Elaine Ferguson BSc PhD

Senior Lecturer

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Elaine joined the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in February 2008, from the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. She completed a BSc in nutritional biochemistry and a PhD in human nutrition both at the University of Guelph, Canada. She has also worked in Kenya, Malawi and Ghana.

Affiliation

• Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research

Teaching

Elaine co-ordinates and teaches in the Nutrition Programming Planning module of the MSc in Public Health Nutrition.

Research

Elaine's research interests include micronutrient malnutrition, nutritional assessment methodology, food-based intervention strategies and nutrition related applications of mathematical modelling. She is currently involved in collaborative research projects with research teams in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malawi and Peru. She is co-principle investigator in a series of studies in Nagpur India to assess dietary intakes and micronutrient status of non-pregnant and pregnant women; and the influence of iodine status on birth outcomes. She is involved in studies examining the efficacy of food-based strategies for improving the micronutrient status of infants and young children. With others she is developing a computerised tool that will formulate and evaluate population-specific food-based recommendations.

• Selected publications

• Concurrent micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent in nonpregnant rural and tribal women from central India

  Menon, K.C.; Skeaff, S.A.; Thomson, C.D.; Gray, A.R.; Ferguson, E.L.; Zodpey, S.; Saraf, A.; Das, P.K.; Toteja, G.S.; Pandav, C.S.

  Nutrition, 2011; 27(4):496-502

• Breast-milk iodine concentration declines over the first 6 mo postpartum in iodine-deficient women.

  Mulrine, H.M.; Skeaff, S.A.; Ferguson, E.L.; Gray, A.R.; Valeix, P.;

  Am J Clin Nutr, 2010; 92(4):849-56

• Higher risk of zinc deficiency in New Zealand Pacific school children compared with their M?ori and European counterparts: a New Zealand national survey.

  Gibson, R.S.; Bailey, K.B.; Parnell, W.R.; Wilson, N.; Ferguson, E.L.;

  Br J Nutr, 2010; :1-10

• Development of food-based complementary feeding recommendations for 9- to 11-month-old peri-urban Indonesian infants using linear programming.

  Santika, O.; Fahmida, U.; Ferguson, E.L.;

  J Nutr, 2009; 139(1):135-41

• Food-based strategies improve iron status in toddlers: a randomized controlled trial12.

  Szymlek-Gay, E.A.; Ferguson, E.L.; Heath, A.L.; Gray, A.R.; Gibson, R.S.;

  Am J Clin Nutr, 2009; 90(6):1541-51

• Can optimal combinations of local foods achieve the nutrient density of the F100 catch-up diet for severe malnutrition?

  Ferguson, E.L.; Briend, A.; Darmon, N.;

  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 2008; 46(4):447-52

• Design of optimal food-based complementary feeding recommendations and identification of key "problem nutrients" using goal programming.

  Ferguson, E.L.; Darmon, N.; Fahmida, U.; Fitriyanti, S.; Harper, T.B.; Premachandra, I.M.;

  J Nutr, 2006; 136(9):2399-404

• Dietary factors are not associated with high levels of obesity in New Zealand Pacific preschool children.

  Grant, A.M.; Ferguson, E.L.; Toafa, V.; Henry, T.E.; Guthrie, B.E.;

  J Nutr, 2004; 134(10):2561-5

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