Lia C. Haskin Fernald, Ph.D., M.B.A. Assistant Professor, Public Health Nutrition
Community Health & Human Development
PHONE: (510) 643-9113
FAX: (510) 295-2795
LOCATION: 219 University Hall
E-MAIL: fernald@berkeley.edu
Research Interests
- Psychosocial and biological determinants of health
- Obesity, overweight, and nutritional and epidemiologic transition
- Malnutrition, international child health and development
- Immigrant health, inequalities and health disparities
- Early experience, stress hormones, salivary cortisol
Publications
Fernald L.C.H., Jones-Smith, J.M., Neufeld, L.M., and Ozer, E.J. Maternal depressive symptoms and physical activity in young, low-income children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (in press).
Fernald LC, Hou X, Gertler PJ. Oportunidades program participation and body mass index, blood pressure, and self-reported health in Mexican adults. Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Jul;5(3):A81. Epub 2008 Jun 15.
Hamad R, Fernald LC, Karlan DS, Zinman J. Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 Jun;62(6):538-44
Fernald LC, Adler NE. Blood pressure and socioeconomic status in low-income women in Mexico: a reverse gradient? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 May;62(5):e8.
Fernald LC, Burke HM, Gunnar MR. Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with high depressive symptomatology. Dev Psychopathol. 2008 Spring;20(2):423-36.
Fernald LC, Gertler PJ, Neufeld LM. Role of cash in conditional cash transfer programmes for child health, growth, and development: an analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades. Lancet. 2008 Mar 8;371(9615):828-37.
Neufeld, L.M., Hernández-Cordero, S., Fernald, L.C.H. and Ramashkrishnan, U. Overweight and obesity nearly doubled over a 6 year period in young women living in poverty in Mexico. Obesity Research (in press).
Ozer, E.J., Fernald, L.C.H. and Roberts, S. Predictors of psychological distress among rural Mexican adolescents: A social-ecological analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (in press).
Neufeld, L.M., Jones-Smith, J.M., Garcia, R. and Fernald, L.C.H. Anthropometric predictors for the risk of chronic disease in non-diabetic, non-hypertensive young Mexican women. Public Health Nutrition 11: 159-167 (2008).
Fernald, L.C.H. Socio-economic status and body mass index in low-income Mexican adults. Social Science and Medicine 64: 2030-2042 (2007).
Jones-Smith, J.M., Fernald, L.C.H. and Neufeld, L.M. Birth size and accelerated growth during infancy increase odds of childhood overweight in Mexican children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107(12):2061-9 (2007).
Fleischer, N., Fernald, L.C.H. and Hubbard, A. Correlates of depression in a large sample of low-income women in Mexico. Epidemiology 18(6): 678-685 (2007).
Fernald, L.C. and Neufeld, L.N. Overweight with concurrent stunting in children from rural Mexico: prevalence and associated factors. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61(5): 623-32 (2007).
Fernald, L.C., Neufeld, L.N., Barton, L., Schnaas, L., Rivera, J. and Gertler, P.J. Parallel deficits in linear growth and cognitive development in low-income Mexican infants in the second year of life. Public Health Nutrition. 9(2): 178-86 (2006).
Burke, H., Fernald, L.C., Gertler, P.J., and Adler, N.E. Depressive symptoms are associated with blunted salivary cortisol in very low income women. Psychosomatic Medicine. Mar-Apr; 67(2):211-6 (2005).
Fernald, L.C., Gutierrez, J-P, Neufeld, L., Bertozzi, S.M., Olaiz, G. and Gertler, P.J. High prevalence of obesity, even among the poor: evidence from Mexico. Journal of the American Medical Association. 291(21): 2544-5 (2004).
Fernald, L.C. and Meeks-Gardner, J. Jamaican children’s reports of violence at school and home. Social and Economic Studies. 52(4): 121-140 (2003).
Fernald, L.C., Grantham-McGregor, S.M., Costello, A.D.L., and Manandhar, D. Salivary cortisol and heart rate in stunted and non-stunted Nepalese school children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 57(11):1458-1465 (2003).
Fernald, L.C. and Grantham-McGregor (2002). Growth retardation is associated with changes in the stress response system and behavior in school-aged Jamaican children. Journal of Nutrition 132: 3674-3679.
Grantham-McGregor, S.M.; Fernald, L.C.; Sethuraman, K. (1999). Effects of health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioural development in children in the first three years of life. Part 2: Infections and micronutrient deficiencies: iodine, iron and zinc. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 20: 76-99.
Grantham-McGregor, S.M. and Fernald, L.C. (1999). Effects of health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioural development in children in the first three years of life. Part 1: Small for gestational age, breastfeeding and protein-energy malnutrition. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 20: 53-75.
Fernald, L.C. and Grantham-McGregor, S.M. (1998). Stress response in children who have been growth retarded since early childhood. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68: 691-698.
Fernald, L.C., Ani, C. and Grantham-McGregor, S.M. (1997). Does school breakfast improve performance? Africa Health. 19.
Grantham-McGregor, S.M. and Fernald, L.C. (1997). Nutritional deficiencies and subsequent effects on mental and behavioural development in children. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 28: 50-68
Fernald, L.C. and Meeks-Gardner, J. (1997). Aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents: Part 1: A review of the effects of environmental characteristics. West Indian Medical Journal 46: 104-106.
Fernald, L.C., Ani, C. and Meeks-Gardner, J. (1997). Aggressive behaviour in children and adolescents: Part 2: A review of the effects of individual and family characteristics. West Indian Medical Journal, 46: 100-103.
Other Interests
- Network on Early Experience and Glucocorticoids (Network Associate)
- MacArthur Research Network on SES and Health (Network Associate)
- Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program (Affiliated Faculty)
- Consultant to World Bank and Governments of Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia
Profile last updated: January 24, 2008