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Developmental Neuroscience and Stunting: A Strong Case for Action in the First 1,000 Days March 16-18, 2016 Luang Prabang, Laos P.D.R

Michael J Toole Deputy Director, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Professor Toole has 40 years of experience working in the health sector in low and middle income countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific. He is a medical epidemiologist and public health physician, with expertise in maternal and child health, including nutrition; communicable diseases control, including HIV prevention and care; primary health care program design and evaluation; sexual and reproductive health; and public health in conflict-affected and refugee populations. He has conducted qualitative research on nutrition beliefs and behaviors among women and children in eight ethnic groups in northern Lao PDR. He is currently a co-investigator in the planning phase of a three-year cluster randomised controlled trial of community-based, nutrition-specific interventions to reduce child stunting and wasting in two southern districts of Savannakhet province of Lao PDR.

He is the director of an academic program comprising 10 post-graduate public health subjects focusing on developing countries, which are accredited for a range of degrees by Monash University.

Biography He is currently Deputy Director (International Health Strategy) of the Burnet Institute. Between 1995 and 2012, he was the Head of the Institute’s Centre for International Health, providing technical and management leadership to this 150-person unit based in both Melbourne and a number of overseas offices supporting a range of community health research and development projects in the Asia-Pacific region and Southern Africa.

Between 1986 and 1995, he worked at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he coordinated the US Government’s public health response to complex humanitarian emergencies. He was a founding board member of MSF Australia and is currently a member of the International Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the assessment panel of the Fund for Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2013.

He has worked professionally in Afghanistan, Armenia, Myanmar, Chad, China (Tibet), Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.


Name Fahmida Tofail, Current Appointment Scientist and Senior Consultant Physician E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Area of research and teaching mainly focused on child’s neuro-cognitive and behavioral development and factors associated with it

Biography Fahmida Tofail, a scientist and senior consultant physician, working at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) since 1998. As a physician of icddr,b Dhaka hospital (150,000 poor patients/ year, 80% under five children) she is responsible for management of young children with varying degree of malnutrition. As a part of management of the severely malnourished children, Dr Tofail also works for their nutritional and developmental rehabilitation in a hospital based set-up. Her research interest is focused on maternal and child-health, with particular interest on child’s neuro-cognitive development, behavioral development, child maltreatment and abuse, parenting, maternal mental health and on maternal and child nutrition. She is involved with developing a sustainable and feasible developmental intervention for the malnourished children in the community. She is also involved with developing positive parenting package by improving maternal knowledge about child rearing practice and boosting up self esteem. Her recent work is addressing big challenges like changing maternal behavior towards positive and eliminating poverty that affect children’s overall development and nutrition. In her exploratory works she looked for effect of environmental toxicants (arsenic, cadmium, lead, manganese and tobacco) on maternal and child health. She is intimately involved with neuroimaging and brain development studies at community level among disadvantaged children. At present she is involved with 10 different research projects with different capacities. She is a faculty member of Early Childhood Development course at BRAC, National Academy for Educational Management, Institute of Education and Research (IER), Dhaka University, MPH program at James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University and diploma courses of Dhaka University and Teacher’s Development Institute, Bangladesh. She is a fellow at RSTMH, an enlisted reviewer of JHCPU and has more than 50 scientific publications at peer-reviewed journals. She obtained her MBBS from Bangladesh, PhD from the Centre for International Child Health, UCL, UK. She has her fascination for painting, playing music, singing and traveling. She tries to utilize hear creativities in her works; particularly those are related to psychosocial-stimulation.


H.E. Dr.SOK SILO Deputy Secretary General Council for Agricultural and Rural Development, Office of the Council of Ministers Head of Food Security and Nutrition Coordination Unit Cambodian SUN Government Focal Person Mobile Phone: (855) 68 86 86 86 and (855) 12 451 111 Email: [email protected]

With more than 20 years working experiences in the fields of administration, coordination in agricultural and rural development and food security and nutrition sector in the government institutions, and development partner agencies including 4 years in the Cabinet of the Minister as the Private Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), nearly 5 years in the Office of the Council of Ministers (OCM) as the Director of Administration and Finance Department of the Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), 4 years in OCM as the Director of Administration Department of CARD and then has been promoted as the Deputy Secretary General of CARD in charge of agriculture and food security and nutrition since August 2007, Mr. Sok Silo bring an outstanding public relation, coordination, management, agriculture and rural development, food security and nutrition sector and networking background to his work. As a motivated person with creative, and eager to learn, Silo is not only responsible for his owned work, but also assist his superiors and colleagues in all means, at all times and active participation in decision making, negotiation, discussion and dissemination, especially with the high ranking officers from the government institutions, embassies, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, and private sector. Silo holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration in the fields of Economics in 1994, Master degree in Business Administration major in Finance in 2003, and Doctoral degree in Business Administration in 2009.


Name: Dr. Jochen Bitzer Current Appointment: SRC Health Delegate & Public Health Adviser,

Swiss Red Cross, MNCH project Luang Prabang, Lao PDR E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Implementation

• Effect of having a “child health card” on immunization and growth monitoring of young children

• Supporting community kitchen gardens

Biography Dr. Bitzer is a senior public health professional originally trained as a medical doctor and holding also a master degree in international health. His qualification is based on long-term working experience in several resource poor countries. Assignments and key aspects are development of strategies, building of team, management of health projects and technical advice of health systems at national, regional, district and facility level as well as of Primary Health Care projects. He was mainly assigned in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health. This includes technical backstopping, supervision, monitoring and evaluation and operational research. He has working experiences both in governmental and non-governmental health development projects. Currently he works as project manager and Public Health Adviser in Swiss Red Cross, MNCH project Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.


