Conoce nuestro Comité Asesor Científico

Group made up of science professionals, recognized worldwide.

Dr. Carol Graham

Dr. Carol Graham

Researcher

Academic degree

Graduated in 1984 from Princeton University, M.A, in 1986 M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. from Oxford University.

email: cgraham@brookings.edu

poverty, inequality, subjective well-being, economics of happiness; development economics

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Pioneer Awards, 2017 and 2021
  • International Society of Quality of Life Studies, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
  • International Society of Quality of Life Studies, 2014 Distinguished Research Fellow Award for significant contribution to the field
  • “Do High Aspirations Lead to Better Outcomes? Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey of Adolescents in Peru”, Journal of Population Economics, with Julia Ruiz-Pozuelo, (2021) forthcoming.
  • “The Well-being Implications of Being Out of the Labor Force”, in Zimmermann, K.F., eds. Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics (Springer: Cham), with Sergio Pinto.
  • “The Economics of Happiness”, in Zimmermann, K.F., eds. Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics (Springer: Cham), with Milena Nikolova (2020); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_177-1.
  • The Pursuit of Happiness: An Economy of Well-Being. The Brookings Institution Press, 2011 (también publicado en chino, japonés y coreano)
  • Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies, With Stefano Pettinato, The Brookings Institution Press, 2002. (Publicado en español como Felicidad y Penurias: Oportunidades e Inseguridad en las Nuevas Economías del Mercado. Prometias Libros, 2005).
Dr. Grace S. Marquis

Dr. Grace S. Marquis

Researcher

Academic degree

BA, from Indiana University, MSc, Master of Science from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1996.

email: grace.marquis@mcgill.ca

La nutrición de los niños pequeños en las comunidades rurales pobres, también incluye poner en marcha actividades que ayuden a las familias a aumentar su comprensión de la nutrición y la salud maternal e infantil, ganar más dinero que se puede usar para comprar alimentos al mejorar sus prácticas agrícolas o negocios, y mejorar su entorno para que los niños se enfermen menos.

  • Dannon Institute Academic Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute 2016
  • Dannon Institute Academic Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute 2013
  • International Achievement Award, Iowa State University 2003
  • National Academic Leaders in Maternal and Child Health 1999
  • Marquis GS, Colecraft EK, Kanlisi R, Aidam B, Atuobi-Yeboah A, Pinto C, Aryeetey R. An integrated agriculture-nutrition intervention improved young children’s diet and growth in a randomized trial in rural Ghana. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 2018;14(S3):e12677. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12677
  • Marquis GS; Colecraft EK; Sakyi-Dawson O; Lartey A; Ahunu BK; Birks KA; Butler LM; Reddy MB; Jensen HH; Huff-Lonergan E. An integrated microcredit, entrepreneurial training, and nutrition education intervention is associated with better growth among preschool-aged children in rural Ghana. Journal of Nutrition. 2015;145(2):335-43. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.194498
  • Lartey A; Marquis GS; Mazur R; Perez-Escamilla R; Brakohiapa L; Ampofo W; Sellen D; Adu-Afarwuah S. Maternal HIV is associated with reduced growth in the first year of life among infants in the Eastern region of Ghana: the Research to Improve Infant Nutrition and Growth (RIING) Project. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 2014;10(4):604-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00441.x
  • Okronipa HET, Marquis GS, Lartey A, Perez-Escamilla R, Mazur RE. Postnatal Depression Symptoms are Associated with Increased Diarrhea among Infants of HIV-Positive Ghanaian Mothers. AIDS and Behavior 2012;16(8):2216-25. doi:10.1007/s10461-012-0153-x
  • Colecraft E, Marquis GS, Aryeetey R, Sakyi-Dawson O, Lartey A, Ahunu B, Canacoo E, Butler LM, Reddy MB, Jensen HH, Huff-Lonergan E. Constraints on the use of animal source foods for young children in Ghana: A Participatory Rapid Appraisal approach. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 2006; 45: 351-377. doi.org/10.1080/03670240600985464
Dr. Jere R. Behrman

Dr. Jere R. Behrman

Researcher

Academic degree

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Ph.D., 1962-1966.

email: jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu

Microeconomía empírica, desarrollo económico, desarrollo de la primera infancia, economía laboral, recursos humanos, incluido un trabajo considerable sobre nutrición, demografía económica, comportamientos domésticos, ciclo de vida y relaciones intergeneracionales y evaluación de políticas, todo principalmente en contextos internacionales.

