Departmental Affiliations
Research Interests
- Maternal and Child Nutrition: Exploring interventions to improve dietary intake, growth, and health outcomes in low-resource settings.
- Micronutrient Deficiencies and Fortification: Assessing the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation, multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS), and food fortification strategies.
- Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture: Investigating pathways linking agriculture to improved maternal and child nutrition.
- Implementation Science in Nutrition: Evaluating the scalability, sustainability, and impact of large-scale nutrition interventions.
- Food Systems and Policy: Understanding the role of food systems in shaping nutrition security and public health policies.
- Behavior Change Communication (BCC) in Nutrition: Examining approaches to improve maternal, infant, and young child feeding practices.
- Program Monitoring and Evaluation: Strengthening systems to measure the impact and effectiveness of public health nutrition programs.
- Nutrition in Humanitarian and Emergency Contexts: Addressing challenges in food and nutrition security during crises.
Dr. Klemm continues to drive innovation in nutrition research and policy, ensuring that scientific evidence translates into impactful programs that improve lives globally.
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Rolf D.W. Klemm is an esteemed global nutrition expert with over 30 years of experience in maternal and child nutrition, food policy, and public health interventions. As Vice President for Nutrition at Helen Keller International and Senior Associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Klemm bridges the worlds of academia and applied nutrition programming. His expertise lies in designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based nutrition interventions to combat malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Klemm's leadership has shaped nutrition policies and programs worldwide. He has served as the Country Director for Helen Keller International-Philippines, Technical Director for USAID’s flagship micronutrient program, and principal investigator for nutrition research in Nepal, Bangladesh, Zambia, Malawi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work spans fortification, supplementation, maternal and child health, and agricultural linkages to nutrition, with an emphasis on translating research into action.
A dedicated educator and mentor, Dr. Klemm teaches courses on food and nutrition policy at Johns Hopkins, guiding the next generation of public health leaders. He is a founding member of the Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition and has played a pivotal role in global efforts to scale up evidence-based nutrition programs. His contributions to the field are widely recognized, making him a sought-after speaker, advisor, and author in international nutrition and public health.
Honors & Awards
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Hauppauge High School (2008)
- Department of International Health Tuition Award, Johns Hopkins University (1994)
- Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (1985)
- Colgate Alumni Scholarship, Colgate University (1976-1979)
- Wilson Scholarship, Colgate University (1976-1979)
- Cobb Fellowship, Colgate University (1976-1979)
Select Publications
Mai-Anh Hoang; Kroeun Hou; Rolf Klemm; Aman Sen Gupta; Ngik Rem; Sokchea Meng; Sophonneary Prak; Kim Rattana; Mary Chea; Crystal D Karakochuk; Ashutosh Mishra; Diwakar Mohan; Cassandra Sauer; Meredith Jackson de-Graffenreid Adherence and acceptability of multiple micronutrient supplementation among pregnant women in Cambodia: A cluster-randomized non-inferiority trial. Trials, in press
Teta I, Foudjo BUS, Nielsen JN, Oben J, Nguefack-Tsague G, Ntentie FR, Cakir V, Klemm R, Kang Y. Outcomes of a food voucher program and factors associated with the recovery rate of children with moderate acute malnutrition in Far North Cameroon. J Health Popul Nutr. 2023 Apr 29;42(1):37.
Rothstein JD, Klemm RDW, Kang Y, Niyeha D, Smith E, Nordhagen S. Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania: Outcomes from a cluster randomized control trial and qualitative study. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Apr;19(2):e13460.
Hurley KM, Phuka J, Kang Y, Ruel-Bergeron J, Buckland AJ, Mitra M, Wu L, Klemm RDW, West KP, Christian P. A longitudinal impact evaluation of a comprehensive nutrition program for reducing stunting among children aged 6-23 months in rural Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jul 1;114(1):248-256.
Rothstein JD, Klemm RDW, Kang Y, Niyeha D, Smith E, Nordhagen S. Engaging men in maternal, infant and young child nutrition in rural Tanzania: Outcomes from a cluster randomized control trial and qualitative study. Matern Child Nutr. 2022 Dec 8:e13460.
Thorne-Lyman AL, Bevis LEM, Kuo H, Manohar S, Shrestha B, Kc A, Klemm RD,Heidkamp RA. Season of Data Collection of Child Dietary Diversity Indicators MayAffect Conclusions About Longer-Term Trends in Peru, Senegal, and Nepal. CurrDev Nutr. 2021 Jul 12;5(8):nzab095.
