Academic Profiles
Christopher Robert Sudfeld
Primary Faculty

Christopher Robert Sudfeld

Associate Professor of Global Health and Nutrition

Global Health and Population

csudfeld@hsph.harvard.edu

Other Positions

Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Nutrition

Nutrition

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Overview

Dr. Sudfeld's research focuses on the interaction of nutrition and infection on maternal and child health in resource-limited settings. His research and education program is focused in three areas:

i) Randomized trials of nutrition and infection interventions
ii) Observational studies examining the relationship between early life nutrition and infection, child development, and human capital outcomes in adolescence and adulthood
iii) Research capacity building at partner organizations in epidemiologic methods and biostatistics

Bibliography

Facilitators, barriers, and key influencers of breastfeeding among low birthweight infants: a qualitative study in India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

Vesel L, Benotti E, Somji S, Bellad RM, Charantimath U, Dhaded SM, Goudar SS, Karadiguddi C, Mungarwadi G, Vernekar SS, Kisenge R, Manji K, Salim N, Samma A, Sudfeld CR, Hoffman IF, Mvalo T, Phiri M, Saidi F, Tseka J, Tsidya M, Caruso BA, Duggan CP, Israel-Ballard K, Lee AC, Mansen KL, Martin SL, North K, Young MF, Fishman E, Fleming K, Semrau KE, Spigel L, Tuller DE, Henrich N.

Int Breastfeed J. 2023 Nov 08. 18(1):59. PMID: 37940987

Safe infant feeding in healthcare facilities: Assessment of infection prevention and control conditions and behaviors in India, Malawi, and Tanzania.

Caruso BA, Paniagua U, Hoffman I, Manji K, Saidi F, Sudfeld CR, Vernekar SS, Bakari M, Duggan CP, Kibogoyo GC, Kisenge R, Somji S, Kafansiyanji E, Mvalo T, Nyirenda N, Phiri M, Bellad R, Dhaded S, K A C, Koppad B, Nabapure S, Nanda S, Singh B, Yogeshkumar S, Fleming K, North K, Tuller DE, Semrau KEA, Vesel L, Young MF.

PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023. 3(6):e0001843. PMID: 37289720