Julia Finkelstein

About

Julia Finkelstein is a Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and a Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the Director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program and co-Director of the Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and the Cochrane Center and WHO Collaborating Centre at Cornell University. Dr. Finkelstein leads the NIH-funded training program on maternal and child nutrition and directs the clinical core for the NIH-funded Center for Point of Care Diagnostics for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer (PORTENT). She is also an Associate Professor at St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru, India. Her expertise lies in epidemiology, with a focus on one-carbon metabolism, and she specializes in designing and conducting randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and population-based surveillance programs targeting high-risk obstetric and pediatric populations in clinical and community settings. Her research laboratory concentrates on women’s health across the lifespan, from preconception through postpartum, aiming to develop interventions that improve the health of women and children. Dr. Finkelstein's work has been internationally recognized with awards including an NIH technology accelerator challenge prize, the SUNY Chancellor Award, and the International Life Sciences Institute Award. She has been elected Chair of the Federation of…

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics
• Biology
• Obstetrics
• Environmental health
• Psychiatry
• Immunology
• Endocrinology
• Physiology

Selected publications

• Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 through breast milk and breastfeeding: a living systematic review

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 173 citations

  The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by infection with a novel coronavirus strain, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). At present, there is limited information on potential transmission of the infection from mother to child, particularly through breast milk and breastfeeding. Here, we provide a living systematic review to capture information that might necessitate changes in the guidance on breast milk and breastfeeding given the uncertainty…

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• Vitamin B-12 and the Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Systematic Review

  Advances in Nutrition · 2021 · 92 citations

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• Iron, folic acid, and multiple micronutrient supplementation strategies during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in Botswana

  The Lancet Global Health · 2022 · 42 citations

  BACKGROUND: Antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) with iron, folic acid, and other micronutrients might improve birth outcomes, but it is not currently universally recommended by WHO. METHODS: In this observational cohort study, we surveyed pregnancies for adverse birth outcomes at eight hospitals from July, 2014, to July, 2018, and 18 hospitals from August, 2018, to December, 2020, in Botswana to assess four routine supplementation strategies in women presenting before 24 weeks…

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• Potential Mechanisms of Precision Nutrition-Based Interventions for Managing Obesity

  Advances in Nutrition · 2024-02-03 · 30 citations

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  Precision nutrition (PN) considers multiple individual-level and environmental characteristics or variables to better inform dietary strategies and interventions for optimizing health, including managing obesity and metabolic disorders. Here, we review the evidence on potential mechanisms-including ones to identify individuals most likely to respond-that can be leveraged in the development of PN interventions addressing obesity. We conducted a review of the literature and included laboratory, an…

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• Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy

  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2024-08-15 · 28 citations

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  BACKGROUND: Iron and folic acid supplementation have been recommended in pregnancy for anaemia prevention, and may improve other maternal, pregnancy, and infant outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy, either alone or in combination with folic acid or with other vitamins and minerals, as an intervention in antenatal care. SEARCH METHODS: We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Trials Registry on 18 January 2024 (including CENTRAL…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01HL071690

  NIH · $3.6M · 2010

• NUTRITION TRAINING

  NIH · $8.9M · 1976–2027

• NIH Grant R01HL078579

  NIH · $3.7M · 2010

Frequent coauthors

• Saurabh Mehta

  Cornell University

  161 shared

• Amy Fothergill

  55 shared

• Krista S. Crider

  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

  47 shared

• Christopher Duggan

  41 shared

• Yan Qi

  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

  40 shared

• Jere D. Haas

  Cornell University

  37 shared

• Charles E. Rose

  34 shared

• Wesley Bonam

  33 shared

Awards & honors

• National Institutes of Health technology accelerator challen…
• SUNY Chancellor Award for scholarship and creative activitie…
• International Life Sciences Institute Award for leadership i…

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