# Optimizing Nutrition for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

> **NIH NIH R13** · KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA · 2020 · $10,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
Support is requested for a Keystone Symposia conference entitled Optimizing Nutrition for Maternal, Newborn
and Child Health, Growth and Development organized by Drs. Emily Smith, Anura Kurpad and Farhad Imam.
The conference will be held in New Delhi, India from October 21-24, 2021.
Maternal undernutrition leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes and poor fetal growth. Together, maternal and
child undernutrition are responsible for nearly half of all child deaths globally. The first 1,000 days, including
fetal life and early infancy, are key periods of growth and organogenesis. Nutrient availability during this time
influences growth, development, and metabolic programming which also has implications for health and
disease in later infancy and childhood. Despite the clear biological importance of maternal and newborn
nutrition, our understanding of the basic biology linking nutrition to healthy growth and development is poor.
Furthermore, research into innovative approaches to improving maternal nutrition and enhancing nutrition for
vulnerable infants and newborns is lacking. This Keystone Symposia conference brings together population
health scientists, clinical trialists, placental and breastmilk biologists, and experts in modern molecular and
metabolic methods to address the unique nutritional challenges of women and infants in low- and middle-
income countries (LMIC)s. This conference will encourage interdisciplinary research in maternal/fetal,
newborn, and early infant nutrition, an area which has been understudied. It will also connect global nutrition
and molecular nutrition experts for future collaboration. Finally, this conference is part of the Keystone
Symposia Global Health Series, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10070804
- **Project number:** 1R13HD103472-01
- **Recipient organization:** KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Thale Cross Jarvis
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $10,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10070804

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10070804, Optimizing Nutrition for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (1R13HD103472-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10070804. Licensed CC0.

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