Name: Ms. Namthipkesone (Dorn) Bouttasing Current Appointment E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Co-research on Infant Nutrition, Food security

Biography Dorn lives in northeast Laos, from a small village nearby the capital Phonsavanh district of Xiengkhouang province, Laos. She is the founder and director of Green Laos Community Volunteer (GLCV) since 2009, which aims to educated ethnic peoples, preserve the Khmu ethnic group’s culture, and ensure the food security within Khmu community, bring food forest idea to villages who live along the rivers and its goals are to raise awareness of local people for gender equality and the impacts of hydropower project on community society and livelihoods, to support small livelihood and conservation measures and to provide basic research skills to Khmu youth ethnic group, which focus on Research Training and Trekking Field Trips for interested Khmu youths regarding how to conduct research on the relations of development projects and community livelihoods as well as basic mapping of biodiversity. Aspect of traditional medicine is studied and documented during. She has conducted an independent research on “The importance of fisheries on livelihood in 4000 island southern Laos, which publish on a book called “I want to eat fish, I cannot eat electricity” in 2010. Publish by Mekong school-EarthRights International. And co-research on Infant Nutrition in Luang Prabang, Laos, And involved in and making few documentary films about livelihood, and environment. Besides she works as a independent consultant for international organizations. The areas of her work are community development, sanitation, food security and gender related in Laos.


Name: Ounprason Inthachith Current Appointment; Founder and Executive Director of Volun-Tour Laos Sole Company LTD E-mail: [email protected]

Biography

I am a Lao/American who immigrated to the United States with my family in 1981. Since 2006 I have return and have resided in Luang Prabang Lao PDR my place of birth.

The Founder and Executive Director of Volun-Tour Laos Sole Company LTD (VTL), a social busi-ness enterprise based in Luangrabang, co-own by my Lao native wife. The core of our business is to bring communities and volunteers together, to work on valuable development projects to en-hance lives in rural Lao villages. For the past 8 years, VTL has worked closely with Lao villages to build critical infrastructure needs including water and sanitation facilities as well as elementary schools. VTL has extensive experience partnering with rural Lao communities and Lao government agencies to build vital W.A.S.H. facilities through its grassroots programs. To date VTL has com-pleted 46 projects in 26 communities.

I also serve as an agent and a consultant for various overseas organisations working here in the Lao PDR in the fields of development. Organisations such as People to People Program, Village Run Foundation, Baraka Community Partnership and Friends Without a Border are among the few organization that I have worked with or currently is working with. Most recently I served as the Project Director in overseeing the construction of the Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) funded by Friends Without a Border in Luang Prabang. In this capacity, I coordinated agreements with the Lao government and trained and managed the Lao team responsible for LFHC’s initial op-erations, from procurement, accounting, human resources, staff oversight and help guideing the Baseline Medical Survey grounds team initiated by Professor Jeffery Measelle.

As a Lao native, raised on western ideology, positioning myself at the forefront of development work this has allowed me to engage and recognise the implementation process and procedures in building sustainable grassroots programs.

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Name Phonesavanh KEONAKHONE Mrs Pediatrician

Current Appointment

Email address: [email protected], [email protected]

Mobile phone: +856 20 22208557

Area of Research/Teaching Division of Nutrition, Mahosot Hospital, Ministry of Health. Country: Lao PDR

Biography

I was born in Champasack province in the south of Lao. I graduated from the Lao Faculty of Medical Science in 1988. I worked on the Pediatric

Malnutrition and Diarrhea ward at Mahosot Hospital. In 1990, I completed the Lao Pediatric Residency program. I returned to the pediatric

ward as the Acting Deputy chief of Pediatric Infection diseases and Malnutrition. In 2009, I became the head of the Nutrition Division of the

Pediatric Ward.

My responsibilities are caring for pediatric patients. Children are screened for malnutrition. The weekly nutrition clinic provides

support, advice and supplements to mothers and children.

I am responsible for teaching medical staff in central and provincial hospitals, pediatric residents, family practice doctors, medical

students, nursing students and other medical staff who come for pediatric training. I provide bedside teaching on the Medical Teaching

Unit.I am the director of the training course on the case management of severe malnutrition.


Kelley Gary Khamphouxay Health Advocacy Manager, Save the Children International [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding, gender and vulnerability in health

Biography Kelley Khamphouxay is a reproductive health and gender specialist. She holds a MSc in Gender and Development Studies and a BA in International Relations and she recently completed education as a community midwife. A California native, she has lived and worked in Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand for two decades, providing technical expertise for international NGOs, regional governments and UN agencies as well as the private sector. Her current focus is on prevention of stunting, safe and respectful care, promotion and protection and breastfeeding, as well as addressing barriers to equitable service delivery via policy reform, curriculum development and building capacity of local civil society.


