By Hollyn Cetrone I had an amazing experience attending and presenting at the annual Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy conference in Hyderabad, India from June 24-28. There were a multitude of opportunities to meet new people, hear about their current work, and exchange ideas. It was a unique experience for me since I was the
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By Sam Balka Thanks to the Program in Global Health Studies’ Special Grant Funding, I had the opportunity to attend and present my research with Dr. Sera Young’s research group at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland from June 8-10. For the past year, I have been working with Dr. Young
Access to Health, Northwestern’s interdisciplinary health and human rights project, links Medill journalists with local partners, shedding light on global health and human rights issues. This article was originally published by the Office of International Relations. October 17, 2018 By Mira Wang In 2017, Elijah Atinkpo and his entire community were forcefully and violently evicted from
On the weekend of June 9th, five students from the Young Research Group had the opportunity to travel to Boston, Massachusetts and present their senior research projects at the American Society for Nutrition’s annual Nutrition 2018 conference. Each senior was accepted to give a poster presentation and senior Jordan Harris was also nominated for the
It’s a typical image you might find in your Facebook feed. There’s a tall white man or woman, perhaps dressed in scrubs, surrounded by a group of smiling children in some remote part of Uganda or India. Maybe the individual is handing out some vitamins, or bandages, but it is clear that they are helping