Preconception
Julia Finkelstein*, MPH SM ScD
Associate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Director, Maternal and Child Nutrition Training Program
Co-Director, Cornell Center for Precision Nutrition and Health
Deputy Director, Associate Cochrane Center for Nutrition
Associate Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Research for Health
Mariana Wolfner, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
Munisha Mumingjiang, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell University
Druckenmiller Fellow, The New York Stem Cell Association
Krista Crider, PhD
Geneticist
U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pregnancy
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RN
Professor and Chief
Nutrition Division, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Eva Pressman, MD, PhD
The Henry A. Thiede Professor and Chair of The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Rochester
Adjunct Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Sam Huey, PhD
Research Associate in the Center for Precision Health and Nutrition at Cornell University
Heidi Stuhlmann, PhD
Acting Chair of Biochemistry
Professor & Acting Chair of Cell & Developmental Biology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Jiji Matthews, MD, PhD
Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Postpartum | Lactation | Infant and Young Child Feeding
Kathy Rasmussen*, ScD, ScM
Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition
Founding Director, Maternal and Child Nutrition Training Program
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Lauren Osborne, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Bridget Young+, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatricts, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Michelle (Shelley) McGuire+, PhD
Director & Professor
Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho
Moeun Son, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Elizabeth (Liz) Johnson+*, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Yaw Addo, PhD
Epidemiologist
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, Cornell University
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
*NICHD T32 Trainers
+MCN T32 Alumni
^Cornell Nutrition Alumni
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