Name: Marianne Ravn Knop Current Appointment: Nutritionist, Lao Friends Hospital for Children E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching

Biography Marianne is a Clinical Dietitian and a Public Health Nutritionist. She obtained her B.Sc. in Human Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics from Copenhagen Metropolitan College; and M.Sc. in Nutrition for Global Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Prior to her graduate studies she worked as a Clinical Dietitian at Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, focusing on malnourished patients with non-communicable diseases. Additionally, she became involved in a Danish NGO, and worked as a Nutrition Project Manager at a hospital in Sierra Leone, to set up nutrition programmes. Marianne has been involved in both clinical and non-clinical research projects, investigating weight loss in patients hospitalised in the Department of Cardiology, Herlev, and studying geographic and ethnic differences in stunting and anaemia in The Gambia in co-operation with MRC International Nutrition Group. Marianne is based in Singapore, where she lives with her husband.

Developmental Neuroscience and Stunting: A Strong Case for Action in the First 1,000 Days March 16-‐18, 2016 Luang Prabang, Laos P.D.R

Sengchanh Kounnavong is currently Deputy Director, National Institute of Public Health (NIOPH), within the Government

of Lao’s Ministry of Health, where she has been based for the past 18 years. She holds a PhD (Medical Science in Infection Research) from the International Health Department within the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Japan and a Master in Nutrition Sciences from the Human Nutrition Unit at Sydney University. She also trained as Medical Doctor-Paediatrician and was Head of Paediatrics ward at Mittaphab Hospital for six years from 1987-1994.

Sengchanh has a deep understanding of health and nutrition issues in Lao PDR and considerable experience designing and leading national survey (namely: National Health Survey 2000, National Nutrition Survey 2006, MYCNSI 2012, National Immunization and anthropometry tag on survey 2015) and health and nutrition research (EU-project FP 7-SMILING with 5 SEA countries, Opinion Leader Research on IYCF in Lao PDR, Lao Zinc Study, etc.).

In addition to her research work, Sengchanh is also Lecturer at the Lao University of Health Sciences, where she currently teaches and supervises post-graduate and under-graduate students under the nutrition and anthropology courses. She is a member of core group working on nutrition and food security framework for Lao PDR and involves in revising nutrition policy and strategy 2008 to 2015 to updating new strategy from 2016 to 2020. She received award as visiting professor to Research Institute for Humanity and nature, Kyoto, Japan (1st October to 20th December, 2007); to Kalorinska Institute, Sweden (4 Feb to 24 April, 2013); European consortium of Europubhealth Public Health master, Rennes, France (7th June to 3 July, 2015).

Publications:

1. Sato Y, Pongvongsa T, Nonaka D, Kounnavong S, Nansounthavong P, Moji K, Phongmany P, Kamiya Y, Sato M, Kobayashi J. Village health volunteers' social capital related to their performance in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Mar 12;14:123. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-123.

2. Coghlan B, Toole MJ, Chanlivong N, Kounnavong S, Vongsaiya K, Renzaho A. The impact on child wasting of a capacity building project implemented by community and district health staff in rural Lao PDR. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2014;23(1):105-11. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.1.16.

3. Phoutthakeo P, Otsuka K, Ito C, Sayamoungkhoun P, Kounnavong S, Jimba M. Cross-border promotion of formula milk in Lao People's Democratic Republic. J Paediatr Child Health. 2014 Jan;50(1):51-6. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12391. Epub 2013 Oct 18.

4. Sychareun V, Phengsavanh A, Hansana V, Chaleunvong K, Kounnavong S, Sawhney M, Durham J. Predictors of premarital sexual activity among unmarried youth in Vientiane, Lao PDR: the role of parent-youth interactions and peer influence. Glob Public Health. 2013;8(8):958-75. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2013.830755.

5. Portelli MS, Tenni B, Kounnavong S, Chanthivilay P. Barriers to and Facilitators of Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living With HIV in Lao PDR: A Qualitative Study. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2012 Apr 24. [Epub ahead of print]

6. Kounnavong S, Sunahara T, Hashizume M, Okumura J, Moji K, Boupha B, Yamamoto T. Anemia and Related Factors in Preschool Children in the Southern Rural Lao People's Democratic Republic. Trop Med Health. 2011 Dec;39(4):95-103. doi: 10.2149/tmh.2011-13. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

7. Kounnavong S, Sunahara T, Mascie-Taylor CG, Hashizume M, Okumura J, Moji K, Boupha B, Yamamoto T. Effect of daily versus weekly home fortification with multiple micronutrient powder on haemoglobin concentration of young children in a rural area, Lao People's Democratic Republic: a randomised trial. Nutr J. 2011 Nov 24;10:129. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-129.

8. Kounnavong S, Vonglokham M, Houamboun K, Odermatt P, Boupha B. Soil-transmitted helminth infections and risk factors in preschool children in southern rural Lao People's Democratic Republic.Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar;105(3):160-6. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.11.011. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

9. Sihavong A, Lundborg CS, Syhakhang L, Kounnavong S, Wahlström R, Freudenthal S. Community perceptions and treatment-seeking behaviour regarding reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections in Lao PDR: a qualitative study. J Biosoc Sci. 2011 May;43(3):285-303. doi: 10.1017/S002193201000074X. Epub 2011 Jan 7.

10. Jönsson K, Tomson G, Jönsson C, Kounnavong S, Wahlström R. Health systems research in Lao PDR: capacity development for getting research into policy and practice. Health Res Policy Syst. 2007 Oct 16;5:11.

