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Dr Benjamin McCormick
Dr Benjamin McCormick
Dr Benjamin McCormick

Research Fellow

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Email Address
benjamin.mccormick@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Ben's current research focuses on healthy and sustainable diet choices. He uses statistical and computational modelling to untangle decisions and consequences within the food system. His work spans the food system. Using the analogy of industrial metabolism, Ben is developing a computer simulation to describe how subsidies align with food production in Scotland all the way from agricultural commodities to nutrients. He is also modelling consumption data to understand meal structures and the implications of replacing meat as people become more environmentally conscious about their diet.

Before joining The Rowett, Ben was a research fellow (contractor) at the Fogarty International Center (part of the NIH) in the US for 10 years, and was a consultant for other US institutes (Johns Hopkins, University of Virginia, Penn State). Ben was working on child growth and development in low- and middle-income settings, analysing longitudinal cohort data from an international consortium, MAL-ED. His recent research spans the aetiology and consequences of enteropathogen infection, biomarkers of environmental enteropathy, causes and recovery of growth deficits and patterns of cognitive development. Prior to this, he worked at SAC (now SRUC) modelling endemic livestock diseases. Ben trained as an ecologist and retains an interest in the factors that differentiate disease exposures and outcomes.

Ben's broader interests include understanding how research is turned into policy. As an example, with the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Ben looked at decision-support tools to better articulate the deliberative processes around vaccine introductions and use in low- and middle-income settings.

Qualifications

  • PhD Zoology 
    2005 - University of Oxford 
  • BSc Biological Sciences 
    2002 - University of Oxford 
Publications

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  • Early Life Child Micronutrient Status, Maternal Reasoning, and a Nurturing Household Environment have Persistent Influences on Child Cognitive Development at Age 5 years: Results from MAL-ED

    McCormick, B. J., Richard, S. A., Caulfield, L. E., Pendergast, L. L., Seidman, J. C., Koshy, B., Roshan, R., Shrestha, R., Svensen, E., Blacy, L., Rasmussen, Z., Maphula, A., Scharf, R., Nahar, B., Haque, S., Rasheed, M., Oriá, R. B., Rogawski, E. T., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Acosta, A. M., De Burga, R. R., Chavez, C. B., Flores, J. T., Olotegui, M. P., Pinedo, S. R., Salas, M. S., Trigoso, D. R., Vasquez, A. O., Ahmed, I., Alam, D., Ali, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S., Soofi, S., Turab, A., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C. J., Babji, S., Bose, A., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Jennifer, M. S., John, S., Kaki, S., Kang, G., Karunakaran, P., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., Ramachandran, A., Ramadas, R., Ramanujam, K., Sharma, S. L., Sundaram, S. E., Thomas, R. J., Pan, W. K., Ambikapathi, R., Carreon, J. D., Charu, V., Doan, V., Graham, J., Hoest, C., Knobler, S., Lang, D. R., McGrath, M., Miller, M. A., Mohale, A., Nayyar, G., Psaki, S., Wang, V., Blank, R., Gottlieb, M., Tountas, K. H., Amour, C., Bayyo, E., Mduma, E. R., Mvungi, R., Nshama, R., Pascal, J., Swema, B. M., Yarrot, L., Ahmed, T., Ahmed, A. M., Haque, R., Hossain, I., Islam, M., Mahfuz, M., Mondal, D., Tofail, F., Chandyo, R. K., Shrestha, P. S., Ulak, M., Bauck, A., Black, R. E., Checkley, W., Kosek, M. N., Lee, G., Schulze, K., Yori, P. P., Ross, A. C., Schaefer, B., Simons, S., Scott, S. P., Abreu, C. B., Costa, H., Moura, A. D., Filho, J. Q., Havt, A., Leite, ?. M., Lima, A. A., Lima, N. L., Lima, I. F., Maciel, B. L., Medeiros, P. H., Moraes, M., Mota, F. S., Oriá, R. B., Quetz, J., Soares, A. M., Mota, R. M., Patil, C. L., Bessong, P., Mahopo, C., Nyathi, E., Samie, A., Barrett, L., Dillingham, R., Gratz, J., Guerrant, R. L., Houpt, E., Petri, W. A., Platts-Mills, J., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, S. K., Strand, T.
    Journal of Nutrition, vol. 149, no. 8, pp. 1460-1469
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of Child and Maternal Histo-Blood Group Antigen Status on Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Enteric Infections in Early Childhood

