Publications

IFSAN core faculty members conduct research and publish their findings regularly. These contributions advance knowledge of foodborne disease and nutrition insecurity. Additionally, it aids in the creation of evidence-based solutions to important public health issues.

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Food Safety

• Healthcare costs of foodborne diseases in the United States: an analysis using electronic health records
• Dietary, socioeconomic, and maize handling practices associated with aflatoxin and fumonisin exposure among women tortilla makers in 5 departments in Guatemala
• Inactivation of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Campylobacter jejuni in a Restructured Beef Jerky Developed for Production in Ethiopia
• Ranking Food Safety Priorities of the Fresh Produce Industry in the United States
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foodborne Disease Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Diagnoses at a Large Academic Medical System
• A generalized linear mixed model approach to assess associations between Certified Food Protection Managers and inspection performance in Franklin County, Ohio
• Healthcare costs of foodborne diseases in the United States: an analysis using electronic health records
• Detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in stool samples using a rapid multiplex PCR test at a large tertiary pediatric hospital
• Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Collegiate Division I American Football Athletes
• Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Campylobacter species among diarrheal patients from three major hospitals in Ethiopia
• The heterogeneous association between education and the adoption of safe food handling practices in Ethiopia

Nutrition Security & Diet Quality

• Understanding Factors that Influence Parents’ Provision of Beverages to Their Children: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis - Natalie Vallone, Morgan Drake, Adam Dawer, Rachel Brill, Allison C. Sylvetsky, 2025
• Nonsugar Sweeteners – Time for Transparency and Caution
• Mothers’ experiences during the 2022 Infant Formula Shortage in Washington D.C.
• The MILK Study: Investigating Intergenerational Transmission of Low-calorie Sweeteners in Breast Milk. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
• Effects of Low-Calorie Sweetener Restriction on Glycemic Variability and Cardiometabolic Health in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Findings of a Pilot and Feasibility Study
• The widespread presence of non-nutritive sweeteners challenges adherence to beverage guidance for children
• Non-sugar sweeteners: helpful or harmful? The challenge of developing intake recommendations with the available research
• Consumption of sucralose- and acesulfame-potassium-containing diet soda alters the relative abundance of microbial taxa at the species level: findings of two pilot studies
• Behavioral Patterns of Sugary Drink Consumption among African American Adolescents: A Pilot and Feasibility Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
• Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Collegiate Division I American Football Athletes
• The Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale has a Good Test–Retest Reliability in Well-Trained Athletes With and Without Previously Self-Identified Gastrointestinal Complaints
• Multi-Omics Integration for Personalized Healthcare
• GI complaints, well-being, and gut microbiota in athletes
• Contribution of Maternal Adherence to the Effect of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
• Single-blinded, stratified, dose ranging trial to assess pharmacokinetics and identify optimal dose of vitamin B12 in pregnancy in Tanzania
• Protocol for the Redefining Maternal Anemia in Pregnancy and Postpartum (ReMAPP) study: A multisite, international, population-based cohort study to establish global hemoglobin thresholds for maternal anemia
• Multiple micronutrient supplementation for maternal anemia prevention (MMS-MAP): an individually randomized trial of higher-dose iron (60 mg, 45 mg) compared to low-dose iron (30 mg) in multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy
• Contribution of maternal adherence to the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

One Health

• Impact of a Statewide Livestock Antibiotic Use Policy on Resistance in Human Urine Escherichia coli Isolates: A Synthetic Control Analysis
• Using source-associated mobile genetic elements to identify zoonotic extraintestinal E. coli infections
• A Quantitative Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Community Carriage in Yuma, Arizona
• Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low-resource settings
• Integrating Sample Similarities into Latent Class Analysis: A Tree-Structured Shrinkage Approach
• Association of Oral Microbiome With Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection: A Population Study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2012
• Effects of patient beliefs regarding the need for antibiotics and prescribing outcomes on patient satisfaction in urgent-care settings
• Design and validation of Dolosigranulum pigrum specific PCR primers using the bacterial core genome
• Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Pediatric Urgent Care Clinicians
• Association of Oral Microbiome With Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection: A Population Study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2012
• Capturing diversity within the human nasal microbiota
• Efficacy of priming and commitment posters on urgent care patients’ antibiotic expectations and knowledge: a cluster randomized trial
• Penile microbiome: decoding its impact on HIV risk
• The nasal microbiome modulates risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection by influencing expression of key host entry factors
• The Impact of Breastfeeding on the Development of the Infant Gut and Nasal Microbiomes
• Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis
• Clinical risk factors of adverse outcomes among women with COVID-19 in the pregnancy and postpartum period: a sequential, prospective meta-analysis

Water

• Environmental risk factors associated with community diarrheal disease in Ethiopia

Food & Nutrition Policy, Law & Governance

• Factors affecting antenatal corticosteroid use in low- and middle-income countries: Facility characteristics, structural readiness, and past performance of CEmONC signal functions
• Antenatal corticosteroids for pregnant women at risk of preterm labour in low- and middle-income countries: utilisation and facility readiness

Sustainability & Systems Science

• The association between lead exposure and crime: A systematic review. PLOS Glob Public Health 3 (8): e0002177

