Samantha L. Huey, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

Sam received her B.S. in Biology with minors in Nutrition & Global Diseases from Cedar Crest College (Allentown, PA) in 2013, and her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University in 2020, concentrating in International Nutrition with minors in Epidemiology and Immunology & Infectious Diseases (committee chair: Saurabh Mehta).

During her graduate work, Sam spent several semesters and summers in the urban slums of Mumbai, India to prepare for and coordinate the iron-biofortified pearl millet trial (see ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02233764). Her PhD dissertation focused on determinants of nutritional status, the gut microbiota, and immune response to measles in children participating in this trial.

During her PhD as well as her postdoc, Sam has also focused on conducting systematic and narrative literature reviews to synthesize evidence on vitamin A and HIV, vitamin D and stunting, and diet and the gut microbiome. Currently, Sam continues to conduct reviews and examine the Mumbai trial data, focusing on nutritional status, microbiome and immune function.

Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography (PubMed): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/samantha.huey.1/bibliography/public/

Poster(s):

• (PO15-34-22) A Randomized Trial of Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet-Based Complementary Feeding in Children Aged 12 to 18 Months Living in Urban Slums in India

• (PO15-37-22) Prevalence and Correlates of Vitamin A Insufficiency Among 12–18-Month-Old Children Living in Slums of Mumbai, India