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Emily Keats, PhD '13, MPH ‘15, studies nutrition interventions, dietary practices, and the multifactorial drivers of malnutrition to improve maternal, child, and adolescent health and survival.
Research Interests
undernutrition; stunting; wasting; micronutrient deficiencies; multiple micronutrient supplementation; large-scale food fortification; systematic reviews; meta-analyses; low- and middle-income countries
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Experiences & Accomplishments
Honors & Awards
2022 Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto) Emerging Public Health Leader Alumni Award
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Select publications from the past few years
Keats EC, Kajjura R, Ataullajhan A, Charbonneau K, Islam M, Somaskandan A, Confreda E, Cheng B, Jardine R, Waiswa P, and Bhutta ZA. Malaria reduction drives childhood stunting decline in Uganda: A mixed-methods study. Am J Clin Nutr. nqac038, 2022.
Akseer N, Keats EC, Thurairajah P, Cousens S, Bhutta ZA and The Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators’ Group. Characteristics and birth outcomes of pregnant adolescents compared to older women: an analysis of individual-level data from 140,000 mothers from 20 RCTs. EClinicalMedicine. 45:101309, 2022.
Keats EC, Akseer N, Thurairajah P, Cousens S, Bhutta ZA, and The Global Young Women’s Nutrition Investigators’ Group. The effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on pregnant adolescents in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Nutr Rev. nuab004, 2021.
Keats EC, Das JK, Salam RA, Lassi ZS, Imdad A, Black RE, and Bhutta ZA. What works for maternal and child undernutrition: a review of the evidence. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 5(5):367-384, 2021.
Keats EC, Neufeld LM, Garrett GS, Mduduzi M, and Bhutta ZA. Improved micronutrient status and health outcomes in low and middle-income countries following large-scale fortification: evidence from a systematic review and meta- analysis. Am J Clin Nutr 00:1-13, 2019.
Keats EC, Haider BA, Tam E, and Bhutta ZA. Multiple-micronutrient supplementation for women during pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004905, 2019.