Lora Iannotti, PhD

Lora Iannotti, PhD

Associate Professor

Lora Iannotti is an associate professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St LouisShe has expertise in maternal and young child nutrition and nutrient deficiencies (zinc, iron, vitamin A, B12, choline, and fatty acids) related to poverty and infectious diseases, and applies epidemiological methods to investigate interventions aimed at reducing stunted growth and development.

Dr. Iannotti leads projects in Haiti, Ecuador, and East Africa where she collaborates with local partners to test innovative, transdisciplinary approaches using animal source foods and small livestock and fisheries development. She is founder and director of the E3 Nutrition Lab, working to identify Economically affordable, Environmentally sustainable, and Evolutionarily appropriate nutrition solutions globally. She is currently working with Catholic Relief Services to help conduct an evaluation in Guatemala and is periodically an evaluation partner with other NGOs and consulting groups.

Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked for over ten years with UN agencies and non-governmental organizations on nutrition and food security programming and policy. She serves on public health advisory and journal editorial boards and consults with WHO, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), among other international organizations.