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Dr Benjamin McCormick

Dr Benjamin McCormick
Dr Benjamin McCormick
Dr Benjamin McCormick

Research Fellow

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Email Address
benjamin.mccormick@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Ben's current research focuses on the interplay between healthy and environmentally sustainable diet choices. Using modelling to simulate eating networks, he will investigage the possibility of behavioural spill-over resulting from interventions (e.g. constraints on meal choices) between discrete parts of a network.

Before joining The Rowett, Ben was a research fellow (contractor) at the Fogarty International Center (part of the NIH) in the US for 10 years, and was a consultant for other US institutes (Johns Hopkins, University of Virginia, Penn State). Ben was working on child growth and development in low- and middle-income settings, analysing longitudinal cohort data from an international consortium, MAL-ED. His recent research spans the aetiology and consequences of enteropathogen infection, biomarkers of environmental enteropathy, causes and recovery of growth deficits and patterns of cognitive development. Prior to this, he worked at SAC (now SRUC) modelling endemic livestock diseases. Ben trained as an ecologist and retains an interest in the factors that differentiate disease exposures and outcomes. Examining how research is turned into policy, with the Sabin Vaccine Institute, Ben has been looking at decision-support tools to better articulate the deliberative processes around vaccine introductions and use in low- and middle-income settings.

Qualifications

  • PhD Zoology 
    2005 - University of Oxford 
  • BSc Biological Sciences 
    2002 - University of Oxford 
Publications

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  • Methods to assess the price of diets: a rapid literature review

    Darlene, V., McBey, D., McCormick, B. J., Macdiarmid, J.
    Commissioned by Food Standards Scotland. Food Standards Scotland. 37 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Iron Deficiency is Related to Depressive Symptoms in United States Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES 2005-2010

    Ciulei, M. A., Ahluwalia, N., McCormick, B. J. J., Teti, D. M., Murray-Kolb, L. E.
    The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 153, no. 12, pp. 3521-3528
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adequacy of Iodine Status and Associations with Gut Health: A Prospective Cohort Study among Infants in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Doggui, R., McCormick, B. J., Caulfield, L. E., Schulze, K., Murray-Kolb, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 153, no. 3, pp. 828-838
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Modelling population responses to workplace minimum dietary standards introduced as workers return after social lockdowns

    McCormick, B. J. J., Scalco, A., Whybrow, S., Horgan, G. W., Macdiarmid, J. I.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 2390
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Trends in Risk Factors and Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus Test Positivity in King County, Washington, June 2020 to July 2022

    Hansen, C., Perofsky, A. C., Burstein, R., Famulare, M., Boyle, S., Prentice, R., Marshall, C., McCormick, B. J. J., Reinhart, D., Capodanno, B., Truong, M., Schwabe-Fry, K., Kuchta, K., Pfau, B., Acker, Z., Lee, J., Sibley, T. R., McDermot, E., Rodriguez-Salas, L., Stone, J., Gamboa, L., Han, P. D., Duchin, J. S., Waghmare, A., Englund, J. A., Shendure, J., Bedford, T., Chu, H. Y., Starita, L. M., Viboud, C.
    JAMA Network Open, vol. 5, no. 12, e2245861
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: results from the MAL-ED cohort study

    McCormick, B. J. J., Richard, S. A., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Kang, G., Lima, A. A. M., Mduma, E. R., Kosek, M. N., Rogawski McQuade, E. T., Houpt, E. R., Bessong, P., Shrestha, S., Bhutta, Z., Ahmed, T., Caulfield, L. E., Investigators, M. N.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 115, no. 3, pp. 759-769
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Determinants of vaccine coverage and timeliness in a northern Pakistani village

    Jamison, A. F., McCormick, B. J. J., Hussain, E., Thomas, E. D., Azam, S. I., Hansen, C. L., Rasmussen, Z. A.
    PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 2, e0263712
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Trends in risk factors and symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 and Rhinovirus test positivity in King County, Washington: A Test-Negative Design Study of the Greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network

    Hansen, C., Perofsky, A., Burstein, R., Famulare, M., Boyle, S., Prentice, R., Marshall, C., McCormick, B., Reinhart, D., Capodanno, B., Truong, M., Schwabe-Fry, K., Kuchta, K., Pfau, B., Acker, Z., Lee, J., Sibley, T., McDermot, E., Rodriguez-Salas, L., Stone, J., Gamboa, L., Han, P., Duchin, J., Waghmare, A., Englund, J., Shendure, J., Bedford, T., Chu, H., Starita, L., Viboud, C.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers

  • Examining the relationships between early childhood experiences and adolescent and young adult health status in a resource-limited population: A cohort study

    Rasmussen, Z. A., Shah, W. H., Hansen, C. L., Azam, S. I., Hussain, E., Schaefer, B. A., Zhong, N., Jamison, A. F., Ahmed, K., McCormick, B. J. J., Oshikhandass Water, Sanitation, Health and Hygiene Interventions Project
    PLoS Medicine, vol. 18, no. 9, e1003745
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characteristics associated with the transition to partial breastfeeding prior to 6 months of age: Data from seven sites in a birth cohort study

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B. J. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Patil, C. L., Chandyo, R. K., Mahopo, C., Maciel, B. L., Bose, A., Mahfuz, M., Ambikapathi, R., Olortegui, M. P., Caulfield, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. e13166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influences on catch-up growth using relative versus absolute metrics: evidence from the MAL-ED cohort study

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B. J. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Bessong, P., Shrestha, S. K., Mduma, E., Ahmed, T., Kang, G., Lee, G. O., Seidman, J. C., Svensen, E., Kosek, M. N., Caulfield, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    BMC Public Health, vol. 21, no. 1, 1246
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Micronutrient intake and the probability of nutrient adequacy among children 9-24 months of age: results from the MAL-ED birth cohort study

    Antiporta, D. A., Ambikapathi, R., Bose, A., Maciel, B., Mahopo, T. C., Patil, C., Turab, A., Olortegui, M. P., Islam, M., Bauck, A., Mccormick, B. J., Caulfield, L. E.
    Public Health Nutrition, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2592 - 2602
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Introducing a drift and diffusion framework for childhood growth research

    McCormick, B. J., Lewis, F. I., Guga, G., Mdoe, P., Mduma, E., Mahopo, C., Bessong, P., Richard, S. A.
    Gates Open Research, vol. 4, no. 71, pp. 1-19
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • SMART Vaccines 2.0 decision-support platform: A tool to facilitate and promote priority setting for sustainable vaccination in resource-limited settings

    McCormick, B. J., Waiswa, P., Nalwadda, C., Sewankambo, N. K., Knobler, S. L.
    BMJ Global Health, vol. 5, no. 11, e003587
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Early life experiences and trajectories of cognitive development

    McCormick, B. J., Caulfield, L. E., Richard, S. A., Pendergast, L., Seidman, J. C., Maphula, A., Koshy, B., Blacy, L., Roshan, R., Nahar, B., Shrestha, R., Rasheed, M., Svensen, E., Rasmussen, Z., Scharf, R. J., Haque, S., Oria, R., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Acosta, A. M., de Burga, R. R., Chavez, C. B., Flores, J. T., Olotegui, M. P., Pinedo, S. R., Salas, M. S., Trigoso, D. R., Vasquez, A. O., Ahmed, I., Alam, D., Ali, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S., Soofi, S., Turab, A., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C. J., Babji, S., Bose, A., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Steffi Jennifer, M., John, S., Kaki, S., Kang, G., Karunakaran, P., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Pediatrics, vol. 146, no. 3, e20193660
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan: Evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart

    Hansen, C. L., McCormick, B. J., Azam, S. I., Ahmed, K., Baker, J. M., Hussain, E., Jahan, A., Jamison, A. F., Knobler, S. L., Samji, N., Shah, W. H., Spiro, D. J., Thomas, E. D., Viboud, C., Rasmussen, Z. A., Zaidi, A., Khan, A. A., Jan, A., Beg, F., Wasim, S., Khan, A. W., Ahmed, I., Rahim, M., Mughal, S., Khan, S. B., Mughal, S., Jahan, B., Mughal, M., Keswani, Z., Shah, W., Mukhi, A., Hashmani, F., Sikandar, F., Durrani, S., Goodwin, J., Hulbert, K., Hussain, A., Jibran, M., Hussain, A., Meherbano, , Bano, M., Begum, N., Zadi, M., Sultana, R., Begum, Z., Bano, I., Bano, P., Jan, G., Jabeen, N., Roz, D., Meri, M., Parveen, S., Bano, N., Jan, G., Bano, Z., Bano, M., Nasreen, G., Bano, M., Fatima, K., Bano, I., Roz, D., Nazara, , Ghazala, , Begum, N., Rani, A., Hakeem, M., Rubina, , Sameena, , Jan, Z., Sunaira, , Jan, R.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 20, no. 1, 759
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolic maturation in the first 2 years of life in resource-constrained settings and its association with postnatal growths