    Colston, J. M., Francois, R., Pisanic, N., Peñataro Yori, P., Mccormick, B. J., Olortegui, M. P., Gazi, M. A., Svensen, E., Ahmed, M. M. M., Mduma, E., Liu, J., Houpt, E. R., Klapheke, R., Schwarz, J. W., Atmar, R. L., Black, R. E., Kosek, M. N.
    Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 220, no. 1, pp. 151-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Enteric dysfunction and other factors associated with attained size at 5 years: MAL-ED birth cohort study findings

    Richard, S. A., Mccormick, B. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Seidman, J. C., Mahfuz, M., Ahmed, T., Guerrant, R. L., Petri, W. A., Rogawski, E. T., Houpt, E., Kang, G., Mduma, E., Kosek, M. N., Lima, A. A., Shrestha, S. K., Chandyo, R. K., Bhutta, Z., Bessong, P., Caulfield, L. E.
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 131-138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identifying Influences on Catch-up Growth Using Relative versus Absolute Metrics: Evidence from the MAL-ED Study (P10-014-19)

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Caulfield, L. E.
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Supplement_1, pp. 767
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intestinal Permeability and Inflammation Mediate Dietary Intake Associated Risks of Micronutrient Deficiencies at 15 Months: Results from the MAL-ED Study (OR07-04-19)

    Caulfield, L. E., McCormick, B., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Schulze, K. J., Ross, A. C., Maciel, B., Lima, A. A., Kosek, M.
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Suppl 1, pp. 726-726
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nurturing environments and nutrient-rich diets may improve cognitive development: analysis of cognitive trajectories from six to sixty months from the MAL-ED study (OR10-01-19)

    McCormick, B., Caulfield, L. E., Richard, S. A., Pendergast, L., Murray-Kolb, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Supplement 1, pp. 733
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • DETERMINANTS OF VACCINE COVERAGE IN A COHORT OF CHILDREN IN OSHIKHANDASS, A NORTHERN PAKISTANI VILLAGE

    Jamison, A., Thomas, E., Hussain, E., Azam, I., Shah, W., McCormick, B., Rasmussen, Z.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Assessing development across cultures: Invariance of the Bayley-III scales across seven international MAL-ED sites

    Pendergast, L. L., Schaefer, B. A., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Svensen, E., Shrestha, R., Rasheed, M. A., Scharf, R. J., Kosek, M., Vasquez, A. O., Maphula, A., Costa, H., Rasmussen, Z. A., Yousafzai, A., Tofail, F., Seidman, J. C., Acosta, A. M., de Burga, R. R., Chavez, C. B., Flores, J. T., Olotegui, M. P., Pinedo, S. R., Salas, M. S., Trigoso, D. R., Ahmed, I., Alam, D., Ali, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S., Rasheed, M., Soofi, S., Turab, A., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Ammu, G., Babji, S., Bose, A., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Jennifer, M. S., John, S., Kaki, S., Kang, G., Karunakaran, P., Koshy, B., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Ragasudha, P., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., McCormick, B. J., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    School Psychology Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 604-614
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Cryptosporidiosis in Children from 8 Low-income Sites: Results from the MAL-ED Study

    Korpe, P. S., Valencia, C., Haque, R., Mahfuz, M., McGrath, M., Houpt, E., Kosek, M., McCormick, B. J., Penataro Yori, P., Babji, S., Kang, G., Lang, D., Gottlieb, M., Samie, A., Bessong, P., Faruque, A. S., Mduma, E., Nshama, R., Havt, A., Lima, I. F., Lima, A. A., Bodhidatta, L., Shreshtha, A., Petri, W. A., Ahmed, T., Duggal, P.
    Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 1660-1669
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to assess the aetiology, burden, and clinical characteristics of diarrhoea in children in low-resource settings: a reanalysis of the MAL-ED cohort study

    Platts-Mills, J. A., Liu, J., Rogawski, E. T., Kabir, F., Lertsethtakarn, P., Siguas, M., Khan, S. S., Praharaj, I., Murei, A., Nshama, R., Mujaga, B., Havt, A., Maciel, I. A., McMurry, T. L., Operario, D. J., Taniuchi, M., Gratz, J., Stroup, S. E., Roberts, J. H., Kalam, A., Aziz, F., Qureshi, S., Islam, M. O., Sakpaisal, P., Silapong, S., Yori, P. P., Rajendiran, R., Benny, B., McGrath, M., McCormick, B. J., Seidman, J. C., Lang, D., Gottlieb, M., Guerrant, R. L., Lima, A. A., Leite, J. P., Samie, A., Bessong, P. O., Page, N., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C., Shrestha, S., Kiwelu, I., Mduma, E. R., Iqbal, N. T., Bhutta, Z. A., Ahmed, T., Haque, R., Kang, G., Kosek, M. N., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    The Lancet Global Health, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. e1309-e1318
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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