Angeline Jeyakumar

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Angeline Jeyakumar

Assistant Professor & Nutrition Specialist, State Specialist

Summary

Angeline specializes in public health nutrition and has over 20 years of experience. Her broad research interests are maternal and child health. Her work among children concentrates on the epidemiology of undernutrition in underprivileged settings, its risk factors, and testing nutrition-sensitive and specific interventions. Including maternal health, her research focuses specifically on micronutrient deficiencies. She has intensively researched interventions for iron deficiency anemia and their sustainability through longitudinal studies.

Angeline joined Extension and the College's Department of Nutrition in 2023 as the Nutrition Specialist for northern Nevada. In this role, Angeline develops and implements community-based interventions to reduce chronic-disease risk among Washoe County residents. She collaborates with others across the state to help ensure a seamless, complementary approach that reflects the unique characteristics of Nevada. She also engages in collaborative research with universities in the country and abroad in specific areas such as food security, nutrition transition, and emerging dietary behaviors to benefit underserved and isolated communities.

Before joining Extension, Angeline taught post-graduate courses, coordinated the Integrative Dietetics Program, and conducted maternal and child health research at Savitribai Phule Pune University's School of Health Sciences in Maharashtra, India. Her research there focused on undernutrition, including the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies, such as Vitamin D and iron, and the evaluation of interventions to mitigate risk factors.

Education

M. Phil, M.S., Foods and Nutrition
Ph.D., Public Health Nutrition

Accomplishments

  • 2019-2020 DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Early-Career Fellowship Award

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Journals
A Systematic Scoping Review to Characterize the Challenges in US Food Banks (USFB) and Pantries
The purpose of this systematic scoping review was to characterize the challenges in the U.S. food banks and to identify areas for further research and intervention.
Angeline Jeyakumar, Sandra Nyarko, Jamie Benedict and Holly Gatzke 2024, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 56, Issue 8, Supplement 1, 2024, Page S24, ISSN 1499-4046
Using Popular-press Nutrition Books to Develop Critical Reading Skills of First-Year College Students J. Benedict 2013, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 188-190
Team Development and Beyond
The objective of this article is to demonstrate how Tuckman’s model for small group development can be used to examine the evolution of teams retrospectively for the purpose of improving future practice.
Wilson, M. P., Benedict, J. A., Snow, G., Havercamp, M. J. 2010, Journal of Extension, 48(5)
Evaluation of a community-based health promotion program for the elderly: Lessons from Seniors CAN Collins, C., Benedict, J. 2006, American Journal of Health Promotion, 21(1), 45-48.
Food for Health and Soul: A curriculum designed to facilitate healthful recipe modifications to family favorites. Woodson, J., Braxton-Calhoun, M., Benedict, J. 2005, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 36(6), 323-324.
Use of Health Belief Model to examine older adults food-handling behaviors. Hanson, J., Benedict, J. 2002, Journal of Nutrition Education, 34 (Supplement 1), S25-S30.
Spoon, M., Devereux, P., Benedict, J., Leontos, C., Constantino, N., Christy, D., Snow, G. Spoon, M., Devereux, P., Benedict, J., Leontos, C., Constantino, N., Christy, D., Snow, G. 2002, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 34 (5), 268-272.
Team Nutrition Partners: A volunteer program to enhance the school environment. Benedict, J ., Spoon, M. 2001, Journal of Nutrition Education, 33(4), 249-250.
System, Environmental, and Policy Changes: Using the sociological model as a framework for evaluating nutrition education and social marketing programs with low-income audiences. Gregson, J., Foerster, S.B., Orr, R. Jones, L, Benedict, J., Clarke, B., Hersey, J., Lewis, J., Zotz, K. 2001, Journal of Nutrition Education, 33(Supplement 1), S4-S15.
An exploratory study of recreational drug use and nutrition-related behaviors and attitudes among adolescents Benedict, J. , Evans, W., Calder, J. 1999, Journal of Drug Education, 29(2), 141-157.
Use of nutrition screening to develop and target nutrition education interventions for the elderly. Benedict, J., Wilson, D., Snow, G., Nipp, P., Remig, V., Spoon, M., Leontos, C., and Read, M. 1999, Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 19(2), 31-47.
Special Publications
Statewide Needs Assessment for Nevada's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed). Benedict, J. A., Wahrenburg, M. V., Kerwin, H., Treftz, C. 2019, Nevada Nutrition Assistance Consortium
Technical Publication
Statewide Needs Assessment for Nevada’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) Benedict, J. A., Wahrenburg, M. V., Kerwin, H., Treftz, C. 2019, Nevada Department of Health and Human Service