    Giallourou, N., Fardus-Reid, F., Panic, G., Veselkov, K., McCormick, B. J., Olortegui, M. P., Ahmed, T., Mduma, E., Yori, P. P., Mahfuz, M., Svensen, E., Ahmed, M. M., Colston, J. M., Kosek, M. N., Swann, J. R.
    Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 15, eaay5969
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intestinal permeability and inflammation mediate the association between nutrient density of complementary foods and biochemical measures of micronutrient status in young children: Results from the MAL-ED study

    McCormick, B. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Schulze, K. J., Ross, A. C., Bauck, A., Lima, A. A., MacIel, B. L., Kosek, M. N., Seidman, J. C., Ambikapathi, R., Bose, A., John, S., Kang, G., Turab, A., Mduma, E., Bessong, P., Shrestra, S. K., Ahmed, T., Mahfuz, M., Olortegui, M. P., Bhutta, Z. A., Caulfield, L. E., Acosta, A. M., Burga, R. R. D., Chavez, C. B., Flores, J. T., Olotegui, M. P., Pinedo, S. R., Salas, M. S., Trigoso, D. R., Vasquez, A. O., Ahmed, I., Alam, D., Ali, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S., Rasheed, M., Soofi, S., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C. J., Babji, S., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Steffi Jennifer, M., Kaki, S., Karunakaran, P., Koshy, B., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., Ramachandran, A., Ramadas, R., Ramanujam, K., Roshan, R., Sharma, S. L., Sundaram, S. E., Thomas, R. J., Pan, W. K., Daniel Carreon, J., Charu, V., Doan, V., Graham, J., Hoest, C., Knobler, S., Lang, D. R., McGrath, M., Miller, M. A., Mohale, A., Nayyar, G., Psaki, S., Rasmussen, Z., Richard, S. A., Wang, V., Blank, R., Gottlieb, M., Tountas, K. H., Amour, C., Bayyo, E., Mduma, E. R., Mvungi, R., Nshama, R., Pascal, J., Swema, B. M., Yarrot, L., Shamsir Ahmed, A. M., Haque, R., Hossain, I., Islam, M., Mondal, D., Tofail, F., Chandyo, R. K., Shrestha, P. S., Shrestha, R., Ulak, M., Black, R. E., Checkley, W., Yori, P. P., Catharine Ross, A., Schaefer, B., Simons, S., Pendergast, L., Abreu, C. B., Costa, H., Moura, A. D., Filho, J. Q., Havt, A., Leite, ?. M., Lima, N. L., Lima, I. F., Medeiros, P. H., Moraes, M., Mota, F. S., Oriá, R. B., Quetz, J., Soares, A. M., Mota, R. M., Patil, C. L., Bessong, P., Mahopo, C., Maphula, A., Nyathi, E., Samie, A., Barrett, L., Dillingham, R., Gratz, J., Guerrant, R. L., Houpt, E., Petri, W. A., Platts-Mills, J., Scharf, R., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, S. K., Strand, T., Svensen, E.
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 1015-1025
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Early Life Child Micronutrient Status, Maternal Reasoning, and a Nurturing Household Environment have Persistent Influences on Child Cognitive Development at Age 5 years: Results from MAL-ED

