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Lia C. Haskin Fernald, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Associate 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

 

Courses

PH 207A (3 units) Food and Nutrition Programs and Policies
PH 206D (3 units) International Food and Nutrition Programs and Policies
PH 207A (2 units) Public Health Aspects of Maternal and Child Nutrition
PH 298.56 (2 units) Current Issues in Public Health Nutrition
PH 298.56 (3 units) Public Health Nutrition Capstone Course

Research Interests

Publications

Child health and development

Fernald, L.C.H. and Gunnar, M.R. Effects of a poverty alleviation intervention on salivary cortisol in very low-income children. Social Science and Medicine (2009).

Ozer, E.J., Fernald, L.C.H. , Manley, J. and Gertler, P.J. The effects of a conditional cash transfer program on the behavior problems of young children living in extreme poverty: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Mexico's Oportunidades intervention. Pediatrics 123;e630-e637 (2009).

Fernald, L.C.H. , Gertler, P.J. and Neufeld, L.M. The role of cash in conditional cash transfer programs: An analysis of Mexico's Oportunidades. The Lancet 371: 828-837 (2008).

Fernald L.C.H. , Jones-Smith, J.M., Ozer, E.J., Neufeld, L.M. and DiGirolamo, A.M. Maternal depressive symptoms and physical activity in very low-income children. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 29(5):385-93 (2008).

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).

Fernald, L.C.H. , Burke, H.M., and Gunnar, M.R. Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with depressive symptoms. Development and Psychopathology (in press).

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).

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.

Adult obesity and chronic disease

Fernald, L.C.H. Perception of body weight: A critical factor in understanding obesity in middle-income countries. Journal of Women's Health (in press).

Fernald, L.C.H. , Gertler, P.J. and Hou, X. Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults. Journal of Nutrition 138(11):2250-7 (2008).

Fernald, L.C.H. and Adler, N.E. Blood pressure and socio-economic status in low-income women in Mexico: a reverse gradient? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62: e8 (2008).

Fernald, L.C.H. , Hou, X. and Gertler, P.J. Oportunidades program participation and body mass index, blood pressure and self-reported health in Mexican adults. Preventing Chronic Disease Jul 5(3): A81 (2008).

Neufeld, L.M., Hernández-Cordero, S., Fernald, L.C.H. and Ramashkrishnan, U. Overweight and obesity doubled over a 6-year period in young women living in poverty in Mexico. Obesity (Silver Spring). Mar;16(3):714-7 (2008).

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).

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).

Mental health in adults and adolescents

Fleischer, N.E., Fernald, L.C.H. , and Hubbard, A. Estimating the potential impacts of intervention from observational data: causal inference methods applied to data from rural Mexico. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (in press).

Ritterman, M.L., Fernald, L.C. , Ozer, E.J., Adler, N.E., Gutierrez, J.P. and Syme, S.L. Objective and subjective social class assessments: associations with adolescent substance use. Social Science and Medicine 68(10): 1843-1851 (2009).

Fernald, L.C.H. , Hamad, R., Karlan, D., Ozer, E. and Zinman, J. Small individual loans and mental health: a randomized controlled trial among South African adults. BioMed Central Public Health 8(1): 409(2008).

Hamad, R., Fernald, L.C.H ., Karlan, D.S., and Zinman, J. Social and economic correlates of depressive symptoms and perceived stress in South African adults. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62(6):538-44 (2008).

Ozer, E.J., Fernald, L.C.H. and Roberts, S. Anxiety symptoms in rural Mexican adolescents: A social-ecological analysis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 43(12): 1014-23 (2008).

Ozer, E.J. and Fernald, L.C.H. Alcohol and tobacco use among rural Mexican adolescents: individual, familial, and community level factors. Journal of Adolescent Health 43(5):498-505 (2008).

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).

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).

Other Interests

Profile last updated: June 9, 2009

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