Evaniya Shakya, BA

PhD Student
Pennsylvania State University, Nepal

Evaniya is a PhD student in Nutritional Sciences at Penn State. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences at Cornell University. As an international student from Nepal, she is passionate about maternal and child health and complementary feeding practices in low and middle- income countries. Her dissertation research will focus on maternal and child nutrition in Niger.

Poster(s):

• (PO15-55-22) Mid-Gestation Weight Gain Predicts Greater Newborn Size in Rural Bangladesh but the Effect Size Varies by Maternal Nutritional Status and Season

• (PO22-58-22) Association Between Food Insecurity and Depressive Symptoms in College Students Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic