Purnima Menon joined IFPRI in September 2007 as a Research Fellow, a joint appointment between the Institute's Food Consumption and Nutrition Division and its New Delhi, India office. Based in New Delhi since February 2008 , Menon conducts nutrition-related program and policy research in the South Asia region, with a focus on maternal and child nutrition. She previously served as a Research Associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, where she co-directed a project to develop strategies for mainstreaming nutrition in health policies and programs of Bangladesh, Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, and Vietnam. From 2001 to 2006, Menon coordinated a collaborative research project with IFPRI, Cornell University, and World Vision-Haiti, which studied integrated food and nutrition programs in rural Haiti. With the same collaborators, she also coordinated a study on the effectiveness of micronutrient Sprinkles in reducing anemia among young children in Haiti. Menon holds a Ph.D. in International Nutrition from Cornell Universit y and an M.Sc. in Nutrition from the University of Delhi.

• Bangladesh
• Haiti
• Vietnam
• India
• Asia
• Caribbean

• From efficacy to public health impact: A call for research on program delivery and utilization in nutrition
  2008. Leroy, J.L.; Menon, P. Journal of Nutrition, 138(3): 628-629.
• Assessing supervisory and motivational factors in the context of a program evaluation in rural Haiti
  2008. Menon P.; Mbuya, M.; Habicht, J.P.; Pelto, G.; Loechl, C.U.; Ruel, M.T. Journal of Nutrition, 138: 634-637.
• Age-Based Preventive Targeting of Food Assistance and Behaviour Change Communication for Reduction of Childhood Undernutrition in Haiti: A Cluster Randomised Trial
  2008. Ruel, M.T.; Menon, P.; Habicht, J.-P.; Loechl, C.U.; Bergeron, G.; Pelto, G.; Arimond, M.; Maluccio, J.; Michaud, L.; Hankebo, B. The Lancet, 371: 588-95.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60271-8
• Micronutrient Sprinkles reduce anemia among 9-24 mo old children when delivered through an integrated health and nutrition program in rural Haiti
  2007. Menon, P.; Ruel, M.T.; Habicht, J.-P.; Loechl, C.U.; Arimond, M.; Pelto, G.; Michaud L. Journal of Nutrition 137; 4. 1023–1030.
• Constraints to delivering animal source foods to infants and young children in 5 countries
  2007. Pachón, H.; Simondon, K.B.; Fall, S.T.; Menon, P.; Ruel, M.T.; Hotz, C.; Creed-Kanashiro, H.; Arce, B.; Liria Domínguez, M.R.; Frongillo, E.A.; Brown, D.L. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 28(2):215-229, 2007.
• Child Feeding Practices Are Associated with Child Nutritional Status in Latin America: Innovative Uses of the Demographic and Health Surveys
  2002. Ruel, M.T.; Menon, P. Journal of Nutrition 132: 1180-1187.
• The Use of Operations Research as a Tool for Monitoring and Managing Food-Assisted Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Programs: An Example from Haiti
  2005. Loechl, C.; Ruel, M.T.; Pelto, G.; Menon, P. FCND Discussion Paper No. 187. IFPRI: Washington, D.C.
• Fortified donated cereal blends improve the nutrient density of traditional complementary foods in Haiti, but iron and zinc gaps remain for infants.
  2004. Ruel, M.T.; Menon, P.; Loechl, C.; Pelto, G. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 25 (4): 361-376.
• From Research to Program Design: The Use of Formative Research to Develop a Behavior Change Communication Program to Prevent Malnutrition in Haiti
  2004. Menon, P. Loechl, C.; Ruel, M.T.; Pelto, G. FCND Discussion Paper 170. IFPRI: Washington, D.C.
  Full Paper: (PDF 790K)  Brief: (PDF 172K)
• Care and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurement
  1999. Engle, P.L.; Menon, P.; Haddad, L.H. World Development 27(8):1309-1337.