    McCormick, B. J., Richard, S. A., Caulfield, L. E., Pendergast, L. L., Seidman, J. C., Koshy, B., Roshan, R., Shrestha, R., Svensen, E., Blacy, L., Rasmussen, Z., Maphula, A., Scharf, R., Nahar, B., Haque, S., Rasheed, M., Oriá, R. B., Rogawski, E. T., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Acosta, A. M., De Burga, R. R., Chavez, C. B., Flores, J. T., Olotegui, M. P., Pinedo, S. R., Salas, M. S., Trigoso, D. R., Vasquez, A. O., Ahmed, I., Alam, D., Ali, A., Bhutta, Z. A., Qureshi, S., Soofi, S., Turab, A., Zaidi, A. K., Bodhidatta, L., Mason, C. J., Babji, S., Bose, A., George, A. T., Hariraju, D., Jennifer, M. S., John, S., Kaki, S., Kang, G., Karunakaran, P., Lazarus, R. P., Muliyil, J., Raghava, M. V., Raju, S., Ramachandran, A., Ramadas, R., Ramanujam, K., Sharma, S. L., Sundaram, S. E., Thomas, R. J., Pan, W. K., Ambikapathi, R., Carreon, J. D., Charu, V., Doan, V., Graham, J., Hoest, C., Knobler, S., Lang, D. R., McGrath, M., Miller, M. A., Mohale, A., Nayyar, G., Psaki, S., Wang, V., Blank, R., Gottlieb, M., Tountas, K. H., Amour, C., Bayyo, E., Mduma, E. R., Mvungi, R., Nshama, R., Pascal, J., Swema, B. M., Yarrot, L., Ahmed, T., Ahmed, A. M., Haque, R., Hossain, I., Islam, M., Mahfuz, M., Mondal, D., Tofail, F., Chandyo, R. K., Shrestha, P. S., Ulak, M., Bauck, A., Black, R. E., Checkley, W., Kosek, M. N., Lee, G., Schulze, K., Yori, P. P., Ross, A. C., Schaefer, B., Simons, S., Scott, S. P., Abreu, C. B., Costa, H., Moura, A. D., Filho, J. Q., Havt, A., Leite, ?. M., Lima, A. A., Lima, N. L., Lima, I. F., Maciel, B. L., Medeiros, P. H., Moraes, M., Mota, F. S., Oriá, R. B., Quetz, J., Soares, A. M., Mota, R. M., Patil, C. L., Bessong, P., Mahopo, C., Nyathi, E., Samie, A., Barrett, L., Dillingham, R., Gratz, J., Guerrant, R. L., Houpt, E., Petri, W. A., Platts-Mills, J., Shrestha, B., Shrestha, S. K., Strand, T.
    Journal of Nutrition, vol. 149, no. 8, pp. 1460-1469
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of Child and Maternal Histo-Blood Group Antigen Status on Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Enteric Infections in Early Childhood

    Colston, J. M., Francois, R., Pisanic, N., Peñataro Yori, P., Mccormick, B. J., Olortegui, M. P., Gazi, M. A., Svensen, E., Ahmed, M. M. M., Mduma, E., Liu, J., Houpt, E. R., Klapheke, R., Schwarz, J. W., Atmar, R. L., Black, R. E., Kosek, M. N.
    Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 220, no. 1, pp. 151-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Enteric dysfunction and other factors associated with attained size at 5 years: MAL-ED birth cohort study findings

    Richard, S. A., Mccormick, B. J., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Seidman, J. C., Mahfuz, M., Ahmed, T., Guerrant, R. L., Petri, W. A., Rogawski, E. T., Houpt, E., Kang, G., Mduma, E., Kosek, M. N., Lima, A. A., Shrestha, S. K., Chandyo, R. K., Bhutta, Z., Bessong, P., Caulfield, L. E.
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 131-138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identifying Influences on Catch-up Growth Using Relative versus Absolute Metrics: Evidence from the MAL-ED Study (P10-014-19)

    Richard, S. A., McCormick, B., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Caulfield, L. E.
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Supplement_1, pp. 767
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intestinal Permeability and Inflammation Mediate Dietary Intake Associated Risks of Micronutrient Deficiencies at 15 Months: Results from the MAL-ED Study (OR07-04-19)

    Caulfield, L. E., McCormick, B., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Lee, G. O., Schulze, K. J., Ross, A. C., Maciel, B., Lima, A. A., Kosek, M.
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. Suppl 1, pp. 726-726
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nurturing environments and nutrient-rich diets may improve cognitive development: analysis of cognitive trajectories from six to sixty months from the MAL-ED study (OR10-01-19)

    McCormick, B., Caulfield, L. E., Richard, S. A., Pendergast, L., Murray-Kolb, L. E., MAL-ED Network Investigators
    Current developments in nutrition, vol. 3, no. supplement_1, pp. 733
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • DETERMINANTS OF VACCINE COVERAGE IN A COHORT OF CHILDREN IN OSHIKHANDASS, A NORTHERN PAKISTANI VILLAGE

    Jamison, A., Thomas, E., Hussain, E., Azam, I., Shah, W., McCormick, B., Rasmussen, Z.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
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