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Nigeria Adopts Multiple Micronutrient-Fortified Bouillon Cube Standards to Reduce Malnutrition and Child Mortality

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Katherine Kwon Awarded $20,000 by the Academy of Dietetics & Nutrition

Jonnatan Fajardo Awarded $10,000 Doctoral Scholarship from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Seminars

Winter 2025

2/19/25

Invited Speakers:
Mywish Maredia, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

Stella Nordhagen, PhD, Senior Technical Specialist, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Washington DC
Evaluating Complex Food Systems Interventions: Evidence from a multi-method study in Kenya

2/26/25

Invited Speaker: Emmanuel Momoh, PhD Candidate and 2023-2024 SLLC Green Fellow, African Food Basket Project
Geography Graduate Group, UC Davis
The role of culturally tailored student gardens in improving the food security of international students and immigrant communities, using the African Food Basket as a case study

3/5/25

Invited Speaker: Ed Frongillo, PhD, Professor, Professor and Director, Global Health Initiatives, University of South Carolina
Assessment and monitoring of nutrition security in the US and of healthiness of diets globally

3/12/25

Invited Speaker: Reina Engle-Stone, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Chair of the DE in Global Nutrition,
UC Davis
Accelerating Reductions in Micronutrient Deficiencies through Fortified Bouillon in West Africa Study

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Designated Emphasis

A formal Designated Emphasis in Global Nutrition is available to doctoral students in participating graduate programs such as Nutritional Biology, Epidemiology, or Public Health Sciences.

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Research Spotlight

Micronutrient deficiencies affect millions of people, but fortified bouillon cubes could be part of the solution. New research in West Africa will shine a light on this promising approach.

About IGN

The UC Davis Institute for Global Nutrition (IGN) coordinates research and training activities concerning human nutrition problems of low-income countries, and of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups in the United States. IGN also offers a Designated Emphasis program for doctoral students in participating graduate programs. The specific objectives of the IGN are:

To conduct basic and applied research on issues of human nutrition relevant to low-income and disadvantaged populations.
To plan and manage the educational curriculum leading to a Designated Emphasis (minor) in Global Nutrition for doctoral students of the participating graduate programs, and to coordinate training activities for other graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
To provide technical assistance to national governments and international agencies concerned with food and nutrition policies.
To foster collaborative exchanges of students and faculty between UC Davis and research and training institutions abroad.

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