Stephanie L. Martin, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Stephanie Martin is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research largely focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of social and behavioral interventions to improve women's and children's nutrition in low- and middle-income country settings. Dr. Martin is currently examining interventions to increase fathers, grandmothers, and other family members support for infant care and feeding; to support exclusive breastfeeding among women working in the informal sector; and to improve adolescent nutrition. She also conducts nutrition implementation research in the United States and globally. She has a PhD in nutrition from Cornell University.

Poster(s):

• (PO05-15-22) Experiences With Antenatal Care, Breastfeeding Education, and Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From Mothers and Healthcare Workers in Kenya

• (PO15-04-22) Fathers’ Complementary Feeding Support Moderates the Association Between Mothers’ Autonomous Household Decision-Making and Optimal Complementary Feeding

• (PO15-09-22) Informal Food Vendors and the Obesogenic Food Environment of an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: A Descriptive and Spatial Analysis

• (PO15-53-22) “We just eat this food because of hunger or because we cannot afford other foods”: Drivers of Adolescent Food Choice From the Perspectives of Adolescents and Influential Adults

• (PO15-54-22) Challenges Measuring All Forms of Malnutrition in Adolescence in Kenya: Varying Cut Offs for Obesity, Iron Deficiency, and Anemia Change the Prevalence of Malnutrition