Hodgins S, Klemm R. Micronutrient Powders for Infants and Young Children.Glob Health Sci Pract. 2021 Jun 30;9(2):216-219.
Rothstein JD, Klemm R, Niyeha D, Smith E, Nordhagen S. Assessing the challenges to women's access and implementation of text messages for nutrition behaviour change in rural Tanzania. Public Health Nutr. 2021 Apr;24(6):1478-1491.
Hurley KM, Phuka J, Kang Y, Ruel-Bergeron J, Buckland AJ, Mitra M, Wu L, Klemm RDW, West KP, Christian P. A longitudinal impact evaluation of a comprehensive nutrition program for reducing stunting among children aged 6-23 months in rural Malawi. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jul 1;114(1):248-256
McLean E, Klemm R, Subramaniam H, Greig A. Refocusing vitamin A supplementation programmes to reach the most vulnerable. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jul;5(7):e001997
Angela KC, Thorne-Lyman AL, Manohar S, Shrestha B, Klemm R, Adhikari RK, WebbP, West KP Jr. Preschool Child Nutritional Status in Nepal in 2016: A National Profile and 40-Year Comparative Trend. Food Nutr Bull. 2020 Jun;41(2):152-166.
Na M, Shamim AA, Mehra S, Labrique A, Ali H, Wu LS, Shaikh S, Klemm R,Christian P, West KP. Maternal nutritional status mediates the linkage between household food insecurity and mid-infancy size in rural Bangladesh. Br J Nutr. 2020 Jun 28;123(12):1415-1425.
Bourassa MW, Osendarp SJM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ahmed S, Ajello C, Bergeron G, Black R, Christian P, Cousens S, de Pee S, Dewey KG, Arifeen SE, Engle-Stone R, Fleet A, Gernand AD, Hoddinott J, Klemm R, Kraemer K, Kupka R, McLean E, Moor SE, Neufeld LM, Persson LÅ, Rasmussen KM, Shankar AH, Smith E, Sudfeld CR, Udomkesmalee E, Vosti SA. Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: callto action for change in recommendation. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 Apr;1465(1):5-7.
Pasqualino MM, Thorne-Lyman AL, Manohar S, Kc A, Shrestha B, Adhikari R, Klemm RD, West KP Jr. The Risk Factors for Child Anemia Are Consistent across 3 National Surveys in Nepal. Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 May 21;5(6):nzab079.
Nordhagen S, Fofana ML, Barry AO, Diallo S, Songbono JL, Stokes-Walters R, Zhang LX, Klemm RD, Winch PJ. Between the City and the Farm: Food Environments in Artisanal Mining Communities in Upper Guinea. Public Health Nutr. 2021 May 12:1-34
Stokes-Walters R, Fofana ML, Songbono JL, Barry AO, Diallo S, Nordhagen S, Zhang LX, Klemm RD, Winch PJ. "If you don't find anything, you can't eat" Mining livelihoods and income, gender roles, and food choices in northern Guinea. Resour Policy. 2021 Mar;70:101939
Zhang LX, Koroma F, Fofana ML, Barry AO, Diallo S, Lamilé Songbono J, Stokes-Walters R, Klemm RD, Nordhagen S, Winch PJ. Food Security in Artisanal Mining Communities: An Exploration of Rural Markets in Northern Guinea. Foods. 2020 Apr 10;9(4). pii: E479.
Hur J, West KP Jr, Shamim AA, Rashid M, Labrique AB, Wu LSF, Ali H, Ullah B, Schulze KJ, Klemm RDW, Christian P. Thinness and fecundability: Time to pregnancy after adolescent marriage in rural Bangladesh. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Mar 24:e12985.
Na M, Shamim AA, Mehra S, Labrique A, Ali H, Wu LS, Shaikh S, Klemm R, Christian P, West KP. Maternal nutritional status mediates the linkage between household food insecurity and mid-infancy size in rural Bangladesh. Br J Nutr. 2020 Feb 27:1-11.
Agrawal P, Manohar S, Thorne-Lyman AL, Angela KC, Shrestha B, Klemm RD, West KP. Correction: Prevalence of damaged and missing teeth among women in the southern plains of Nepal: Findings of a simplified assessment tool. PLoS One. 2020 Jan 24;15(1):e0228401.