11. Vang C, Tomson G, Kounnavong S, Southammavong T, Phanyanouvong A, Johansson R, Eriksson B, Wahlstrom R. Improving the performance of Drug and Therapeutics Committees in hospitals--a quasi-experimental study in Laos. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Jan;62(1):57-63. Epub 2005 Dec 22.

12. Soukaloun D, Kounnavong S, Pengdy B, Boupha B, Durondej S, Olness K, Newton PN, White NJ. Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants.Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003 Sep;23(3):181-6.

13. Wahlström R, Kounnavong S, Sisounthone B, Phanyanouvong A, Southammavong T, Eriksson B, Tomson G. Effectiveness of feedback for improving case management of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia--a randomized controlled trial at provincial hospitals in Lao PDR. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Oct;8(10):901-9.

14. Truswell AS, Kounnavong S. Quantitative responses of serum folate to increasing intakes of folic acid in healthy women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1997 Dec;51(12):839-45

Sengchanh Kounnavong, MD, MSc. Nutr., Ph.D. Deputy Director, National institute of Public Health

Ministry of Health, Lao People’s Democratic Republic


Name Dr Cheri Nijssen-Jordan Current Appointment Executive Director, Lao Friends Hospital for Children, Luang Prabang, Laos Clinical Associate Professor, University of Calgary E-mail:[email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Pediatric Emergency Physician with interest in Global Health, Nutrition, Trauma, injury prevention, delivery of health care in low resource settings, health quality improvement

Biography • Graduated MD University of Saskatchewan 1981 • Board certified in General Pediatrics in Canada and USA 1989 • Board Certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine in USA 1991 • MBA from University of Calgary 2004 • Clinical Faculty position currently with University of Calgary • Diploma in Tropical Medicine , University of Cayetano, Lima Peru 2006 • Worked and taught in low resource settings for over 30 years including many countries in

Africa and Asia with a variety of organizations including WUSC, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and The University of Calgary, Lifeline Malawi, and Partners.

• Has assisted in designing and commissioning 3 hospitals and multiple programs over the last 20 years including Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, South Health Campus in Calgary and Lao Friends Hospital in Luang Prabang. Currently Executive Director commissioning LFHC for the past year.


Name : Khamseng PHILAVONG MD.DOM. Specialist of Pediatrics. Current Appointment : Deputy Director of Center of Nutrition, Ministry of Health ,LAO PDR. E-mail : [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Maternal and Child Health, Social Pediatrics and Nutrition.

Biography

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

7/2000-7/2001 : upgraded on ASEAN skills training Programme in LAO PDR ( course in english) getting Certificate and Letter of Award from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of LAO PDR and Diploma with Distinction from Irish Management Institute, Ireland.

2/1988-3/1993 : Qualification in Pediatrics ( Specialist of Pediatrics : Facharztin fuer Kinderheilkunde), Hoyerswerda Hospital ( Sachsische Landesarztekammer ) Dresden, Germany. 9/1978-3/1985 : Faculty of Medecine, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, LAO PDR ( taught in French and Lao )( getting degree Medical Doctor ). WORKING EXPERIENCES:

1993 to September 2010 : working on Maternal and Child Health at National Center of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health. October 2010 to 2012 : working on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition at Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion. October 2012 to present : working on Nutrition at National Center of Nutrition, Ministry of Health. 1993 to present : Guest Lecturer of University of Health Sciences on Social Pediatrics, Child Health and Nutrition for Medical students and pediatric residents. PUBLICATION :

1. Malaria control through impregnated bednets- a pilot project in selected villages in LAO PDR(PI).


Name Amy Weissman Current Appointment Chief of Party, USAID Nurture, Save the Children E-mail:[email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching: Implementation science, socio-political contexts,

scaling-up nutrition.

Biography Dr. Amy Weissman has worked in maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) and nutrition; HIV/AIDS; and sexual and reproductive programming for more than 20 years, with much of that time in South East Asia. She recently joined Save the Children Laos as Nutrition Advisor to lead a new USAID-funded nutrition activity. Prior to this, Amy served both as Associate Director for FHI 360 in Cambodia and Regional Advisor for the organization’s Alive & Thrive nutrition project. She has also worked with UNICEF in their regional Latin America and the Caribbean office, FHI 360 in Botswana, and Save the Children in Vietnam where she was the technical director for health and nutrition. Prior to that, Amy oversaw Save the Children’s global adolescent health program. Amy has a proven track record in building capacity and providing technical assistance in social and behavior change; monitoring and evaluation; formative, qualitative and participatory action research methods; and community mobilization. She has authored and/or adapted a number of curricula, behavior change communication and M&E tools, qualitative studies, proposals, reports, and journal articles. She has a Doctoral Degree from the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health, with a dissertation on addressing the identified sociopolitical barriers to scaling-up a national nutrition response in Cambodia, and Masters Degrees in Public Health and in Natural Resource Policy and Behavior from the University of Michigan.


