Department of Nutrition

                                       

                                         

     Dr. Lorraine Cordeiro                                                                                  

Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition

Phone:                   (413) 545-9701
Email:                     lcordeiro@nutrition.umass.edu

Campus Address:   224B Chenoweth Lab

 

Education

• Ph.D. in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
• M.P.H. International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
• B.A. Biology/Development Studies, Mount Holyoke College 

• Post Doctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), Wellesley Centers for Women

 General Research Interests:

Adolescent nutrition, malnutrition, food security, international health and development, global nutrition programs, program evaluation, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS

Current Research:

Adolescent malnutrition and growth in Tanzania; intra-household nutrition disparities in Tanzania; evaluation of sexual education programming for middle school students in Massachusetts; measures of household food security in developing countries; food insecurity and mental health among Cambodian American adolescents/emerging adults.  

Past Research:

Adolescent food insecurity and sexual risk in Tanzania; socio-cultural experiences of orphans in Cambodia; adolescent nutritional assessment in Bangladesh; pilot study on middle school sex education in Massachusetts.

Professional Affiliations:

APHA; ASN; UNICEF; RefugeeWorks; Wellesley Centers for Women; WFP; Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell, MA; MA Department of Public Health.

 

Selected Publications

• Cordeiro LS and Levinson FJ.  Adolescent Health and Nutrition.  Hunger and Health: World Hunger Series 2007.  United Nations World Food Program /EarthScan Productions.  December 2007
• Cordeiro LS, Lamstein S, Mahmud Zeba, and Levinson FJ. Adolescent Malnutrition in Developing Countries:  A close look at the problem and at two national experiences. United Nations. SCN News 31:Late 2005 Early 2006.
• Cordeiro LS and Bloom J.  Refugee Youth Employment.  Refugeeworks: The National Center for Refugee Employment and Self-Sufficiency. LIRS.  U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. Washington, D.C. 2001.  

Recent Presentations

• Cordeiro, LC, Wilde P, Pinderhughes E, and Levinson FJ.  “A descriptive study of undernutrition, gender and sexual maturation among adolescents in Kilosa District, Tanzania”. Oral Presentation: 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition, APHA, Philadephia, PA. November 9, 2009.
• Cordeiro, LC, Pinderhughes E, Wilde P, and Levinson FJ. “Household Food Security and Sexual Behaviors among Adolescents in Tanzania”.  Oral Presentation: Experimental Biology 2009, New Orleans, LA.  April 21, 2009
• Adolescent Nutrition: Hunger and Dietary Diversity in Tanzania.  Lunchtime Seminar Series.  Wellesley Centers for Women.  October 2008.
• Cordeiro LC, Wilde P, Pinderhughes E, Lamstein S, and Levinson FJ.  “Household Food Security and the Nutritional Status of Rural Tanzanian Adolescents".   Oral presentation: 135th Annual Meeting  and Exposition, APHA, Washington, DC.  November 5, 2007.

Recent Grants

Stevens Foundation: Community Needs Assessment: Health and Mental Health Needs of Cambodian American Adolescents and Emerging Adults (9/2009 – 9/2010).

Teaching Interests

Topics in International Nutrition; Nutrition in Developing Countries; Research Methods; Public Health Nutrition; Monitoring and Evaluation; Nutritional Assessment.