Assistant Professor of Global Health
Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Mitro SD, Liu J, Jaacks LM, Fleisch AF, Williams PL, Knowler WC, Laferrère B, Perng W, Bray GA, Wallia A, Hivert MF, Oken E, James-Todd TM, Temprosa M.
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 Dec 18. 232:113680. PMID: 33348273
Shah SM, Jaacks LM, Al-Maskari F, Al-Kaabi J, Aziz F, Soteriades E, Loney T, Farooqi H, Memon A, Ali R.
BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 17. 10(12):e040166. PMID: 33334833
Thakwalakwa C, Flax VL, Phuka JC, Garcia H, Jaacks LM.
PLoS One. 2020. 15(12):e0243721. PMID: 33332387
Allaire BT, Tjaden AH, Venditti EM, Apolzan JW, Dabelea D, Delahanty LM, Edelstein SL, Hoskin MA, Temple KA, Wylie-Rosett J, Jaacks LM.
BMC Nutr. 2020 Dec 15. 6(1):74. PMID: 33317629
Davies JI, Reddiar SK, Hirschhorn LR, Ebert C, Marcus ME, Seiglie JA, Zhumadilov Z, Supiyev A, Sturua L, Silver BK, Sibai AM, Quesnel-Crooks S, Norov B, Mwangi JK, Omar OM, Wong-McClure R, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Labadarios D, Karki KB, Kagaruki GB, Jorgensen JMA, Hwalla NC, Houinato D, Houehanou C, Guwatudde D, Gurung MS, Bovet P, Bicaba BW, Aryal KK, Msaidié M, Andall-Brereton G, Brian G, Stokes A, Vollmer S, Bärnighausen T, Atun R, Geldsetzer P, Manne-Goehler J, Jaacks LM.
PLoS Med. 2020 11. 17(11):e1003268. PMID: 33170842
Goodman D, González-Rivas JP, Jaacks LM, Duran M, Marulanda MI, Ugel E, Mattei J, Chavarro JE, Nieto-Martinez R.
BMC Nutr. 2020. 6:61. PMID: 33088579
Koju P, Shakya PR, Shrestha A, Karmacharya BM, Shrestha S, Jaacks LM.
Ann Work Expo Health. 2020 10 08. 64(8):866-875. PMID: 32491155
Mitro SD, Sagiv SK, Rifas-Shiman SL, Calafat AM, Fleisch AF, Jaacks LM, Williams PL, Oken E, James-Todd TM.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Oct. 28(10):1984-1992. PMID: 32959518
Mitro SD, Sagiv SK, Fleisch AF, Jaacks LM, Williams PL, Rifas-Shiman SL, Calafat AM, Hivert MF, Oken E, James-Todd TM.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep 01. 105(9). PMID: 32620010
Flax VL, Thakwalakwa C, Schnefke CH, Phuka JC, Jaacks LM.
Appetite. 2021 Jan 01. 156:104855. PMID: 32877746
August 8, 2019 – With the renewal of a major federal grant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health will focus on a broad new objective—the exploration of how a wide variety of…
For immediate release: July 18, 2019 Boston, MA – Health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are poorly prepared for the increasing number of people with high blood pressure, with more than two-thirds of people affected going…
Yields of rice and wheat in India have increased dramatically over the past 50 years, which has been critical for feeding the country’s growing population. Poor performance on key sustainability metrics, however, threaten the future of agricultural productivity,…
In China, one out of every five children is overweight or obese, up from just one in 20 in 1995, and the nation’s booming economy might be driving the increase, according to a new study. The study found…
February 5, 2019 —A new article by Lindsay Jaacks, assistant professor of global health at Harvard Chan School, and co-authors present for the first time a conceptual model of the so-called obesity transition, a model that could help…
