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Employment (7)

Northwestern University: Evanston, IL, US

2016 to present | Professor (Anthropology)
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Sera Young

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2016-08 to 2018-06-25 | Adjunct Assistant Professor (Population Medicine and Diagnostics)
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Sera Young

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2015-08 to 2016-07 | Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition (Population Medicine and Diagnostics)
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Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2011-07 to 2015-07 | Research Scientist (Nutritional Sciences)
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University of California San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, US

2010 to 2011 | Reproductive Infectious Diseases Fellow (Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences)
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University of California Davis: Davis, CA, US

2008 to 2011 | Assistant Researcher (Pediatrics)
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University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2008 to 2008 | Assistant Researcher (School of Public Health)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2003 to 2008 | PhD in Nutritional Anthropology. (Nutritional Sciences)
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University of Amsterdam: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

2001 to 2002 | MA in Medical Anthropology
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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

1995 to 1999 | BA in Anthropology
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Professional activities (2)

Field Museum: IL, IL, US

2016 to present | Adjunct Curator
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Society for Applied Anthropology: Oklahoma City, OK, US

2018 | Fellow
Distinction
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Funding (8)

Convergence: RAISE: Systems Approaches for Vulnerability Evaluation and Urban Resilience

2018-09-15 to 2021-08-31 | Grant
Directorate for Engineering (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1848683
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Sera Young via DimensionsWizard

RCN: Building A Community of Practice for Household Water Insecurity Research

2018-07-01 to 2023-06-30 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1759972
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Sera Young via DimensionsWizard

Health consequences of water insecurity for HIV-infected mothers & their infants

2016-07-01 to 2019-01-31 | Grant
National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: R21MH108444
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A novel tool for the assessment of household-level water insecurity: scale refinement, validation, and manual development

2016 to 2018 | Grant
Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (London, GB)
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Sera Young

Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP)

2015 to 2019 | Grant
McKnight Foundation (MN, MN, US)
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Sera Young

A novel assay for simultaneous multiplex detection of diarrhea-causing viruses, bacteria, and protozoa in drinking water and deployment in Kenyan and Honduran households

2015 to 2017 | Grant
David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future , Cornell University (NY, NY, US)
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Sera Young

Health Consequences of Food & Nutrition Insecurity for HIV+ Women & Their Infants

2012-07-17 to 2018-05-31 | Grant
National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: K01MH098902
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A pilot study of the effects of performance-based incentives on the provision of PMTCT services in Inhassoro District, Inhambane Province, Mozambique

2012 to 2014 | Grant
David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future , Cornell University (NY, NY, US)
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Sera Young

Peer review (10 reviews for 9 publications/grants)

Review activity for AIDS and behavior. (1)
Review activity for Clays and clay minerals. (1)
Review activity for Environmental monitoring and assessment. (1)
Review activity for Journal of nutrition. (1)
Review activity for Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (2)
Review activity for Nature food. (1)
Review activity for Nature water. (1)
Review activity for npj clean water. (1)
Review activity for Social science & medicine. (1)