  • 2017 Irene B. Taeuber Award from Population Association of America “in recognition of an unusually original or important contribution to the scientific study of population, or for an accumulated record of exceptionally sound and innovative research”
  • Irving B. Kravis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching, Economics Department, University of Pennsylvania 2013
  • 2009 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Award in the Outstanding Scientific Article category for "The Impact of Nutrition During Early Childhood on Income, Hours Worked, and Wages of Guatemalan Adults (with John Hoddinott, John A. Maluccio, Rafael Flores and Reynaldo Martorell),"
  • Human Capital and Social Mobility in LMICs, World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) Elements Series in Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022
  • Engle, P. L., Black, M. M., Behrman, J. R., Cabral De Mello, M., Gertler, P. J., Kapiriri, L., Martorell, R., & Young, M. E. (2007). Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world. The Lancet, 369(9557), 229–242. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60112-3
  • Behrman, J. R., & Rosenzweig, M. R. (2004). Returns to Birthweight. Review of Economics and Statistics, 86(2), 586–601. https://doi.org/10.1162/003465304323031139
  • Engle, P. L., Fernald, L. C., Alderman, H., Behrman, J., O’Gara, C., Yousafzai, A., de Mello, M. C., Hidrobo, M., Ulkuer, N., Ertem, I., & Iltus, S. (2011). Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet, 378(9799), 1339–1353. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60889-1
  • Does increasing women’s schooling raise the schooling of the next generation? JR Behrman, MR Rosenzweig – American economic review, 2002
Dr. Kenneth H. Brown

Dr. Kenneth H. Brown

Researcher

Academic degree

Columbia University BA, M.D, University of Pennsylvania, Boston Children's Hospital Pediatric Residency, and Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

email: khbrown@ucdavis.edu

La epidemiología, el tratamiento y la prevención de la desnutrición infantil en países de bajos ingresos, incluida la evaluación de programas de intervención a gran escala. Además, los temas de investigación incluyen la alimentación de lactantes y niños pequeños (lactancia materna y alimentación complementaria), las relaciones entre la infección y la nutrición, y el control de deficiencias específicas de micronutrientes, con especial atención a la vitamina A, el zinc y el hierro.

  • Brown KH, Moore SE, Hess SY, McDonald CM, Jones KS, Meadows SR, Manger M, Coates J, Alayon S, Osendarp SJM. Increasing the availability and utilization of reliable data on population micronutrient (MN) status globally: the MN Data Generation Initiative. Am J Clin Nutr, 114: 862-70, 2021. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab173 .
  • McDonald CM, Suchdev PS, Krebs NF, Hess SY, Wessells KR, Ismaily S, Rahman S, Wieringa FT, Williams AM, Brown KH, King JC Adjusting plasma or serum zinc concentrations for inflammation: Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project. Am J Clin Nutr 111:927-937, 2020. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz304.
  • Engle-Stone R, Nankap M, Ndjebay AO, Allen LH, Shahab-Ferdows S, Hampel D, Killilea DW, Gimou M-M, Houghton LA, Friedman A, Tarini A, Stamm RA, Brown KH. Iron, zinc, folate and vitamin B12 status increased among young children and women in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon one year after introducing fortified wheat flour. J Nutr, 147: 1426-36, 2017. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.245076.
  • Abbeddou S, Yakes Jimenez E, Somé JW, Ouédraogo JB, Brown KH, Hess SY. Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements containing different amounts of zinc along with diarrhea and malaria treatment increase iron and vitamin A status and reduce anemia prevalence, but do not affect zinc status in young Burkinabe children: a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Pediatrics 17:46, 2017. doi 10.1186/s12887-016-0765-9.
  • Brown KH, Engle-Stone R, Kagin J, Rettig E, Vosti SA. Use of optimization modeling for selecting national micronutrient intervention strategies: an example based on potential programs for control of vitamin A deficiency in Cameroon. Food Nutr Bull 36: S141-S148, 2015.
Dr. Robert Black

Dr. Robert Black

Researcher

Academic degree

A.B., Cornell University in 1967, M.D., Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia in 1971 and M.P.H., University of California-Los Angeles in 1976

email: rblack1@jhu.edu

Dr. Black’s research includes studies of nutrition and health interventions. His other interests are related to the use of evidence to guide policy and programs including estimates of burden of disease, and the strengthening of public health training.

