Christine P. Stewart

Christine P. Stewart, Ph.D., is the Corinne L. Rustici Endowed Chair in Applied Human Nutrition and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. She directs the Institute for Global Nutrition and holds a concurrent role as a Nutritionist in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (AES). Her academic affiliations include the Department of Nutrition and collaborative roles in global health initiatives.

Education: B.S. from Cornell University, M.P.H. from Tulane University, and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on designing and evaluating nutrition interventions for women and children in low-income settings, emphasizing community-based randomized trials, longitudinal studies, and policy-relevant evidence synthesis. Geographically, her work spans Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Bangladesh, and Ecuador.

Key research themes include maternal-child nutrition interventions, micronutrient supplementation in pregnancy, and the interplay between water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH) and nutritional outcomes. Her publications (15 highlighted here) emphasize global health equity, with a focus on child growth, infectious disease prevention, and policy translation. Collaborations with multinational teams have produced evidence on egg supplementation, lipid-based nutrient supplements, and integrated WASH-nutrition programs.

Grant and advising activities include leading large-scale trials such as the WASH Benefits study and MAHAY trial in Madagascar. She oversees multidisciplinary teams addressing systemic barriers to nutritional health in resource-poor settings. The Institute for Global Nutrition under her direction serves as a hub for translational research and policy engagement.