Researchers

Dr. Caswell's research interests include assessment of child diet in low- and middle-income countries, food-based nutrition interventions and connections between agriculture, food security and child nutrition. She has worked on research studies relating to biofortification of staple crops in Bangladesh and Zambia, developed a tablet-based tool for conducting 24-hour dietary recalls and studied child dietary adequacy and diversity across agricultural seasons among Zambian children.

Dr. Kumordzie’s research interests are in the areas of life cycle nutrition i.e. the effects of poor nutrition and improved nutrition through supplementation on women of childbearing age, pregnancy and birth outcomes, child growth, and risk of later chronic disease in developing country settings; improving local food systems and quality of diet in low and middle income countries; nutrition transition and health outcomes; and quantitative methods for nutritional assessment.

Dr. Luo's research interests include Maternal and Child Nutrition; Micronutrient Deficiency; Cost Effectiveness Analysis; Epidemiological and Mathematical Modeling; and Nutritional Epidemiology

Dr. Smith’s research interests include more fully understanding the effects of nutrition on health outcomes in population groups at risk of nutritional deficiencies, particularly infants, children, adolescents and pregnant women, and nutritional interventions and public health strategies targeted at these population groups to improve health and nutritional status and to avoid deficiencies.

Dr. Yuan's research interests focus on understanding how children develop social and language skills, and how to measure these underlying abilities using statistical modeling, such as item response theory models and structural equation models.

Dr. Zyba has conducted research on zinc metabolism and exploring novel methods for zinc nutrition assessment as well as evaluating zinc absorption from a lipid based nutrient supplement. Currently, Dr. Zyba is working on a project to develop an adherence marker for tracking consumption of nutrient supplements.