Andrew Jones

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Human Growth and Development.
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Environmental and Health Sciences, School of Public Health.

Ph.D., International Nutrition, Cornell University

Research Interests: Dr. Jones studies the influence of food security on the nutritional status of women and young children in low-income settings in India, southern Africa, and South America. He examines the impact pathways of agriculture and food environments on the food and nutrition security of households in rural, semi-rural, and peri-urban areas. He also conducts research on the the role of food security in shaping the co-occurrence of micronutrient deficiencies and overweight among women of childbearing age, and the consequences of this for infant and child nutrition.

jonesand@umich.edu

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Jones leading project on anemia's causes, effects, solutions in Ghana

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Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Hanson, Esi K. Colecraft, Raphael Baffour Awuah, Leonard Kofi Adjorlolo, Mark L. Wilson, and Andrew Jones. 2018. "Leveraging smallholder livestock production to reduce anemia: A qualitative study of three agroecological zones in Ghana." Social Science and Medicine, 212: 191-202.

Shaver, Erika R., Andrew Jones, Richard C. Sadler, Alex B. Hill, Kendall Bell, Myah Ray, Jennifer Choy-Shin, Joy Lerner, an, et al. 2018. "The Flint Food Store Survey: combining spatial analysis with a modified Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S) to measure the community and consumer nutrition environments." Public Health Nutrition, 21(8): 1474-1485.

Stephens, Emma C., Andrew Jones, and David Parsons. 2018. "Agricultural systems research and global food security in the 21st century: An overview and roadmap for future opportunities." Agricultural Systems, 163: 1-6.

Chasekwa, Bernard, Andrew Jones, John A. Maluccio, Robert Ntozini, Lawrence H. Moulton, Fan Wu, Laura E. Smith, Cynthia R. Matare, et al. 2018. "Measuring wealth in rural communities: Lessons from the Sanitation, Hygiene, Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) trial." Plos One, 13(6): e0199393.

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