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Name:	Usha Ramakrishnan
Position:	Associate Professor of School of Public Health, Global Health
Degree:	Ph.D., Cornell University, 1993 M.S., University of Madras, 1985
Programs:	NHS, Full Member
Phone:	404 727-1092
Address:	7009 Claudia Nance Rollins Bldg, 1518 Clifton Rd, 1518/002/1AA
Email:	uramakr@sph.emory.edu
Research Descriptions:
Short:	Maternal and child nutrition, micronutrient malnutrition, nutrition assessment.
Long:	The functional implications of malnutrition in women and children is central to Dr. Ramakrishnan¿s research interests. Current research interests include examining the effects of multiple micronutrient malnutrition during pregnancy, lactation and early childhood. Other research interests include the role of essential fatty acids in child growth and development , nutritional anemias and iron status of women of reproductive age both in the US and the developing world. Dr. Ramakrishnan is currently involved in collaborative research projects with the National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico. The ongoing study is a randomized double-blind controlled trial that will compare the effectiveness of the current practice, namely daily iron supplementation, to that of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy and early childhood on child growth and development. Dr. Ramakrishnan is also the principal investigator for a NIH supported grant to examine the determinants of iron status especially supplement usage and contribution of fortified foods in women of reproductive age in the US, using nationally representative data that were collected in the third Nutrition and Health Examination Survey (1988-94). Dr. Ramakrishnan is also part of the research team involved in studying the effects of malnutrition across generations in Guatemalan women and children. These studies are funded by the National Institutes of Health and some of the key outcomes include reproductive health, economic productivity and young child growth and development.