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Lora Iannotti

Lora Iannotti has expertise in maternal and young child nutrition and nutrient deficiencies (zinc, iron, vitamin A, B12, choline, and fatty acids) related to poverty and infectious diseases. She applies epidemiological methods to investigate interventions aimed at reducing stunted growth and development. Iannotti leads projects in Haiti, Ecuador, and East Africa where she collaborates with local partners to test innovative, transdisciplinary approaches using animal source foods and small livestock and fisheries development. She is founder and director of the E3 Nutrition Lab, working to identify economically affordable, environmentally sustainable, and evolutionarily appropriate nutrition solutions globally.

Iannotti received her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Master of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked for over ten years with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations on nutrition and food security programming and policy. She serves on public health advisory and journal editorial boards and consults with WHO, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), among other international organizations.

Lora Iannotti

Areas of Focus:

  • Maternal and child nutrition
  • Infectious diseases and poverty pathways
  • Sustainable development interventions

In The News

Iannotti Wins Scientific Excellence Award
November 20, 2023

Iannotti to Lead Effort Linking Environment to Human Well-Being
September 29, 2023

Researchers use new technology to evaluate children’s growth in Ecuador
June 18, 2020

Improved Nutrition Security in Kenya Through Increased Access to and Consumption of Coastal Marine Fish
April 28, 2020

Eggs Significantly Increase Growth in Young Children
June 7, 2017

Featured Publications

Genome-Nutrition Divergence: Evolving understandings of the malnutrition spectrum.
Nutrition Reviews
November 1 2017

Eggs in early complementary feeding and child growth: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Pediatrics
June 7 2017

Fortified Snack Reduced Anemia in Rural School-Aged Children of Haiti: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial.
PLoS One
December 22 2016