thesis title: Maternal health system in selected districts of Bangladesh

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Research Associate, Research Investigator, and Coordinator-MotherNewborNet, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR,B)
  2. Technical Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation, Department of Health and Nutrition, Concern-Bangladesh
  3. Program Officer, HIV/AIDS and STD Alliance Bangladesh (HASAB)
  4. Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB)
  5. Director (Acting), Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Medical Officer, HIV/AIDS Program, Bangladesh Women’s Health Coalition (BWHC)
  6. Clinician, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (INFS), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  7. Medical Officer, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
  8. Intern Doctor, Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Bangladesh

  Research interests

  Role of polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy and lactation, weaning practices and complementary feeding practices and their association with growth and illness of children, evaluation of existing nutrition intervention programs on health and illness of mothers and children, and equity in community settings, nutrition and non-communicable diseases

  Current research

  Title: Maternal and neonatal care configurations in Bangladesh: Availability and Use

  This study will report the location, availability and quality of maternal and neonatal health services in public, for-profit-private and not-for-profit private facilities in Bangladesh. The current situation and gaps in human resources, service options, and evidence-based practices of maternal and neonatal health will be documented. The digital maps of the districts will be made available to the district health authorities to use as planning tools. The project will also be able to recommend appropriate care and human resource configurations for each broad category of public for-profit-private and not-for-profit private facilities in Bangladesh. These findings will be critical in the development and modification of strategies to attain MDGs 4 and 5 in Bangladesh.

  Publications

  1. Streatfield PK, Koehlmoos TP, Alam N, Mridha MK. Mainstreaming nutrition in maternal, newborn and child health: barriers to seeking services from existing maternal, newborn and child health programme. Maternal and Child Nutrition (2008), 4, pp 237-255
  2. Koblinsky M, Matthews Z, Hussein J, Mavalankar D, Mridha MK, Anwar I, Achadi E, Adjei S, Padmanabhan P, Lerberghe W. Going to scale with professional skilled care. The Lancet. September 28, 2006. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69382-3
  3. Barnett S, Azad K, Barua S, Mridha M, Abrar M, Rego A, Khan A, Flatmam D, Costello A. Maternal and newborn care practices during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period - a comparison in three rural districts in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2006 Dec; 24(4):394-40
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  Brietta Oaks

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Biology) & B.A. (Sociology), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2004

  Advanced degrees

  MPH (Epidemiology), George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2008
  Thesis: "Folate intake post-folic acid grain fortification and pancreatic cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial"

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Summer Research Fellow, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 2008
  2. Research Assistant, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, NIMH, NIH, 2007-2008
  3. Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University, 2007
  4. English Instructor, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2004-2005
  5. Peer Health Education Coordinator, The Evergreen State College Student Health Center, 2005-2006

  Research interests

  Maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, micronutrient research.

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  Andrea Pointe Eaton

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: French/p>

  Undergraduate degree

  (B.A.) International Affairs and Economics from the American University of Paris, France, 2004

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Project manager at the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) on a health-related project
  2. Exchange student in Japan

  Research interests

  Determinants of nutritional security for infants and toddlers in low-income settings. Formulation of policy-driven suggestions for the medium-to-long term improvement of nutritional health in this age range (6-24 months). The impact of essential fatty acid intake and status on motor and cognitive development in children 6-24 months.

  Current research

  Currently taking part in a study looking at the possible predictive factors and functional consequences of essential fatty acid status of 6 to 18 month-old Malawian children. The samples to be analyzed in this project are from a randomized, controlled, single-blind, parallel-group clinical trial being carried out in a rural area in Mangochi district, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, with high prevalence of child stunting and underweight and poor household food security.

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  Towfida Jahan Siddiqua

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Lindsay H. Allen

  Nationality: Bangladeshi

  Undergraduate degree

  B.Sc. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005

  Advanced degrees

  M.S. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007.
  Thesis title: “Effect of maternal Arsenic toxicity in infant immune function”

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  Research Officer, Nutritional Biochemistry Lab, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR,B) , Dhaka , Bangladesh.

