Julia Finkelstein
Julia Finkelstein
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Division of Nutritional Sciences
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3109 Martha Van Rensselaeler Hall

Biography

Dr. Julia Finkelstein is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is the Director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program and co-Director of the Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and Cochrane Center and WHO Collaborating Centre at Cornell University. Dr. Finkelstein is the Program Director of the NIH-funded training program on maternal and child nutrition and leads the clinical core for the NIH-funded Center for Point of Care Diagnostics for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer (PORTENT) as part of the NIH POCTRN network. Dr. Finkelstein is also Associate Professor at St. John's Research Institute, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India.

Dr. Finkelstein is an epidemiologist with expertise in one-carbon metabolism, and the design and conduct of randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and population-based surveillance programs in high-risk obstetric and pediatric populations in clinical and community settings. The Finkelstein Laboratory focuses on one-carbon metabolism in women’s health across the lifespan – from preconception, to pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond – to develop interventions to improve the health of women and children. 

Dr. Finkelstein received her Bachelor of Science from McGill University in Montréal, Canada, Master of Public Health degree from Brown University, and Master and Doctor of Science degrees in Epidemiology and Nutrition from Harvard University. Her work has been internationally recognized with awards including a National Institutes of Health technology accelerator challenge prize for innovative global health diagnostics, the SUNY Chancellor Award for scholarship and creative activities, and International Life Sciences Institute Award for leadership in nutrition. Dr. Finkelstein was recently elected as Chair of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) One-Carbon Metabolism. 

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