Research Fellow
- About
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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 Zoology2005 - University of Oxford
- BSc Biological Sciences2002 - University of Oxford
- Publications
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Still eating like there’s no tomorrow? A qualitative study to revisit attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years
Appetite, vol. 206, 107799Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLarge Scale Modelling: Farm Activities in Scotland
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 2 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsLarge Scale Modelling: Government Influence On The Rural Social-environmental System
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 2 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsHave Public Attitudes Towards Sustainable Diets Changed In The Last 10 Years?
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 3 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsWhat Do Young People Think About Sustainable Diets?
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 3 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPathways to healthy and sustainable diets: behaviour and attitudes towards meat consumption
University of Aberdeen. 4 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsHealthy and Sustainable Diets: Facilitators, Barriers & Consequences
University of Aberdeen. 2 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPathways To Healthy and Sustainable Diets: The Context People Eat Meat and Meat Replacements (NDNS Data)
University of Aberdeen. 6 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPathways to healthy and sustainable diets: meat-eating context
University of Aberdeen. 2 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPathways to healthy and sustainable diets: the role of meat in meal composition
University of Aberdeen. 2 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsA ‘Theory of the Middle Range’ to Support Food Security and Circular Economy Value Chain Scenario Analysis
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57785-7_15
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OC39 - Revisiting attitudes and awareness around sustainable diets after 10 years
Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.26226/m.6671b578ed4a6d605af6b111
Methods to assess the price of diets: a rapid literature review
Commissioned by Food Standards Scotland. Food Standards Scotland. 37 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsIron Deficiency is Related to Depressive Symptoms in United States Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES 2005-2010
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 153, no. 12, pp. 3521-3528Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdequacy of Iodine Status and Associations with Gut Health: A Prospective Cohort Study among Infants in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 153, no. 3, pp. 828-838Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModelling population responses to workplace minimum dietary standards introduced as workers return after social lockdowns
BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2390Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrends in Risk Factors and Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus Test Positivity in King County, Washington, June 2020 to July 2022
JAMA Network Open, vol. 5, no. 12, e2245861Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrends in risk factors and symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus test positivity in King County, Washington: A Test-Negative Design Study of the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.12.22278203
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Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: results from the MAL-ED cohort study
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 115, no. 3, pp. 759-769Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeterminants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 2, e0263712Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExamining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study
PLoS Medicine, vol. 18, no. 9, e1003745Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacteristics associated with the transition to partial breastfeeding prior to 6 months of age: Data from seven sites in a birth cohort study
Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. e13166Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInfluences on catch-up growth using relative versus absolute metrics: evidence from the MAL-ED cohort study
BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1, 1246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMicronutrient intake and the probability of nutrient adequacy among children 9-24 months of age: results from the MAL-ED birth cohort study
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2592 - 2602Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntroducing a drift and diffusion framework for childhood growth research
Gates Open Research, vol. 4, no. 71, pp. 1-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSMART Vaccines 2.0 decision-support platform: A tool to facilitate and promote priority setting for sustainable vaccination in resource-limited settings
BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 11, e003587Contributions to Journals: Review articlesEarly life experiences and trajectories of cognitive development
Pediatrics, vol. 146, no. 3, e20193660Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/PEDS.2019-3660
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Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: Evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart
BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 759Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetabolic maturation in the first 2 years of life in resource-constrained settings and its association with postnatal growths
Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 15, eaay5969Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntestinal permeability and inflammation mediate the association between nutrient density of complementary foods and biochemical measures of micronutrient status in young children: Results from the MAL-ED study
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 1015-1025Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz151
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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
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 149, no. 8, pp. 1460-1469Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz055
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Effects of Child and Maternal Histo-Blood Group Antigen Status on Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Enteric Infections in Early Childhood
Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 220, no. 1, pp. 151-162Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnteric dysfunction and other factors associated with attained size at 5 years: MAL-ED birth cohort study findings
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 131-138Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying Influences on Catch-up Growth Using Relative versus Absolute Metrics: Evidence from the MAL-ED Study (P10-014-19)
Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Supplement_1, pp. 767Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz034.P10-014-19
Intestinal Permeability and Inflammation Mediate Dietary Intake Associated Risks of Micronutrient Deficiencies at 15 Months: Results from the MAL-ED Study (OR07-04-19)
Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Suppl 1, pp. 726-726Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz034.OR07-04-19
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)
Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Supplement 1, pp. 733Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDETERMINANTS OF VACCINE COVERAGE IN A COHORT OF CHILDREN IN OSHIKHANDASS, A NORTHERN PAKISTANI VILLAGE
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAssessing development across cultures: Invariance of the Bayley-III scales across seven international MAL-ED sites
School Psychology Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 604-614Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000264
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Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Cryptosporidiosis in Children from 8 Low-income Sites: Results from the MAL-ED Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 1660-1669Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse 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
The Lancet Global Health, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. e1309-e1318Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the effect of enteropathogen infections on linear growth in children in low-resource settings: longitudinal analysis of results from the MAL-ED cohort study
The Lancet Global Health, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. e1319-e1328Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUrban Ecology and the Effectiveness of Aedes Control
Dengue Fever-a Resilient Threat in the Face of Innovation. Abelardo Falcón-Lezama, J., Betancourt-Cravioto, M., Tapia-Conyer, R. (eds.). InTechChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78688
Early childhood cognitive development is affected by interactions among illness, diet, enteropathogens and the home environment: Findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study
BMJ Global Health, vol. 3, no. 4, e000752Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnteroaggregative Escherichia coli Subclinical Infection and Coinfections and Impaired Child Growth in the MAL-ED Cohort Study
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 325-333Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001717
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A longitudinal study of household water, sanitation, and hygiene characteristics and environmental enteropathy markers in children less than 24 months in Iquitos, Peru
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. 995-1004Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelationships among common illness symptoms and the protective effect of breastfeeding in early childhood in MAL-ED: An eight-country cohort study
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 904-912Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelationship between growth and illness, enteropathogens and dietary intakes in the first 2 years of life: Findings from the MAL-ED birth cohort study
BMJ Global Health, vol. 2, no. 4, e000370Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000370
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Bayesian Network analysis of piglet scours
Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, 6202Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06399-2
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Childhood stunting in relation to the pre- and postnatal environment during the first 2 years of life: The MAL-ED longitudinal birth cohort study
PLoS Medicine, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. e1002408Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002408
Epidemiology of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli infections and associated outcomes in the MAL-ED birth cohort
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 11, no. 7, e0005798Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005798
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