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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
