Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Focus is on reduction of maternal and child-undernutrition in the first 1000 days, especially in low-resource settings. Methodologically, draws on her training in medical anthropology, international nutrition, and HIV to take a biocultural approach to understanding how mothers in low-resource settings cope to preserve their health and that of their families.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Cornell University
… → 2008
Research interests
- Food insecurity
- Household water insecurity
- Pica
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Grants
A New Way to Think About Water: Household Water Insecurity
Carnegie Corporation of New York
8/1/19 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Monitoring human well - being after natural infrastructure installation
7/1/19 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
Global Security Act: Policy Analysis and Measurement
Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, Agency for International Development
3/1/19 → 2/27/21
Project: Research project
Convergence: RAISE: Systems Approaches for Vulnerability Evaluation and Urban Resilience (SAVEUR)
Horton, D. E., Packman, A. & Young, S. L.
9/15/18 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
RCN: Building a Community of Practice for Household Water Insecurity Research
Texas A&M University System, National Science Foundation
7/1/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
Research Output
Anemia and Micronutrient Status during Pregnancy, and Their Associations with Obstetric and Infant Outcomes among HIV-Infected Ugandan Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy
Finkelstein, J. L., Herman, H. S., Plenty, A., Mehta, S., Natureeba, P., Clark, T. D., Kamya, M. R., Kamya, M. R., Ruel, T., Charlebois, E. D., Charlebois, E. D., Cohan, D., Havlir, D., Young, S. L. & Young, S. L., Apr 29 2020, In : Current Developments in Nutrition. 4, 5, nzaa075.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
A primer on emerging field-deployable synthetic biology tools for global water quality monitoring
Thavarajah, W., Verosloff, M. S., Jung, J. K., Alam, K. K., Miller, J. D., Jewett, M. C., Young, S. L. & Lucks, J. B., Jan 1 2020, In : npj Clean Water. 3, 1, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
3
Scopus
citations
Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries
the Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Research Coordination Network, May 10 2020, In : Science of the Total Environment. 716, 135881.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
3
Scopus
citations
Development of a cumulative metric of vaccination adherence behavior and its application among a cohort of 12-month-olds in western Kenya
Benzaken, C. L., Miller, J. D., Onono, M. & Young, S. L., Apr 16 2020, In : Vaccine. 38, 18, p. 3429-3435 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Effectiveness of the baby-friendly community initiative in promoting exclusive breastfeeding among HIV negative and positive mothers: A randomized controlled trial in Koibatek Sub-County, Baringo, Kenya
Samburu, B. M., Young, S. L., Wekesah, F. M., Wanjohi, M. N., Kimiywe, J., Muriuki, P., Griffiths, P. L., McGarvey, S. T., Madise, N. J. & Kimani-Murage, E. W., Jul 14 2020, In : International breastfeeding journal. 15, 1, 62.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access