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   

 

Marla Lujan*, PhD 

Associate Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University  

 

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

 

Kimberly O'Brien*, PhD 

Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University  

 

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

 

Rinat Ran-Ressler+, PhD, MBA 

Senior Principal Scientist  
Nestle Health Sciences 

 

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 

 

Heather Lipkind, MD MS 

Director
Maternal and Fetal Medicine,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

 

Laura Bellows*, MPH RD PhD 

Associate Professor
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University  

 

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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