Name: Dr. Lwin Mar Hlaing Current Appointment: Assistant Director, National Nutrition Center (NNC), Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Myanmar. E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching • Infant and Young Child feeding (IYCF) practices • Nutritional status of infants and young children • Local food-based Complementary Feeding Recommendations • Linear Programming • Micronutrient deficiencies • Food consumption pattern and nutrient intake of young children • Food-based nutrition interventions

Biography I attained my bachelor (M.B.,B.S.) in Nov 2003, and worked as a medical officer in North Okkalapa General

Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar in 2005-2007. I have been working in the field of Nutrition since May 2007 when I was assigned as a State/Province Nutrition Team Leader. During working as Nutrition Team Leader, I had involved in National Nutrition surveys such as Iodide salt consumption survey and Food and Nutrition surveys; nutrition education to community; training of basic health staffs on nutrition and growth monitoring and promotion activities.

I joined Master of Public Health training in Dec 2008-Dec 2009 at University of Public Health, Yangon and attained MPH in Jan 2010. I conducted a cross-sectional survey entitled “Infant and young child feeding practices and nutritional status of under three year old children” in 2009 as part of my MPH Thesis. I continued my carrier in Nutrition as a medical officer in National Nutrition Center of Ministry of Health since March 2010 by involving in monitoring and supervision of nutrition programmes, training of state/regions nutrition teams.

I joined doctorate program in Nutrition in Nov 2010 at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Center for Food and Nutrition (SEAMEO REFON), University of Indonesia and attained PhD (Nutrition) in June 2014. During my doctorate training, I have conducted a preliminary survey to assess the intake of micronutrients among 12-23 month old children and to develop local food-based complementary feeding recommendations (CFR) using Linear Programming Approach. Using this CFR and in comparison with iron supplementation, a randomized controlled trial was conducted to see the effect on micronutrient status, growth and gut microbiota of 12-23 month old Myanmar children (Clinical Trials.gov Identifier - NCT01758159) as part of my doctorate study.

Now, I am working as an Assistant Director in Nutrition Research Section of National Nutrition Center (NNC), Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and involving in drafting of national plan of action for food and nutrition; supervision, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs being carried out in state/regions. As a staff from Nutrition Research Section, I am also involving in development of proposal and instruments for Myanmar Micronutrient and Food Consumption Survey (MMFCS) which will be conducted in 2016-2017, upgrading nutrition laboratory to be an accredited nutrition laboratory so as to do the nutrient content analysis of foods and also to update Myanmar food composition database.


Name: Min Kyaw Htet Current Appointment: Research Fellow, The Research Institute, Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia E-mail: [email protected], Mobile: +959-250-237575, +62-857-27262672 Area of Research/Teaching Micronutrient deficiencies, Anemia, Stunting, Sub-clinical inflammation Biography Dr. Htet earned M.B.,B.S degree from University of Medicine 2, Yangon in 2002 and served as Assistant Surgeon at Mandalay General Hospital (2004-2006). He continued master program for M.Med.Sc (Public Health) in University of Medicine 2, Yangon from December 2006- December 2007. After that, he joined doctorate program in Nutrition in South East Asian Ministers of Education (SEAMEO), Regional Center for Food and Nutrition (RECFON), University of Indonesia in 2008 and attained PhD (Nutrition) in 2011 (2008-2011). He then continued as Research Fellow in The Research Institute, Trisakti University, Jakarta. Currently, he is actively engaged with research activities and writing of scientific papers from research projects from Myanmar and Indonesia.


Name - Dr Kyaw Linn Current Appointment – Senior consultant pediatrician (pediatric neurology), Yangon children hospital , Yangon, Myanmar E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching - Pediatric neurology especially in CNS infections, epilepsy, child development

Biography - Currently appointed as Senior Consultant Pediatrician and taking care of children with different medical

problems and neurological problems - Running General Neurology, cerebral palsy and epilepsy out-patient clinics in Yangon Children Hospital since

2004 - Managed to open first Child Neurology unit of Myanmar in Yangon children hospital on 1st July, 2011 - Collaborating with NGOs regarding management of handicapped children and those with epilepsy - Teaching pediatric neurology to medical students and postgraduate students


Name Dr. Htin Lin Current Appointment Deputy Director (Nutrition Research), National Nutrition Centre,

Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Take part in following operational research conducted by National Nutrition Centre (NNC) on all stages starting from designing the survey, development the questionnaires and also act as team leader of the survey team and surveyor itself. Moreover data cleaning, data analysis and study report/research paper writing were done in most studies. Since 2008, I have been working as a lecturer for nutrition subject in University of Public Health, Department of Health Professional Resource Development and Management, Ministry of Health.

1. Study on Infant and Young child feeding practices, NNC, 2004 2. Nutrition Survey in WFP project areas in Magway, Lashio, Kokant and Wa, NNC, 2005 3. Myanmar National Micronutrient survey, NNC, 2005 4. Nationwide goiter prevalence, urinary iodine excretion and iodized salt consumption survey, NNC, 2006 5. School Based Survey on Household Availability of Iodized Salt – 2007-2008 6. Thiamin status and its associated factors in pregnant women and lactating mothers in Myanmar, NNC, 2008-2009 7. Food and nutrition surveyin cyclone Nargis affected areas, NNC, 2009 8. Survey on Prevalence and Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Myanmar, NNC, 2009 9. Availability of Iodized salt at Household Level in Myanmar, NNC, 2011 10. Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency among 6 months to 5 years old Children, NNC, 2012 11. Food and Nutrition Survey in Magway Region, NNC, 2012 12. Food and Nutrition Survey in Chin State, NNC, 2012 13. Logitudinal study on growth of 0-18 year old children and adolesents (2011-2015) 14. Food consumption of selected population in Region/State capitals (2012) 15. NCD Risk food consumption of selected population in Region/State capitals (2014)

