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Mrs Fanny Sandalinas

Research Fellow - MAPS

United Kingdom

Fanny is a research fellow working on the Micronutrient Action Policy Support (MAPS) project, a four-year Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded investment aimed at developing a co-designed, web-hosted tool to enable the best estimates of micronutrient deficiencies at sub-national scales in Africa. Prior to joining LSHTM, Fanny was a nutrition specialist for UNICEF and managed micronutrient programmes in West and Central Africa.

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching

Fanny teaches in the MSc Nutrition for Global Health.

She is a co-module organiser for the Fundamental Public Health Nutrition module in the MSc Nutrition for Global Health.

Research

Fanny's research interests focus on the assessment and interpretation of micronutrient status, and the factors that affect micronutrient status, with a particular interest in iron and vitamin A.

Research Area
Nutrition
Vitamins and micronutrients
Public health
Systematic reviews
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

Evaluating equity dimensions of infant and child vitamin A supplementation programmes using Demographic and Health Surveys from 49 countries.
TANG, K; Eilerts, H; Imohe, A; Adams, KP; SANDALINAS, F; Moloney, G; JOY, E; Hasman, A;
2023
BMJ open
A Practical Guide to Adjust Micronutrient Biomarkers for Inflammation Using the BRINDA Method.
Luo, H; Geng, J; Zeiler, M; Nieckula, E; SANDALINAS, F; Williams, A; Young, MF; Suchdev, PS;
2023
The Journal of nutrition
Folate Deficiency Is Spatially Dependent and Associated with Local Farming Systems among Women in Ethiopia.
Sisay, BG; Tamirat, H; SANDALINAS, F; JOY, EJ M; Zerfu, D; Belay, A; Mlambo, L; Lark, M; Ander, EL; Gashu, D;
2022
Current developments in nutrition
Measuring the impact of malaria infection on indicators of iron and vitamin A status: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
SANDALINAS, F; FILTEAU, S; JOY, EJ M; SEGOVIA DE LA REVILLA, L; MACDOUGALL, A; HOPKINS, H;
2022
The British journal of nutrition
Re-Defining the Population-Specific Cut-Off Mark for Vitamin A Deficiency in Pre-School Children of Malawi.
Likoswe, BH; JOY, EJ M; SANDALINAS, F; FILTEAU, S; Maleta, K; Phuka, JC;
2021
Nutrients
An Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding and Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplementation Program Is Associated with Improved Gross Motor and Communication Scores of Children 6-18 Months in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Addo, OY; Tripp, K; Nanama, S; Albert, B; SANDALINAS, F; Nanema, A; Jefferds, ME; Clayton, HB; Whitehead, RD; Garg, A; Kupka, R; Locks, LM;
2020
The Journal of pediatrics
Accounting for the influence of inflammation on retinol-binding protein in a population survey of Liberian preschool-age children.
Larson, LM; Addo, OY; SANDALINAS, F; Faigao, K; Kupka, R; Flores-Ayala, R; Suchdev, PS;
2016
Maternal & child nutrition
Folate supplementation in women of reproductive age
Tsang, B; SANDALINAS, F; De-Regil, LM;
2015
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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