2024 Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health | Invited Speakers

Preconception

Julia L. Finkelstein*, MPH SM ScD
Associate Professor, Director, Maternal and Child Nutrition Training Program; Co-Director, Cornell Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

Marla Lujan*, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Marianna Wolfner, PhD
Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University

Munisha Mumingjiang, MD PhD
Research Associate, Schiementi Laboratory, Cornell University

Heidi Stuhlmann, PhD, Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Harvey Klein Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Krista Crider, PhD
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Pregnancy

Kimberly O’Brien*, PhD
Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Eva Pressman, MD
Adjunct Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
The Henry A. Thiede Professor and Chair of The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester

Heather Lipkind, MD MS
Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Jiji Matthews, MD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India (CMC Vellore)

Lauren M. Osborne, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Postpartum | Lactation | Infant and Young Child Feeding

Kathy Rasmussen*, ScD
Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition emeritus, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Rinat Ran-Ressler+, PhD
Senior Scientist, Nestle Health Sciences

Bridget Young+, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine (SMD), University of Rochester

Meghan Azad, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba

Michelle (Shelley) McGuire+, PhD
Director & Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho

Elizabeth (Liz) Johnson*+, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Laura Bellows*, PhD MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Yaw Addo, PhD
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Child and Adolescent Nutrition

Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas+, MD MPH PhD
Head, Global Initiatives, Office of the Director
Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization
Courtesy Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

Juan Rivera+ PhD
Founding Director, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health at the National Institute of Public Health
Former Director, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Courtesy Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

Saurabh Mehta*, MBBS ScD
The Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor
Director, Center for Precision Nutrition for Health
Director, Program in International Nutrition
Division of Nutritional Sciences

Angela Odoms-Young*+, PhD
Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition
Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program (FNEC) and
New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Division of Nutritional Sciences

Rebecca Kuriyan Raj, RD PhD
Professor and Chair, Division of Nutrition, St. John’s Research Institute
St, John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India

*NICHD T32 Alumni Trainers
+MCN T32 Alumni
^Cornell Nutrition Alumni

If you would like to join our Maternal and Child Nutrition seminar series or MCN listserve, please contact us at mcndirector@cornelll.edu.