Biography I finished my bachelor on M.B.,B.S. in 1989 and worked as a Medical Officer in Emergency Medical Unit of Yangon General Hospital from Feb - Jun 1992 and continued as a Medical Officer in Station Hospital (Namptip, Wa Border Area) Hopantownship, northern Shan state from 1992-1995. I started working in the field of Nutrition since 1995 as a Nutrition Team Leader at northern Shan state (1995-2004). During Nutrition Team Leader life, I achieved a certificate of post-graduate course in Nutrition at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India and I finished Master of Science in Nutrition on 2002 at SEAMEO TROPMED RCCN, University of Indonesia, Jakarta. I continued working in Nutrition as a medical officer (2004-2008); as an Assistant Director (2008-2014); and as a Deputy Director (2014-until now) at National Nutrition Centre of Department of Health.


Name May Khin Than (Dr.) Current Appointment Director/ Nutrition Program Director,

National Nutrition Centre, Department of Public Health E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching National Nutrition Program planning and management

Biography

After getting a degree on Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from University of Medicine

(1) in 1984, I got Diploma in Food Technology from Yangon Institute of Technology in 1987 and

Master of Professional Studies in Food and Nutrition Planning from University of the Philippines Los

Banos in 1997.

I have been working in Nutrition field for 24 yrs. I am currently designated as the Director of the

National Nutrition Centre under the Department of Public Health. I am also the Governing Board

Member for Myanmar of the SEMEO- Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition

(SEAMEO-RECFON) (2011 till now) , Focal person for Prevention of Birth Defects in Myanmar

(2013 till now) , and Member of Food Advisory Committee, Myanmar (2013 till now).


Name: Dr. Theingi Thwin Current Appointment: Director (Research), Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Research areas conducted mostly are maternal, infant and children nutrition, risk factors for non-communicable diseases and risk assessment of food additives in children. I have been a Lecturer in Research Methodology and Bioethics training workshop conducted by Department of Medical Research annually. I have been serving as a supervisor of postgraduate studies in Biochemistry and also the Examiner of Ph.D (Biochemistry) examinations held in Universities of Medicine.

Biography Dr Theingi Thwin is a Director at Department of Medical Research and currently, she is a principal investigator on a project regarding nutrition-sensitive agriculture and changes in child body composition. She also oversees the Myanmar Food Composition Data. Her research career started in 1992 and progressed to include roles as the Deputy Director as well as the Head of the Nutrition Research Division. She has multiple publications in peer-review journals from her research, including national and international collaborative studies on maternal, infant and child nutrition. Dr Theingi Thwin graduated from the Institute of Medicine 1, Yangon and holds both a Master's in Medical Sciences and Ph.D in Biochemistry.


Name Dare Baldwin Current Appointment Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Social, Cognitive, and Language Development

Biography Dare Baldwin completed undergraduate work in Psychology at U.C. Berkeley, received a master’s at U.C. Santa Cruz, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University, with a special designation in Cognitive Science. Baldwin investigates the human potential for knowledge acquisition. Although humans acquire knowledge at a remarkable pace from earliest infancy on, much remains mysterious about the underlying mechanisms making this possible. Baldwin seeks to understand how the human mind, from earliest infancy on, rapidly and effectively acquires and organizes world knowledge across many domains. Emerging findings offer new insights into individual differences that enhance or undercut knowledge acquisition. Baldwin’s research has been recognized by awards such as APA’s Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, Boyd McCandless and Cattell Awards, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Baldwin is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, as well as a member of the executive board of the Society for Language Development.


Daniel L. Marks M.D., Ph.D. Consultant, Senior Program Officer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA USA Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR USA E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Neuroscience, Inflammation, Childhood growth, wasting, cachexia

Biography Daniel L. Marks M.D., Ph.D. graduated from the University of Oregon in 1988 with degrees in biology and chemistry. He then entered the University of Washington where he received a Ph.D. in 1993 and M.D. in 1995. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Utah, then moved on to a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Oregon Health & Science University which he completed in 2001. He is currently Professor in Pediatric Endocrinology, and the Credit Unions for Kids Chair in Pediatric Research at OHSU. He is also a consulting senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Marks has an extensive research background and has published more than a hundred original research manuscripts. Recently, his work has focused on the neuroendocrine control of body weight. He has a particular interest in pediatric weight regulation, including obesity, failure to thrive, and disease-associated cachexia. He currently has NIH funding for studies related to body weight regulation, growth stunting, brain inflammation, and developmental programming children.


Name: Jeffrey Measelle, PhD Current Positions: Associate Professor of Psychology; Co-Director, University of Oregon Center for Global Health; Executive Director, 400 Grams

Biography Jeffrey Measelle completed undergraduate work at Brown University, a Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a postdoctoral fellowship in biostatistics and neurodevelopment at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Measelle’s research explores how adversity shapes young children’s neurophysiology, in particular, the effects of stress and socioeconomic deprivation on the prenatal and postnatal brain. Since 2013, Dr. Measelle as conducted epidemiological and intervention research in Laos where he is currently investigating the neurodevelopmental effects of early malnutrition. Dr. Measelle was the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Early Career Award and his work has been fund by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child and Human Development.