Bourassa MW, Osendarp SJM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ahmed S, Ajello C, Bergeron G, Black R, Christian P, Cousens S, de Pee S, Dewey KG, Arifeen SE, Engle-Stone R, Fleet A, Gernand AD, Hoddinott J, Klemm R, Kraemer K, Kupka R, McLean E, Moore SE, Neufeld LM, Persson LÅ, Rasmussen KM, Shankar AH, Smith E, Sudfeld CR, Udomkesmalee E, Vosti SA. Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation: call to action for change in recommendation. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2020 Apr;1465(1):5-7.
Nordhagen S, Nielsen J, van Mourik T, Smith E, Klemm R. Fostering CHANGE: Lessons from implementing a multi-country, multi-sector nutrition-sensitive agriculture project. Eval Program Plann. 2019 Dec;77:101695.
Bourassa MW, Osendarp SJM, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ahmed S, Ajello C, Bergeron G, Black R, Christian P, Cousens S, de Pee S, Dewey KG, Arifeen SE, Engle-Stone R, Fleet A, Gernand AD, Hoddinott J, Klemm R, Kraemer K, Kupka R, McLean E, Moore SE, Neufeld LM, Persson LÅ, Rasmussen KM, Shankar AH, Smith E, Sudfeld CR, Udomkesmalee E, Vosti SA. Review of the evidence regarding the use of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation in low- and middle-income countries. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2019 May;1444(1):6-21
Schulze KJ, Mehra S, Shaikh S, Ali H, Shamim AA, Wu LS, Mitra M, Arguello MA, Kmush B, Sungpuag P, Udomkesmelee E, Merrill R, Klemm RDW, Ullah B, Labrique AB, West KP, Christian P. Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Compared to Iron-Folic Acid Affects Micronutrient Status but Does Not Eliminate Deficiencies in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Pregnant Women of Rural Bangladesh. J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1260-1270.
Bhandari S, Thorne-Lyman AL, Shrestha B, Neupane S, Nonyane BAS, Manohar S, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr. Determinants of infant breastfeeding practices in Nepal: a national study. Int Breastfeed J. 2019 Apr 3;14:14.
Surkan PJ, Strobino DM, Mehra S, Shamim AA, Rashid M, Wu LS, Ali H, Ullah B, Labrique AB, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, Christian P. Unintended pregnancy is a risk factor for depressive symptoms among socio-economically disadvantaged women in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Dec 13;18(1):490.
Ruel-Bergeron JC, Hurley KM, Kang Y, Aburto N, Farhikhtah A, Dinucci A, Molinas L, Lee Shu Fune W, Mitra M, Phuka J, Klemm R, West K, Christian P. Monitoring and evaluation design of Malawi's Right Foods at the Right Time nutrition program. Eval Program Plann. 2018 Nov 11;73:1-9.
West KP, Wu LS, Ali H, Klemm RDW, Edmond KM, Hurt L, Kirkwood B, Newton S, Shannon C, Taneja S, Mazumder S, Bhatia K, Bhandari N, Katz J, Tielsch JM, Humphrey J, Agoestina T, Soofi SB, Ariff S, Bhatti Z, Cousens S, Bhutta ZA, Ntozini R, Masanja H, Smith ER, Muhihi A, Fawzi W, Bahl R, Martines J, Yoshida S. Early neonatal vitamin A supplementation and infant mortality: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Arch Dis Child. 2018 Nov 13. pii: archdischild-2018-315242.
Klemm RDW, Manohar S, Rajbhandary R, Shrestha K, Gauchan D, Adhikari R, Thorne-Lyman AL, KC A, Nonyane BAS, Ghosh S, Webb P, West KP Jr. Pathways from Agriculture-to-Nutrition: Design and Conduct of the National PoSHAN Surveys of Nepal. Journal of Food Security. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2018, pp 79-89.
Thorne-Lyman AL, K C A, Manohar S, Shrestha B, Nonyane BAS, Neupane S, Bhandari S, Klemm RD, Webb P, West KP Jr. Nutritional resilience in Nepal following the earthquake of 2015. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 7;13(11):e0205438
Kang Y, Hurley KM, Ruel-Bergeron J, Monclus AB, Oemcke R, Wu LSF, Mitra M, Phuka J, Klemm R, West KP, Christian P. Household food insecurity is associated with low dietary diversity among pregnant and lactating women in rural Malawi. Public Health Nutr. 2018 Oct 31:1-9.
Nordhagen S, Klemm R. Implementing small-scale poultry-for-nutrition projects: Successes and lessons learned. Matern Child Nutr. 2018 Oct;14 Suppl 3:e12676.
