معرفی
Julia L. Finkelstein, MS, MPH, ScD, is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology and concurrently Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the Follett Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program, and co-Director of the Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health, the Cochrane Center, and the WHO Collaborating Centre at Cornell. She also holds an adjunct Associate Professor appointment at St. John’s Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Education
- Bachelor of Science – McGill University, Montréal, Canada
- Master of Public Health – Brown University, USA
- Master of Science – Harvard University (Epidemiology and Nutrition)
- Doctor of Science – Harvard University (Epidemiology and Nutrition)
Research Focus
Dr. Finkelstein is an epidemiologist whose laboratory centers on one-carbon metabolism and its role in women’s health across the lifespan—from preconception through pregnancy and postpartum. She designs and conducts large-scale randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and surveillance programs in resource-limited settings in India, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the United States. Her work integrates precision nutrition, mobile point-of-care diagnostics, and AI-driven analytics to improve maternal, neonatal, and child health outcomes.
Scientific Awards & Honors
- NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge Prize – Innovative Global Health Diagnostics
- SUNY Chancellor Award for Scholarship & Creative Activities
- International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Award – Leadership in Nutrition
- Chair, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) One-Carbon Metabolism Research Interest Group (recently elected)
Grants & Leadership Roles
Dr. Finkelstein is Program Director of an NIH-funded training program on maternal and child nutrition and leads the Clinical Core of the NIH-funded PORTENT Center (Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer) within the NIH POCTRN network. She is a Global Public Voices Fellow (2021–22) through Cornell’s Einaudi Center, advocating for social and health equity in vulnerable populations.
Laboratory & Teams
The Finkelstein Laboratory at Cornell focuses on mechanistic and translational research in one-carbon metabolism, leveraging state-of-the-art biomarker assays, body-composition analyses, and microbiome profiling to develop and test precision nutrition interventions for women and children globally.