Name: Geraldine (Geri) Richmond Current Appointment: Presidential Chair Science, Professor of Chemistry University of Oregon E-mail: [email protected] Biography Geraldine (Geri) Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon where she has been since 1985. Her research examines the chemistry and physics that occurs at complex surfaces that have relevance to important problems in energy production, environmental remediation and atmospheric chemistry. Using a combination of laser-based methods and theoretical simulations her most recent efforts have focussed on understanding environmentally important processes at water surfaces. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Richmond has held numerous leaderships roles in the national and international scientific arena throughout her career. Current and recent roles include President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a member of the National Science Board (Obama appointee) and U.S. State Department Science Envoy to the SE Asian Lower Mekong River countries (Kerry appointee). A strong advocate throughout her career for diversity in the scientific workforce, Richmond is the founding and current Director of COACh, a grass-roots organization formed in 1998 that has helped in the career advancement of over 18,000 women scientists and engineers in the U.S. and in over 20 developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Awards for her scientific accomplishments include the National Medal of Science, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Olin-Garvan Medal, the ACS Joel H. Hildebrand Award, and the American Physical Society Davisson-Germer Prize. Awards for these education, outreach and science capacity building efforts include the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the ACS Award for Encouraging Women in the Chemical Sciences and the ACS Charles L. Parsons Award. Website: http://richmondscience.uoregon.edu


Jackilen Shannon Associate Professor Director, Integrated Program in Community Research E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching

Dr. Jackilen Shannon is a nutritional epidemiologist with a strong track record of investigation in the role of diet and nutrition in chronic disease. She joined Oregon Health and Science University in 2000. Dr. Shannon teaches research proposal development and research design. As a nutritional epidemiologist, Dr. Shannon’s work focuses on the impact of environmental risk factors, primarily dietary intake, on the early development of disease and specific biologic mechanism whereby diet may impact disease risk, specifically via inflammation. This research also expands into the broader role of metabolic factors, including obesity and fat distribution on disease risk. Though historically she has focused on cancer prevention, recent work suggesting a role of dietary intake and maternal body composition in cognitive development in the child has raised her interest and she believes there is a great opportunity to utilize methodologies from nutritional epidemiology to carefully and fully elucidate this potential association.

Biography 1. Nigg JT, Johnstone JM, Musser ED, Long HG, Willoughby MT, Shannon J.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and being overweight/obesity: New data and meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev. 2016;43:67-79. PMID: 26780581

2. Marriott L, Charbonneau A, Moss B, Turker M, Thornburg K, Shannon, J. Epigenetics: A new

science for middle school – and why you should teach it. Science Scope. 2015 In Press. 3. Zhang, Z., Atwell, L.L., Farris, P.E., Ho, E., Shannon, J. Associations between Cruciferous Vegetable

Intake and Selected Biomarkers among Women Scheduled for Breast Biopsies. Public Health Nutr. 2015, Sep 2; 1-8 [Epub ahead of print]

4. Stadler DD, Musser ED, Holton KF, Shannon J, Nigg JT. Recalled Initiation and Duration of Maternal

Breastfeeding Among Children with and Without ADHD in a Well Characterized Case-Control Sample. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2015 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]

5. Thornburg KL, Shannon J, Thuillier P, Turker MS. In utero life and epigenetic predisposition for disease. Adv Genet. 2010;71:57-78. PMID: 20933126


Name: Diane Stadler, PhD, RD Current Appointment: Director, Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine OHSU Nutrition Curriculum Director Lao American Nutrition Institute (LANI) OHSU Global SE Asia E-mail: [email protected] Area of Research/Teaching Maternal & Infant Nutrition Child & Adolescent Nutrition International Nutrition Obesity & Weight Regulation Diet and Neurological Disorders Biography Diane Stadler has a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition and is a registered dietitian with expertise in maternal and infant nutrition. She completed a post-graduate fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute & Johns Hopkins Hospital and specializes in the design and implementation of dietary interventions for children with congenital or acquired metabolic disorders or developmental disabilities. She worked in Zambia, Africa and volunteers with nonprofit organizations serving rural villages in eastern Honduras where she trains community members to monitor growth of infants and young children at risk for malnutrition, to initiate nutritional rehabilitation and school-based meal programs, and to enhance maternal health. She is actively engaged in OHSU’s global health initiatives both abroad and at home. Dr. Stadler has directed the Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition at OHSU since 2008 which graduates 20 nutrition graduate students and dietetic interns a year. She studies the impact of diet on weight regulation and markers of disease risk and is a leader in OHSU’s nutrition education initiatives and research mentoring programs. She is helping to weave nutrition through the new medical school curriculum and is the co-director of the Developing Human section. Dr. Stadler is a fellow of the Dannon Nutrition Leadership Institute and is committed to mentoring and supporting the success of others. She has received the Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Award for International Exchange in Nutrition and Dietetics and the OHSU School of Medicine’s Resko Faculty Research and mentoring Award.