Shrestha S, Thorne-Lyman AL, Manohar S, Shrestha B, Neupane S, Rajbhandary R, Shrestha R, Klemm RD, Nonyane BA, Adhikari RK, Webb P, West KP. Pre-earthquake national patterns of preschool child undernutrition and household food insecurity in Nepal in 2013 and 2014. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2018;27(3):624-637.
Singh A, Klemm RD, Mundy G, Pandey Rana P, Pun B, Cunningham K. Improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition in Nepal via peer mobilization. Public Health Nutr. 2018 Mar;21(4):796-806
Kabir A, Rahman MJ, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Christian P, West KP Jr. Identifying maternal and infant factors associated with newborn size in rural Bangladesh by partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis. PLoS One. 2017 Dec 20;12(12):e0189677.
Janmohamed A, Klemm RD, Doledec D. Determinants of successful vitamin A supplementation coverage among children aged 6-59 months in thirteen sub-Saharan African countries. Public Health Nutr. 2017 May 23:1-7.
Nyhus Dhillon C, Sarkar D, Klemm RD, Neufeld LM, Rawat R, Tumilowicz A, Namaste SM. Executive summary for the Micronutrient Powders Consultation: Lessons Learned for Operational Guidance. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Sep;13 Suppl 1
Surkan PJ, Sakyi KS, Christian P, Mehra S, Labrique A, Ali H, Ullah B, Wu L, Klemm R, Rashid M, West KP Jr, Strobino DM. Risk of Depressive Symptoms Associated with Morbidity in Postpartum Women in Rural Bangladesh. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Oct;21(10):1890-1900.
Stoltzfus RJ, Klemm R. Research, policy, and programmatic considerations from the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jul;106(Suppl 1):428S-434S.
James P. Wirth,Nicolai Petry,Sherry A. Tanumihardjo,Lisa M. Rogers,Erin McLean,Alison Greig,Greg S. Garrett ,Rolf D. W. Klemm and Fabian Rohner. Vitamin A Supplementation Programs and Country-Level Evidence of Vitamin A Deficiency. Nutrients 2017, 9(3), 190; doi:10.3390/nu9030190
Dorsey JL, Manohar S, Neupane S, Shrestha B, Klemm RD, West KP Jr. Individual, household, and community level risk factors of stunting in children younger than 5 years: Findings from a national surveillance system in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12434. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28233455.
Cunningham K, Singh A, Pandey Rana P, Brye L, Gautam B, Lapping K, Alayon S, Underwood C, Klemm RD. Suaahara in Nepal: An at-scale, multi-sectoral nutrition program influences knowledge and practices while enhancing equity. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 Jan 6. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12415. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28058772.
Surkan PJ, Sakyi KS, Christian P, Mehra S, Labrique A, Ali H, Ullah B, Wu L, Klemm R, Rashid M, West KP, Strobino DM. Risk of maternal morbidity on postpartum depressive symptoms. Maternal Child Health Journal, accepted.
Christian P, Kim J, Mehra S, Shaikh S, Ali H, Shamim AA, Wu L, Klemm R, Labrique AB, West KP Jr. Effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on growth and cognition through 2 y of age in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 Trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Oct;104(4):1175-1182.
Palmer AC, Siamusantu W, Chileshe J, Schulze KJ, Barffour M, Craft NE,Molobeka N, Kalungwana N, Arguello MA, Mitra M, Caswell B, Klemm RD, West KP Jr. Provitamin A-biofortified maize increases serum β-carotene, but not retinol, in marginally nourished children: a cluster-randomized trial in rural Zambia. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jul;104(1):181-90.
Sundaram ME, Ali H, Mehra S, Shamim AA, Ullah B, Rashid M, Shaikh S, Christian P, Klemm RD, West KP Jr, Labrique A. Early newborn ritual foods correlate with delayed breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh. Int Breastfeed J. 2016 Dec 8;11:31.
Surkan PJ, Sakyi K, Strobino DM, Mehra S, Labrique A, Ali H, Ullah B, Wu L, Klemm R, Rashid M, West KP, Christian P. Depressive symptoms in mothers after perinatal and early infant loss in rural Bangladesh: a population-based study. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Jul;26(7):467-73.
Shaikh S, Jones-Smith J, Schulze K, Ali H, Christian P, Shamim AA, Mehra S, Labrique A, Klemm R, Wu L, Rashid M, West KP Jr. Excessive adiposity at low BMI levels among women in rural Bangladesh. J Nutr Sci. 2016 Feb 17;5:e11.
