Medical student Nina Acharya ’19, one of 11 newly elected Rhodes Scholars from Canada, will go to Oxford University next fall to study children’s nutrition interventions in vulnerable communities.
A systematic review on the benefits and safety of fortifying wheat or maize flour with folic acid and population health outcomes was led by scientists in the Division of Nutritional Sciences.
A faculty committee’s interim report details the potential structure of a school or college of public policy at Cornell. The university community is invited to offer feedback in upcoming listening sessions, Nov. 20 and Dec. 12.
Cornell is co-leading a $9.95 million, five-year U.S. Department of Agriculture grant that aims to transform nutrition and water use in the poultry industry in order to improve its environmental impact and enhance human health.
Professors Holly Prigerson and Valerie Reyna have combined forces to study end-of-life communication between patients and their physicians and clinicians, with the goal of improved prognostic understanding and decision-making and, ultimately, better end-of-life decisions.
The Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy will intensify its work on critical transportation and other infrastructure challenges with support from the Charles Koch Foundation.
A team of Cornell researchers and scientists focused on pain management has received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.
