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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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  • Examining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study

    Rasmussen, Z. A., Shah, W. H., Hansen, C. L., Azam, S. I., Hussain, E., Schaefer, B. A., Zhong, N., Jamison, A. F., Ahmed, K., McCormick, B. J. J., Oshikhandass Water, Sanitation, Health and Hygiene Interventions Project
    PLoS Medicine, vol. 18, no. 9, e1003745
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characteristics associated with the transition to partial breastfeeding prior to 6 months of age: Data from seven sites in a birth cohort study

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B. J. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Patil, C. L., Chandyo, R. K., Mahopo, C., Maciel, B. L., Bose, A., Mahfuz, M., Ambikapathi, R., Olortegui, M. P., Caulfield, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. e13166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influences on catch-up growth using relative versus absolute metrics: evidence from the MAL-ED cohort study

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B. J. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Bessong, P., Shrestha, S. K., Mduma, E., Ahmed, T., Kang, G., Lee, G. O., Seidman, J. C., Svensen, E., Kosek, M. N., Caulfield, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1, 1246
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Micronutrient intake and the probability of nutrient adequacy among children 9-24 months of age: results from the MAL-ED birth cohort study

    Antiporta, D. A., Ambikapathi, R., Bose, A., Maciel, B., Mahopo, T. C., Patil, C., Turab, A., Olortegui, M. P., Islam, M., Bauck, A., Mccormick, B. J., Caulfield, L. E.
    Public Health Nutrition, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2592 - 2602
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Introducing a drift and diffusion framework for childhood growth research

    McCormick, B. J., Lewis, F. I., Guga, G., Mdoe, P., Mduma, E., Mahopo, C., Bessong, P., Richard, S. A.
    Gates Open Research, vol. 4, no. 71, pp. 1-19
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • SMART Vaccines 2.0 decision-support platform: A tool to facilitate and promote priority setting for sustainable vaccination in resource-limited settings

    McCormick, B. J., Waiswa, P., Nalwadda, C., Sewankambo, N. K., Knobler, S. L.
    BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 11, e003587
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Early life experiences and trajectories of cognitive development

    McCormick, B. J., Caulfield, L. E., Richard, S. A., Pendergast, L., Seidman, J. C., Maphula, A., Koshy, B., Blacy, L., Roshan, R., Nahar, B., Shrestha, R., Rasheed, M., Svensen, E., Rasmussen, Z., Scharf, R. J., Haque, S., Oria, R., 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., Steffi Jennifer, M., John, S., Kaki, S., Kang, G., Karunakaran, P., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Pediatrics, vol. 146, no. 3, e20193660
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: Evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart

    Hansen, C. L., McCormick, B. J., Azam, S. I., Ahmed, K., Baker, J. M., Hussain, E., Jahan, A., Jamison, A. F., Knobler, S. L., Samji, N., Shah, W. H., Spiro, D. J., Thomas, E. D., Viboud, C., Rasmussen, Z. A., Zaidi, A., Khan, A. A., Jan, A., Beg, F., Wasim, S., Khan, A. W., Ahmed, I., Rahim, M., Mughal, S., Khan, S. B., Mughal, S., Jahan, B., Mughal, M., Keswani, Z., Shah, W., Mukhi, A., Hashmani, F., Sikandar, F., Durrani, S., Goodwin, J., Hulbert, K., Hussain, A., Jibran, M., Hussain, A., Meherbano, , Bano, M., Begum, N., Zadi, M., Sultana, R., Begum, Z., Bano, I., Bano, P., Jan, G., Jabeen, N., Roz, D., Meri, M., Parveen, S., Bano, N., Jan, G., Bano, Z., Bano, M., Nasreen, G., Bano, M., Fatima, K., Bano, I., Roz, D., Nazara, , Ghazala, , Begum, N., Rani, A., Hakeem, M., Rubina, , Sameena, , Jan, Z., Sunaira, , Jan, R.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 759
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolic maturation in the first 2 years of life in resource-constrained settings and its association with postnatal growths

    Giallourou, N., Fardus-Reid, F., Panic, G., Veselkov, K., McCormick, B. J., Olortegui, M. P., Ahmed, T., Mduma, E., Yori, P. P., Mahfuz, M., Svensen, E., Ahmed, M. M., Colston, J. M., Kosek, M. N., Swann, J. R.
    Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 15, eaay5969
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intestinal 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

    McCormick, B. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Schulze, K. J., Ross, A. C., Bauck, A., Lima, A. A., MacIel, B. L., Kosek, M. N., Seidman, J. C., Ambikapathi, R., Bose, A., John, S., Kang, G., Turab, A., Mduma, E., Bessong, P., Shrestra, S. K., Ahmed, T., Mahfuz, M., Olortegui, M. P., Bhutta, Z. A., Caulfield, L. E., Acosta, A. M., Burga, R. R. D., 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., Rasheed, M., Soofi, S., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C. J., Babji, S., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Steffi Jennifer, M., Kaki, S., Karunakaran, P., Koshy, B., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., Ramachandran, A., Ramadas, R., Ramanujam, K., Roshan, R., Sharma, S. L., Sundaram, S. E., Thomas, R. J., Pan, W. K., Daniel Carreon, J., Charu, V., Doan, V., Graham, J., Hoest, C., Knobler, S., Lang, D. R., McGrath, M., Miller, M. A., Mohale, A., Nayyar, G., Psaki, S., Rasmussen, Z., Richard, S. A., 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., Shamsir Ahmed, A. M., Haque, R., Hossain, I., Islam, M., Mondal, D., Tofail, F., Chandyo, R. K., Shrestha, P. S., Shrestha, R., Ulak, M., Black, R. E., Checkley, W., Yori, P. P., Catharine Ross, A., Schaefer, B., Simons, S., Pendergast, L., Abreu, C. B., Costa, H., Moura, A. D., Filho, J. Q., Havt, A., Leite, ?. M., Lima, N. L., Lima, I. F., 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., Maphula, A., Nyathi, E., Samie, A., Barrett, L., Dillingham, R., Gratz, J., Guerrant, R. L., Houpt, E., Petri, W. A., Platts-Mills, J., Scharf, R., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, S. K., Strand, T., Svensen, E.
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 1015-1025
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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