Name: Nguyen Quang Dung Current Appointment: Deputy Head, Department of Nutrition Biochemistry and Metabolism, National Institute of Nutrition E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching: Community Nutrition and Public Health

Biography Dr. Nguyen Quang Dung obtained his MD in 1997 at the Hanoi Medical University. He started working at the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) of Vietnam in 1998. In 2003, he got the fellowship from the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training to come to the University of Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany and got his PhD degree in human body composition in 2006. After that, he returned to NIN and continued working as the senior researcher in the field of community nutrition and public health. He has been the deputy head of the department of nutrition biochemistry and metabolism at NIN since 2010. Dr. Dung has carried out a number of studies with regard to improving nutritional, micronutrient status, school achievements of children and women of reproductive age. In addition, he focuses on human body composition, physical activity for the prevention of lifestyle related chronic diseases. He is currently the member of science committee of NIN and the member of editorial board of the Vietnam Journal of Nutrition and Food Safety. Dr. Dung publishes a number of scientific papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals.


President Nguyen Duc Hinh

Name: Nguyen Duc Hinh Current Appointment: President of Hanoi Medical University E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching: obstetrics and gynecology and Public Health

Biography Associate Professor Nguyen DucHinh is President of Hanoi Medical University (HMU) since 2008. He received his training in medicine and public health in both Vietnam and France. Professor Hinh is a leading expert in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology in Vietnam and at HMU, where he has served as Chair of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and as an instructor on public health topics related to maternal and child health. His extensive experience coordinating complex studies on maternal and perinatal health for international institutions such as the World Health Organization and government bodies such as the Vietnamese Ministry of Health have afforded him a nuanced understand of the ethical challenges and questions faced in public health research in Vietnam. Professor Hinh has also been serving as President of the council of Rectors of Vietnamese Medical University and Colleges and Vice President of Vietnam Gynecology and Obstetrics Association (VINAGOA).


Name: Le Thi Huong Current Appointment: Dean of the Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University E-mail: [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching: Nutrition and Public health

Biography Assoc.prof. Dr Le ThiHuong got her PhD training in Human Nutrition in Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Her dissertation focused on nutritional epidemiology and primary health care in Vietnam, especially in remote areas. Dr. Huong had served as the Vice Director of the Food and Nutrition Training Center, National Institute of Nutrition since October 2007 to 2010. She also had been coordinator for the project funded by the Netherlands “Strengthening Teaching and Research Capacity of Preventive Medicine in Vietnam”; team leader of many studies in health sector and trainer of some critical nutrition education programs in Vietnam. Dr.Huong currently is the Head of the Nutrition and food safety Department and Dean of Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health in Hanoi Medical University. Her currier focus in developing human resources for preventive health care system in Vietnam through training preventive medical doctors and carrying out researches in this area. Dr. Huong has a number of publications in international journals and national journal.


Name: Le Thi Quynh Nhi Current Appointment: Lecturer, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Area of Research/Teaching Infant and young children feeding Infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance Mothers’ health Nutrition and food safety teaching for medical, public health and nursing students.

Biography Published paper Corinne Thompson, Katie Anders, Le Thi Quynh Nhi, Ha Thanh Tuyen, Pham Van Minh, Le Thi Phuong Tu,

Stephen Baker. (2014) A cohort study to define the age-‐specific incidence and risk factors of Shigella diarrheal infections in Vietnamese children: a study protocol. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1289. doi:10.1186/1471-‐2458-‐14-‐1289

Refereed Conference presentation Nhi Le Thi Quynh, Danielle Gallegos, Seema Mihrshahi, Minh Hanh Tran Thi, “Factors associated with

breastfeeding practices among mothers in central coast of Vietnam”, IUNS – ICN 2013 (20th International Congress of Nutrition) 15 – 20 September 2013, Granada, Spain.

Papers published in local medical journal (Vietnamese) Le Thi Quynh Nhi, Do Van Dung, (2006). “Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of health professionals on applying

episiotomy on mothers giving birth in public hospitals”. Ho Chi Minh City Medical Journal. Nguyen Thi Thi, Le Thi Quynh Nhi, (2012). “Practice of breastfeeding among mothers in Khanh Hoa, 2011”. Ho

Chi Minh City Medical Journal. Manuscript in preparation Nhi Le Thi Quynh, Danielle Gallegos, Seema Mihrshahi, Minh Hanh Tran Thi, “Prevalence and associated factors of exclusive breastfeeding in central coast of Vietnam” Nhi Le Thi Quynh, Danielle Gallegos, Seema Mihrshahi, Minh Hanh Tran Thi, “Breastfeeding self-‐efficacy is strongly associated with prolonged breastfeeding in the central coast region of Vietnam” Nhi Le Thi Quynh, Stephen Baker, “Breastfeeding in urban and semi-‐rural Vietnam: evidence from a longitudinal study”


Name: PHAM VAN PHU (Assoc.Prof.; MD; MSc; PhD.) Current Appointment: Senior Lecturer; Vice Head of Nutrition and Food Safety Department; Hanoi Medical University. E-mail: [email protected] Area of Research/Teaching: Nutrition and Food Safety Biography: Date of birth: 26-04-1957

Place of Birth: Vinh Bao District; Hai Phong City, Viet Nam

Office Address: 1st Ton That Tung, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Main working experience and positions:

Years (from – to) Title - Organization

1990 - 2009 Senior Lecturer – Nutrition and Food Safety Department; Hanoi Medical University

2009 - 2011 Senior Lecturer; Deputy Head of Department – Nutrition and Food Safety Department; Hanoi Medical University

2011- present Associate Professor; Senior Lecturer; Deputy Head of Department – Nutrition and Food Safety Department; Hanoi Medical University

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