  • Institute of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies (now National Academy of Medicine) in 2002
  • Prince Mahidol Award in Public Health 2010
  • Canada Gairdner Award in Global Health in 2011
  • Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award in 2016
  • Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018
  • Black, R. E., Allen, L. H., Bhutta, Z. A., Caulfield, L. E., de Onis, M., Ezzati, M., Mathers, C., & Rivera, J. (2008). Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences. The Lancet, 371(9608), 243–260. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61690-0
  • Black, R. E., Victora, C. G., Walker, S. P., Bhutta, Z. A., Christian, P., de Onis, M., Ezzati, M., Grantham-McGregor, S., Katz, J., Martorell, R., & Uauy, R. (2013). Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet, 382(9890), 427–451. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60937-x
  • Liu, L., Johnson, H. L., Cousens, S., Perin, J., Scott, S., Lawn, J. E., Rudan, I., Campbell, H., Cibulskis, R., Li, M., Mathers, C., & Black, R. E. (2012). Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality: an updated systematic analysis for 2010 with time trends since 2000. The Lancet, 379(9832), 2151–2161. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60560-1
  • Black, R. E., Morris, S. S., & Bryce, J. (2003). Where and why are 10 million children dying every year? The Lancet, 361(9376), 2226–2234. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13779-8
Dr. Ronald E. Kleinman

Dr. Ronald E. Kleinman

Researcher

Academic degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology from Trinity College in 1968, M.D, Doctor of Medicine from New York Medical College in 1972 and M.S, Master of Science in Human Biology from Harvard Medical School in 1998.

email: rkleinman@mgh.harvard.edu

Apoyo nutricional de bebés y niños, y la política de nutrición y salud pública.

  • Kleinman RE, Barnes LLA and Finberg L. History of pediatric nutrition and fluid therapy. Pediatric Research. 2003; 54(5):762-772.
  • Premio Children’s Champion en Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund por su actividad comunitaria en el 2011
  • Nicklas TA, Kleinman RE, Storey ML. Science and Policy: Adopting a Fruitful Vegetable Encounter for Our Children. Advances in Nutrition, Volume 7, Number 1S, January 2016.
Dr. Jaime Miranda

Dr. Jaime Miranda

Researcher

Academic degree

Dr. Miranda completed his undergraduate medical studies at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. He obtained his Master of Science and Doctor of Epidemiology degrees from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom.

email: jaime.miranda@upch.pe

La lucha contra la obesidad, la hipertensión, la diabetes, el estigma de las enfermedades mentales y el efecto de la variación geográfica en el desarrollo de enfermedades no transmisibles

  • In 2014, he was considered in the list of the 30 researchers under 40 who are redefining science in the Latin American.
  •  In 2012 he was elected as a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
  • He is the only Latin American designated by the United Nations to integrate the Independent Group of Scientists in charge of preparing the Global Report on Sustainable Development for the year 2023.
  • Miranda JJ, Thow AM, Cárdenas MK, Corvalán C, Barrientos-Gutiérrez T, Kaufman JS. Nutrition-related health taxes: setting expectations. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2022 Feb;10(2):93-94. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00325-9. Epub 2021 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 34942086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8687666.
  • Miranda JJ, Barrientos-Gutiérrez T, Corvalan C, Hyder AA, Lazo-Porras M, Oni T, Wells JCK. Understanding the rise of cardiometabolic diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Nat Med. 2019 Nov;25(11):1667-1679. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0644-7. Epub 2019 Nov 7. PMID: 31700182.
  • Miranda JJ, Taype-Rondan A, Bazalar-Palacios J, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Ariely D. The Effect of a Priest-Led Intervention on the Choice and Preference of Soda Beverages: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Catholic Parishes. Ann Behav Med. 2020 May 25;54(6):436-446. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaz060. PubMed PMID: 31850492; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7246257.
  • Bernabe-Ortiz A, Sal Y Rosas VG, Ponce-Lucero V, Cárdenas MK, Carrillo-Larco RM, Diez-Canseco F, Pesantes MA, Sacksteder KA, Gilman RH, Miranda JJ. Effect of salt substitution on community-wide blood pressure and hypertension incidence. Nat Med. 2020 Mar;26(3):374-378. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0754-2. Epub 2020 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 32066973.
  • Rubinstein A, Miranda JJ, Beratarrechea A, Diez-Canseco F, Kanter R, Gutierrez L, Bernabé-Ortiz A, Irazola V, Fernandez A, Letona P, Martínez H, Ramirez-Zea M; GISMAL group. Effectiveness of an mHealth intervention to improve the cardiometabolic profile of people with prehypertension in low-resource urban settings in Latin America: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Jan;4(1):52-63. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00381-2. Epub 2015 Dec 1. PMID: 26653067.

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