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Wafaie W. Fawzi is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and nursing, with significant contributions in nutrition and dietetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, obstetrics and gynecology, and general health professions.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Fawzi has published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition (34 publications)
  • Journal of Nutrition (21 publications)
  • Maternal and Child Nutrition (18 publications)
  • Research Square (11 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys" (2022, The Lancet Global Health)
  • "Development and Validation of a Novel Food-Based Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS)" (2021, Journal of Nutrition)
  • "Effect of micronutrient supplements on influenza and other respiratory tract infections among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021, BMJ Global Health)
  • "Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries" (2023, Nature)
  • "Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings" (2023, Nature)

Frequent co-authors with whom Fawzi has collaborated include:

  • Dongqing Wang (80 co-authored papers)
  • Christopher R. Sudfeld (63 co-authored papers)
  • Yemane Berhane (46 co-authored papers)
  • Isabel Madzorera (44 co-authored papers)
  • Molin Wang (41 co-authored papers)

Best Publications

  • National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010

    Anne C.C. Lee;Anne C.C. Lee;Joanne Katz;Hannah Blencowe;Simon Cousens

  • Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis.

    Joanne Katz;Anne C. C. Lee;Anne C. C. Lee;Naoko Kozuki;Joy E. Lawn;Joy E. Lawn

  • Anaemia, prenatal iron use, and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Batool A Haider;Ibironke Olofin;Molin Wang;Donna Spiegelman

  • Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: what we know now

    Shona Dalal;Juan Jose Beunza;Jimmy Volmink;Clement Adebamowo

  • Risk of childhood undernutrition related to small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries

    Parul Christian;Sun Eun Lee;Moira Donahue Angel;Linda S. Adair

  • Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania

    W. W. Fawzi;G. I. Msamanga;D. Spiegelman;E. J. N. Urassa

  • Global health in medical education: a call for more training and opportunities.

    Paul K. Drain;Aron Primack;D Dan Hunt;Wafaie W. Fawzi

  • Risk Factors for Childhood Stunting in 137 Developing Countries: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis at Global, Regional, and Country Levels.

    Goodarz Danaei;Kathryn G. Andrews;Christopher R. Sudfeld;Günther Fink

  • Kangaroo Mother Care and Neonatal Outcomes: A Meta-analysis

    Ellen O. Boundy;Roya Dastjerdi;Donna Spiegelman;Wafaie W. Fawzi

  • A Randomized Trial of Multivitamin Supplements and HIV Disease Progression and Mortality

    Wafaie W. Fawzi;Gernard I. Msamanga;Donna Spiegelman;Ruilan Wei

  • Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling.

    Dana Charles McCoy;Evan D. Peet;Majid Ezzati;Goodarz Danaei

  • Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis.

    W W Fawzi;T C Chalmers;M G Herrera;F Mosteller

  • Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys

    Gretchen A Stevens;James E Bennett;Quentin Hennocq;Yuan Lu

  • Linear Growth and Child Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis

    Christopher R. Sudfeld;Dana Charles McCoy;Goodarz Danaei;Günther Fink

  • Vitamin A and Carotenoids During Pregnancy and Maternal, Neonatal and Infant Health Outcomes: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Andrew Lucian Thorne-Lyman;Wafaie W. Fawzi

  • Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years: A Pooled Analysis of Ten Prospective Studies

    Ibironke Olofin;Christine M. McDonald;Majid Ezzati;Seth Flaxman

  • Effects of Vitamin A Supplementation on Immune Responses and Correlation with Clinical Outcomes

    Eduardo Villamor;Wafaie W. Fawzi

  • A Prospective Study of Age and Lifestyle Factors in Relation to Community-Acquired Pneumonia in US Men and Women

    Inkyung Baik;Gary C. Curhan;Eric B. Rimm;Adrianne Bendich

  • The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

    Naoko Kozuki;Anne Cc Lee;Anne Cc Lee;Mariangela F Silveira;Ayesha Sania

  • The effect of multiple anthropometric deficits on child mortality: meta-analysis of individual data in 10 prospective studies from developing countries

    Christine M McDonald;Ibironke Olofin;Seth Flaxman;Wafaie W Fawzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna Spiegelman
Donna Spiegelman Yale University
Christopher Duggan
Christopher Duggan Boston Children's Hospital
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
Ronald J. Bosch
Ronald J. Bosch Harvard University
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Günther Fink
Günther Fink Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
David C. Bellinger
David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital
Dana Charles McCoy
Dana Charles McCoy Harvard University

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