Biehl E, Klemm RD, Manohar S, Webb P, Gauchan D, West KP Jr. What Does It Cost to Improve Household Diets in Nepal? Using the Cost of the Diet Method to Model Lowest Cost Dietary Changes. Food Nutr Bull. 2016 Jul 3.
Na M, Mehra S, Christian P, Ali H, Shaikh S, Shamim AA, Labrique AB, Klemm RD, Wu LS, West KP Jr. Maternal Dietary Diversity Decreases with Household Food Insecurity in Rural Bangladesh: A Longitudinal Analysis. J Nutr. 2016 Oct;146(10):2109-2116
Christian P, Shaikh S, Shamim AA, Mehra M, Wu L, Mitra M, Al H, Merrill RD, Chodhury N, Parveen M, Fuli R, Hossain MI, IslamM, Klemm R, Schulze K, Labrique A, de Pee S, Ahmed T, West KPJr. Effect of fortified complementary food supplementation on child growth in rural Bangladesh – a cluster-randomized trial. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2015, 1–15
Klemm RD, Palmer AC, Greig A, Engle-Stone R, Dalmiya N. A Changing Landscape for Vitamin A Programs: Implications for Optimal Intervention Packages, Program Monitoring, and Safety. Food Nutr Bull. 2016 Jun;37(2 Suppl):S75-86
Shamim AA, Hanif AA, Merrill RD, Campbell RK, Kumkum MA, Shaikh S, de Pee S, Ahmed T, Parveen M, Mehra S, Klemm RD, Labrique AB, West KP Jr, Christian P. Preferred delivery method and acceptability of Wheat-Soy Blend (WSB++) as a daily complementary food supplement in northwest Bangladesh. Ecol Food Nutr. 2015;54(1):74-92
West KP Jr, Shamim AA, Mehra S, Labrique AB, Ali H, Shaikh S, Klemm RD, Wu LS, Mitra M, Haque R, Hanif AA, Massie AB, Merrill RD, Schulze KJ, Christian P. Effect of maternal multiple micronutrient vs iron-folic acid supplementation on infant mortality and adverse birth outcomes in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 randomized trial. JAMA. 2014 Dec 24-31;312(24):2649-58.
Shamim AA, Schulze K, Merrill RD, Kabir A, Christian P, Shaikh S, Wu L, Ali H, Labrique AB, Mehra S, Klemm RD, Rashid M, Sungpuag P, Udomkesmalee E, West KP Jr. First-trimester plasma tocopherols are associated with risk of miscarriage in rural Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Feb;101(2):294-301.
Sikder SS, Labrique AB, Ali H, Hanif A, Klemm R, Mehra S, West KP, Christian P.Availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) among public and private health facilities in rural northwest Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2015 Jan 31;15(1):36
Vasudevan L, LabriqueAB, Mehra S,Wu L, LevineO, FeikinD, KlemmR, ChristianP, WestKP Jr.Maternal determinants of timely vaccination coverage among infants inrural Bangladesh.Vaccine. 2014Aug 11. pii: S0264-410X(14)00976-1.
Kabir A, Merrill RD, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, Labrique AB, ChristianP, WestKP Jr., Nasser, M.Canonical Correlation Analysis of Infant’sSize at Birth and Maternal Factors:A Study in RuralNorthwestBangladesh,Plus ONE (in press) 2014
Doocy S, Tappis H, Paul A, Klemm R, FunnaA. Preventing Malnutrition inChildren under Two(PM2A):A case study inthe foodinsecure context of South Sudan,World Health and Population,2013. 14(4):12-22.
Sundaram M, Labrique AB, Mehra S, Ali H, Shamim AA, KlemmRDW, WestKP Jr, Christian P: Early newbornfeeding is common and associatedwith breastfeedingbehavior inrural Bangladesh. J Nutr 2013;143(7):1161-1167.
KlemmRD, Merrill RD, Wu L, Shamim AA, Ali H, Labrique A,Christian P, WestKP Jr. Low- birthweight rates higher among Bangladeshi neonates measured during active birth surveillance compared tonational survey data. Matern Child Nutr.2013 May 6
Nyhus Dhillon C, Subramaniam H, Mulokozi G, Rambeloson Z, Klemm R. Overestimation of vitamin a supplementation coveragefrom districttally sheetsdemonstrates importance of population-based surveys for program improvement: lessons from Tanzania. PLoSOne.2013;8(3):e58629.