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IFSAN Director Barbara Kowalcyk

• Healthcare costs of foodborne diseases in the United States: an analysis using electronic health records
• Dietary, socioeconomic, and maize handling practices associated with aflatoxin and fumonisin exposure among women tortilla makers in 5 departments in Guatemala
• Inactivation of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Campylobacter jejuni in a Restructured Beef Jerky Developed for Production in Ethiopia
• Ranking Food Safety Priorities of the Fresh Produce Industry in the United States
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Foodborne Disease Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Diagnoses at a Large Academic Medical System
• A generalized linear mixed model approach to assess associations between Certified Food Protection Managers and inspection performance in Franklin County, Ohio
• Healthcare costs of foodborne diseases in the United States: an analysis using electronic health records
• Detection of gastrointestinal pathogens in stool samples using a rapid multiplex PCR test at a large tertiary pediatric hospital
• Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Collegiate Division I American Football Athletes

* Allison Sylvetsky

*Research published as part of GW tenure

• Understanding Factors that Influence Parents’ Provision of Beverages to Their Children: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis - Natalie Vallone, Morgan Drake, Adam Dawer, Rachel Brill, Allison C. Sylvetsky, 2025
• Nonsugar Sweeteners – Time for Transparency and Caution
• Mothers’ experiences during the 2022 Infant Formula Shortage in Washington D.C.
• The MILK Study: Investigating Intergenerational Transmission of Low-calorie Sweeteners in Breast Milk. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
• Effects of Low-Calorie Sweetener Restriction on Glycemic Variability and Cardiometabolic Health in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Findings of a Pilot and Feasibility Study
• The widespread presence of non-nutritive sweeteners challenges adherence to beverage guidance for children
• Non-sugar sweeteners: helpful or harmful? The challenge of developing intake recommendations with the available research
• Consumption of sucralose- and acesulfame-potassium-containing diet soda alters the relative abundance of microbial taxa at the species level: findings of two pilot studies
• Behavioral Patterns of Sugary Drink Consumption among African American Adolescents: A Pilot and Feasibility Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

Carmen Ortega-Santos

• Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Collegiate Division I American Football Athletes
• The Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale has a Good Test–Retest Reliability in Well-Trained Athletes With and Without Previously Self-Identified Gastrointestinal Complaints
• Multi-Omics Integration for Personalized Healthcare
• GI complaints, well-being, and gut microbiota in athletes

Cindy Liu

• Impact of a Statewide Livestock Antibiotic Use Policy on Resistance in Human Urine Escherichia coli Isolates: A Synthetic Control Analysis
• Using source-associated mobile genetic elements to identify zoonotic extraintestinal E. coli infections
• A Quantitative Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Community Carriage in Yuma, Arizona
• Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low-resource settings
• Integrating Sample Similarities into Latent Class Analysis: A Tree-Structured Shrinkage Approach
• Association of Oral Microbiome With Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection: A Population Study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2012
• Effects of patient beliefs regarding the need for antibiotics and prescribing outcomes on patient satisfaction in urgent-care settings
• Design and validation of Dolosigranulum pigrum specific PCR primers using the bacterial core genome
• Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Pediatric Urgent Care Clinicians
• Association of Oral Microbiome With Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection: A Population Study of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2012
• Capturing diversity within the human nasal microbiota
• Efficacy of priming and commitment posters on urgent care patients’ antibiotic expectations and knowledge: a cluster randomized trial
• Penile microbiome: decoding its impact on HIV risk
• The nasal microbiome modulates risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection by influencing expression of key host entry factors
• The Impact of Breastfeeding on the Development of the Infant Gut and Nasal Microbiomes

Emily R. Smith

• Factors affecting antenatal corticosteroid use in low- and middle-income countries: Facility characteristics, structural readiness, and past performance of CEmONC signal functions
• Antenatal corticosteroids for pregnant women at risk of preterm labour in low- and middle-income countries: utilisation and facility readiness
• The association between lead exposure and crime: A systematic review. PLOS Glob Public Health 3 (8): e0002177
• Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis
• Clinical risk factors of adverse outcomes among women with COVID-19 in the pregnancy and postpartum period: a sequential, prospective meta-analysis
• Contribution of Maternal Adherence to the Effect of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
• Single-blinded, stratified, dose ranging trial to assess pharmacokinetics and identify optimal dose of vitamin B12 in pregnancy in Tanzania
• Protocol for the Redefining Maternal Anemia in Pregnancy and Postpartum (ReMAPP) study: A multisite, international, population-based cohort study to establish global hemoglobin thresholds for maternal anemia
• Multiple micronutrient supplementation for maternal anemia prevention (MMS-MAP): an individually randomized trial of higher-dose iron (60 mg, 45 mg) compared to low-dose iron (30 mg) in multiple micronutrient supplements in pregnancy
• Contribution of maternal adherence to the effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Devin LaPolt

• Environmental risk factors associated with community diarrheal disease in Ethiopia
• Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Campylobacter species among diarrheal patients from three major hospitals in Ethiopia
• The heterogeneous association between education and the adoption of safe food handling practices in Ethiopia