Samik Ghosh is a PhD student in Nutrition Sciences (International Nutrition) at Cornell University, working with Dr. Shibani Ghosh. He holds an MA in Social Work from Banaras Hindu University and a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Burdwan, India. Before joining Cornell University, Samik managed multi-country programs across Asia and Africa spanning public health, nutrition, child protection, agricultural technology, and entrepreneurship. His current research examines how aflatoxin exposure, food systems, and environmental risks shape maternal and child health, with a focus on early-life exposures in vulnerable populations. His work integrates systems thinking and implementation science to connect research, program design, strategy, and policy toward scalable solutions. His broader interests include food safety and nutrition, decentralized healthcare, and global development, with an emphasis on translating evidence into practical solutions and building more equitable and resilient systems.

Dr Shibani Ghosh 

  • Pezzulo C, Tejedor-Garavito N, Chan HMT, Dreoni I, Kerr D, Ghosh S, Bonnie A, Bondarenko M, Salasibew M, Tatem AJ. A subnational reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and development atlas of India. Sci Data. 2023 Feb 10;10(1):86. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-01961-2. PMID: 36765058; PMCID: PMC9918481. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-01961-2
  • Laurette Dubé, Cameron McRae, Yun-Hsuan Wu, Samik Ghosh, Summer Allen, Daniel Ross, Saibal Ray, Pramod K. Joshi, John McDermott, Srivardhini Jha, Spencer Moore, Impact of the eKutir ICT-enabled social enterprise and its distributed micro-entrepreneur strategy on fruit and vegetable consumption: A quasi-experimental study in rural and urban communities in Odisha, India, Food Policy, Volume 90, 2020, 101787, ISSN 0306-9192, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101787. 
M.A., Social Work (Community Health and Psychiatry), Banaras Hindu University
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Burdwan in India