Current Novel Research Efforts
- Potential benefits and harms of the school-based backpack program in response to child hunger.
- How low food security in the United States is predicted by complex patterns of health, economics and service participation.
- Househould food insecurity and lifetime racial discrimmination among African-American households in South Carolina.
- Improving the growth, development, feeding care, and survival of infants and young children.
- Understanding the processes underlying the increased long-term heart disease risk in women who have certain complications in pregnancy, such as preterm birth, high blood pressure in pregnancy, and preeclampsia.
- Perinatal epidemiology, obesity, and physical activity in morthers and children.
Associated Research Affiliates
- Blake, Christine, Ph.D., RD
- Frongillo, Edward, Ph.D.
- Liu, Jihong, Sc.D.
- Perumal, Nandita, Ph.D.
- Torres, Mariam Elsa, Ph.D.
- Wang, Xuewen, Ph.D.
- Wilcox, Sara, Ph.D.
- Frongillo EA, Escobar-DeMarco J, Bose S. Assessment of Four Essential Features of the Alive & Thrive Initiative to Improve Maternal, Infant, Young Child, and Adolescent Nutrition. Matern Child Nutr. 2025;21(2):e13800. doi:1111/mcn.13800
- Jamaluddine Z, Campbell OM, Sato M, Frongillo EA, Ghattas H, et al. Association between size at birth, rapid weight gain in infancy, and overweight status among Palestinian refugees under 5 years old: a retrospective cohort study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2026;123(2):101132. doi:10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.101132
- Jancsura MK, Grobman WA, Wu J, Wirth MD, et al. Association between a Periconception Healthy Plant-Based Diet and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes. The Journal of Nutrition. 2026;156(6):101577. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101577
- Kelcey B, Cunningham K, Frongillo EA. Interpersonal Communication and Maternal Behavioral Practice: A Case Study of Explanatory Causal Machine Learning in Nepal. J Nutr. Published online June 8, 2026:101657. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101657
- Kishman EE, Youngstedt SD, Wang X. Associations Between 24 H Movement Behaviors and Body Weight in Postpartum Women: An Isotemporal Substitution Model Approach. Clocks & Sleep. 2026;8(1):12. doi:10.3390/clockssleep8010012
- Larson LM, Baldi A, Hasan MI, et al. Role of hepcidin on benefits and risks of supplementation with iron syrup and multiple micronutrient powders in Bangladeshi children: a substudy to a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Published online February 19, 2025. doi:1016/j.ajcnut.2025.02.018
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Larson LM, Mwangi M, Harding R, Thurber A, et al. Effects of Ferric Carboxymaltose on Pica among Pregnant Women in Malawi: A Substudy to a Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Nutrition. Published online May 12, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.05.010
- Mundagowa PT, Keseko E, Musungu R, Tembo P, Larson L, et al. Experiences, barriers, and enablers of infant and young child feeding among adolescent mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol. Syst Rev. 2025;15(1):34. doi:10.1186/s13643-025-03040-6
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Perumal N, Danaei G, Fink G, Lambiris M, Sudfeld CR. Human capital and lifetime income gains of scaling-up small-quantity lipid nutrient supplements among children under 2 years: A modelling analysis. PLOS Global Public Health. 2025;5(4):e0004388. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0004388
- Perumal N, Gernand AD. Nutrition during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes. Ann Nutr Metab. Published online February 13, 2025:1-14. doi:1159/000541205
- Salama M, Al-Taiar A, McKinney DC, Chen LW, Merchant AT. Examining the association of maternal oral health experiences with adverse birth outcomes: findings from Virginia’s PRAMS survey. BMC Oral Health. 2026;26(1):753. doi:10.1186/s12903-026-08079-y
- Suresh S, Frongillo EA, Thapa DK, et al. Exposure to Suaahara II Interventions and Knowledge of Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Among Mothers, Grandmothers, and Male Household Heads: An Association Study in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2026;22(1):e70134. doi:10.1111/mcn.70134