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Dr. Luseadra McKerracher

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AIAS Fellow. Biocultural approaches to development, nutrition, health, health equity. Mom. Feminist. She/her. https://t.co/p4CxWuiTPB

Aarhus, Denmark
Joined October 2016
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@luseadra
Dr. Luseadra McKerracher
4 years
Systematic review protocol, developed w my 2 fab (but non-twitter-using) McMaster health sci mentees, now has a DOI: https://t.co/dRun2h0NSo. Preregistered in the interest of transparency, replicability, & hopefully moving the needle towards better pregnancy health and wellbeing!
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This systematic review project aims to bring together current quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods-based evidence regarding any health-related correlates of food insecurity and/or housing...
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@PIREAUAarhusUni
Platform for Inequality Research Aarhus University
28 days
PIREAU member @luseadra concludes, in a newly released article, that household food insecurity affects families from marginalized Danish neighborhoods.
@SHIjournal
Sociology of Health and Illness Journal
3 months
Food (in)Security and Peripartum Health in Marginalised Neighbourhoods in Denmark: Intersectional and Biopsychosocial Perspectives From Birthing Parents and Care Workers @luseadra https://t.co/CpjwTYH41T
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@SHIjournal
Sociology of Health and Illness Journal
3 months
Food (in)Security and Peripartum Health in Marginalised Neighbourhoods in Denmark: Intersectional and Biopsychosocial Perspectives From Birthing Parents and Care Workers @luseadra https://t.co/CpjwTYH41T
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Household food insecurity (HFI), stemming from inadequate income, negatively affects health—disproportionately so among expecting/new parents and children. Nordic-style redistribution structures are...
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@NHeslehurst
Professor Nicola Heslehurst 💙 (she/her)
11 months
Thanks @UniofNewcastle for highlighting our important research on food insecurity and pregnancy on https://t.co/0nq3utMtSe homepage. Urgent support needed to address maternal and child inequalities @GinaGiang @StephanieO18 @ZoBell20 @Lakenutrition @fuse_online @Marianfknight
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@NC_Renic
Neil Renic
1 year
Academia is a space for creativity, discovery, passion, and pretending to know what ontological means
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
Thanks @UniofNewcastle for picking up on the important topic area!
@NHeslehurst
Professor Nicola Heslehurst 💙 (she/her)
1 year
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Neil Renic
1 year
Interviewer: “How do you explain this gap in your resume?” Me: “I was trying to connect with eduroam”
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@feemck
A/Prof Fiona McKay
1 year
How great is it to have a live scribe at a conference! @nourishingftrs
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@luseadra
Dr. Luseadra McKerracher
1 year
What an honour and delight to be an itty bitty part of this spectacular group! 👏👏👏 especially to @NHeslehurst who thought about every detail and the LOC who did SO much to welcome all of us coming from abroad.
@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
And that’s a wrap for #NFNC2024 please continue to tag us in your content! A huge well done to our network leads and local organising committee for a brilliant inaugural conference 🙌🏽
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
Our final session of the day is opened up with a keynote by @ClareFarrand from @WHO_Europe about supporting maternal, infant, and young child nutrition 🍎 #NFNC2024
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@kelleherhurley
Dr. Kiya Hurley
1 year
Amazing start to the @nourishingftrs conference hearing from @balaraia @GinaGiang @luseadra @Food_Foundation @AlexRoseCharity about the health impacts of food insecurity in pregnancy and the early years and some interventions and policies to address it. #nfnc2024
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@luseadra
Dr. Luseadra McKerracher
1 year
En route now - it's gonna be grand!
@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
We hope all of our conference delegates have a safe journey to Newcastle and we can't wait to see you tomorrow! 😊 For those unable to attend this time, follow along at #NFNC2024 Become a member of our network to be in the loop for future events https://t.co/V7zigHHJfW
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
Only 3 more days until the 1st Nourishing Futures Conference! So much planning involved, huge thanks to our leadership team and the local organising committee. We can't wait to see all our colleagues (old and new) next week 😁
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@luseadra
Dr. Luseadra McKerracher
1 year
Less than 2 weeks until the inaugural meeting of the @nourishingftrs network in Newcastle. Can't wait to talk about food sec and dohad w @NHeslehurst @feemck @paigevdp @ZoBell20 @kelleherhurley and many more.
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@paulnovosad
Paul Novosad
1 year
What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
Today is the last day to register for our conference on October 22nd 2024! ⏰ Don't miss out on some great talks by @balaraia @FloraD @FranklyLess @luseadra @Jzinga2 @ZoBell20 @ClareFarrand and many more Register and view the full programme at https://t.co/8ceM5DGs3G
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
.@balaraia is a leading light in pregnancy food security research & advocacy & will deliver our 1st keynote lecture at the @nourishingftrs conference in Newcastle on 22nd Oct. Read about Prof Laraia https://t.co/P7kYIHwgMD. Check out full program here: https://t.co/QgJ34yW7kL
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
First annual @nourishingftrs conference in Newcastle Oct 22 Register here https://t.co/WQAQdAJXco by Sept 27 to discuss cross national and interdisciplinary perspectives on food security during pregnancy, infancy and early childhood! We look forward to talking with you there!
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@nourishingftrs
Nourishing Futures Network
1 year
An alarming number of pregnant women face challenges to access enough healthy food to nourish themselves.... join us at the NFN inaugural symposium in Newcastle UK to contribute to solutions! Rego by 27th Sept: https://t.co/5XDRkd1uj1
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@Iza_Romanowska
dr Iza Romanowska
1 year
🚨THE DEADLINE IS IMMINENT 🚨 Wednesday, 18th Sept The time is now! ...tell your friends, students, colleagues - they still have time to apply ...ask us questions - we are here 👋 ...send your application - that's the only way to join world's best lab & do awesome work!
@Iza_Romanowska
dr Iza Romanowska
1 year
📢 FOUR positions in the Social Resilience lab (deadlines 15-18 September). 🤠 4-year Assistant Professor in archaeological simulation 📶 2-year urban data analysis Postdoc: 🕸️22-month network analysis Postdoc 📑 Centre Administrator Links in 🧵below!
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