Christian P, Klemm R, Shamim AA, Ali H, Rashid M, Shaikh S, Wu L, Mehra S, Labrique A, Katz J, West KPJr VitaminA and beta-carotene supplementation effectson birthsize and length of gestation in rural Bangladesh: A cluster-randomized trial, Am J Clin Nutr. 2013Jan;97(1):188-94
Kim JM, Labrique A, WestKP, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Ali H, Ullah B, Wu L, Massie A,Mehra S,Klemm R, ChristianP. Maternal morbidity in early pregnancy in rural northern Bangladesh. Int J Gynaecol Obstet.2012 Dec;119(3):227-33
Coles CL,LabriqueA, SahaSK,Ali H, Al-EmranH,Rashid M, ChristianP, WestKPJr,Klemm RNewborn Vitamin ASupplementation Does Not Affect Nasopharyngeal Carriageof Streptococcus pneumoniae inBangladeshi Infantsat Age3 Months. J Nutr 2011141:1907-11.
West KP Jr,Christian P,Labrique AB, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Klemm RD, MassieAB, Mehra S, SchulzeKJ, Ali H, Ullah B, Wu LS, Katz J, Banu H, Akhter HH, Sommer A. Effectsof vitaminA or betacarotenesupplementation on pregnancy-related mortality and infant mortality inrural Bangladesh:aclusterrandomizedtrial. JAMA 2011 18 305:1986-95
LabriqueAB, ChristianP, KlemmRD, RashidM, Shamim AA, MassieA, SchulzeK, Hackman A, West KP Jr. A cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled, maternal vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementationtrial in Bangladesh:designandmethods. Trials 2011 21;12:102.
Sugimoto JD,Labrique AB,Ahmad S, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Ullah B, Klemm RD, Christian P, West KPJr. Epidemiologyoftornado destructionin ruralnorthernBangladesh: risk factors for deathandinjury.Disasters 201135:329-45.
Steinglass R, Cherian T, Vandelaer J, Klemm RD, Sequeira J.Developmentand use of theLives. SavedTool (LiST):amodelto estimatetheimpact ofscalingup proveninterventions onmaternal, neonatal andchildmortality.Int J Epidemiol 2011 40:519-20.
GunnsteinssonS, Labrique AB, WestKP Jr, Christian M, Shamim AA, RashidM, Katz J, Klemm RDW. ConstructingIndices of rural Living Standards inNorthwesternBangladesh,J Health Popul Nutr 2010 28:509-19
KlemmRDW, West KPJr., Palmer AC, Johnson Q,Randall P, Ranum P, Northrop-Clewes C.Vitamin A Fortification of WheatFlour—Considerations and CurrentRecommendations. Foodand Nutrition Bulletin Supplement, 2010, 31: S47-S61
Rah JH, Shamim AA, ArjuUT, Labrique AB, KlemmRD, Rashid M, Christian P. Difference in ponderal growth and body composition among pregnantvs. never-pregnant adolescents varies by birth outcomes.Maternal and ChildNutrition. 2010, 6:27–37
Christian P, ShahidF, Rizvi A, Klemm RDW, Bhutta Z.Treatmenteffectiveness of iron-folic acid for curing severe anemia and efficacy of additional regimens of multivitamins and anthelminthics in enhancing cureamong pregnantwomen in Karachi, Pakistan, AJCN 2009,89:853-6
Bhutta Z.,Klemm RDW, Shahid F,Rizvi A, Rah JH,Christian P. Treatment response toiron and folic acid aloneis the sameas with multivitamins and/oranthelminthics in severelyanemic 6-24mo oldchildren. J Nutr 2009139:1568-74.
KlemmRDW, Labrique AB, Christian P, RashidM, Shamim AA, Katz J, Sommer A, West KPJr: NewbornvitaminA supplementation reduced infant mortality in rural Bangladesh. Pediatrics 2008;122:e242-e250.
Sugimoto JD,Labrique AB,Ahmad S, Rashid MS, Klemm RDW, Christian P, West KPJr. Developing aGeographic Information System for HealthResearch in a Developing CountrySetting: ACase-Study from Bangladesh. Journalof Health, Populationand Nutrition2007 24:1-12.
Solon FS, KlemmRD, Sanchez L, Darnton-Hill I, CraftNE, Christian P, West KP Jr. Efficacyof a vitamin A-fortifiedwheat-flour bun on the vitaminA status of Filipinoschoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr.2000; 72:738-44.