  Research interests

  Causes, consequences and prevention of vitamin B12 deficiency. Effect of maternal supplementation on embryonic and fetal development and infant immune function

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  Syrukh Sigal Sutter

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Lindsay H. Allen

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Biochemistry), University of California, Davis 1991

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  • Food security and management for refugee camps with CARE in Somalia
  • Nutritional education at feeding centers, with Refugee Health Unit in Somalia
  • Nutritional assessment team, with CARE in Ethiopia

  Research interest

  Bone Health: calcium loss among post menopausal women in underserved ethnic communities domestically and internationally

  Current research

  A single-center, investigator initiated pilot study at UC Davis; examining the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on bone turnover of post menopausal women.

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  Tami Turner

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Betty Burri

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  • B.S. (Biology/Ecology) & B.A. (Chemistry), Sonoma State University, CA, 2000
  • Teaching Credential (Secondary, Sciences), Dominican University, CA, 2005

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. USAF - Pharmacy 1993-1998
  2. Teacher- Biology, Chemistry, and Nutrition (including Healthy Kids Program) 2004-2008

  Research interests

  Carotenoid and pro-vitamin A compounds and the efficacy of food-based interventions

  Current research

  Food-based intervention study in Bangladesh that compares the effectiveness of carotenoids in foods to convert to vitamin A in lactating women

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  Luz Vera Becerra

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Lucia Kaiser

  Nationality: Mexican

  Undergraduate degree

  BS (Nutrition and Food Science), The Iberoamerican University, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1996

  Advanced degree

  MS (Educational Analysis and Development), The Iberoamerican University, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2003

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  1. Professor, University of Guanajuato, Medical School, 1997-2006
  2. Visiting Scholar, University Autonomous, Madrid, Spain, 2003

  Research interest

  Relationship between immigration to the U.S. and child feeding practices that promote obesity

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  Bineti Vitta

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutrition

  Major Professor: Kathryn G. Dewey

  Nationality: Tanzanian

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S. (Biology), Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, May 2004

  Advanced degree

  M.S. (Nutritional Biology), University of California, Davis, December 2006

  Thesis: "Acceptability of Flash-heating Expressed Breast Milk for the Prevention of Pediatric HIV in Urban and Rural Kenya"

  Research interest

  Nutrition in developing countries

  Current research

  Early lactation success study in the Gambia. We will be looking for risk factors associated with the early cessation of breastfeeding in first-time mothers. Data collected in the Gambia will eventually be compared to data collected in Peru and California to allow for a cross-cultural comparison of delivery and breastfeeding practices

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  Kimberly Ryan Wessells

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Kenneth H. Brown

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degrees

  • B.A. (Socio cultural anthropology)
  • B.S. (Microbiology), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2003

  Previous experience

  1. Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso, West Africa (community health development volunteer)
  2. School for International Training (Semester Abroad Program), Bamako, Mali 2001
  3. Field Study: "Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Mali: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Public Health Initiative"

  Research interests

  Functional impacts of zinc deficiency, zinc supplementation and fortification programs

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  Emily R. York

  Affiliation: Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology

  Major Professor: Lindsay H. Allen

  Nationality: United States

  Undergraduate degree

  B.S (Microbiology), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 2009.

  Previous relevant employment and international experience

  Research Intern, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, AZ

  Research interests

  International nutrition with a focus on the effect of micronutrient supplements on infant and maternal nutrition

  Publication

  Kelly W. Sheff; Emily R. York; Elizabeth M. Driebe; Bridget M. Barker; Steven D. Rounsley; Victor G. Waddell; Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg; James S. Beckstrom-Sternberg; Paul S. Keim; David M. Engelthaler. Development of a rapid, cost-effective TaqMan Real-Time PCR Assay for identification and differentiation of Coccidioides immitis andCoccidioides posadasii. Medical Mycology, 1460-2709, 2009.

Dr. Kathryn G. Dewey, Director
Program in International and Community Nutrition
Department of Nutrition, University of California
One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 U.S.A.

Phone: (530) 752-1992
Fax: (530) 752-3406
E-mail: dbvandepeute@ucdavis.edu