Lora Iannotti
Lora L Iannotti has expertise in maternal and young child
nutrition and nutrient deficiencies (zinc, iron, vitamin A, B12, choline, and
fatty acids) related to poverty and infectious diseases. She applies
epidemiological methods to investigate interventions aimed at reducing stunted
growth and development. She leads projects in Haiti, Ecuador, and East Africa
where she collaborates with local partners to test innovative,
transdisciplinary approaches using animal-source foods and small livestock and
fisheries development. She is the founder and director of the E3 Nutrition Lab,
working to identify economically affordable, environmentally sustainable, and
evolutionarily appropriate nutrition solutions globally. She received her
doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health,
and a Master of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.
Before pursuing her Ph.D., she worked for over ten years with UN agencies and
non-governmental organizations on nutrition and food security programming and
policy. She serves on public health advisory and journal editorial boards and
consults with WHO, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), among
other international organizations.
