My research interests include: 1. The design and evaluation of nutrition interventions to improve maternal and child health and survival, and infant and child growth. These interventions include micronutrient supplementation, food fortification and behavior-change strategies. 2. Food and nutrition policy- and decision-making 3. Using intervention performance data to enhance implementation of nutrition interventions. To date, my research has encompassed the design and conduct of xerophthalmia and food frequency surveys, the evaluation of an infant feeding education program, rapid nutritional assessments of high-risk communities, qualitative assessments of feeding behaviors and beliefs, and the design and conduct of a wheat-flour fortification trial. Countries previously worked or currently working in include the Philippines (12 years), Zambia (1 month), Sri Lanka (1 year), Egypt (3 months), Tanzania, Bangladesh (6 years) and Pakistan (2 years).

International Health, Vitamin A; child growth; maternal nutrition; micronutrient deficiencies; fortification; program evaluation; public health nutrition; infant and young child feeding; child survival; food and nutrition policies; newborn vitamin A supplementation; Bangladesh; Pakistan; Philippines; Tanzania

Teaching Excellence-2009

Rah JH, Shamim AA, Arju UT, Labrique AB, Klemm RD, Rashid M, Christian P. Difference in ponderal growth and body composition among pregnant vs. never-pregnant adolescents varies by birth outcomes. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2010, 6:27–37

Christian P, Shahid F, Rizvi A, Klemm RDW, Bhutta Z. Treatment effectiveness of iron-folic acid for curing severe anemia and efficacy of additional regimens of multivitamins and anthelminthics in enhancing cure among pregnant women in Karachi, Pakistan, AJCN, 2009, 89:853-61

Bhutta Z., Klemm RDW, Shahid F, Rizvi A, Rah JH, Christian P. Treatment response to iron and folic acid alone is the same as with multivitamins and/or anthelminthics in severely anemic 6-24 mo old children. (in press, J Nutr)

West KP Jr., Klemm RDW, Dary O, Palmer AC, Johnson Q, Randall P, Ranum P, Northrop-Clewes C. Vitamin A Fortification of Wheat Flour—Considerations and Current Recommendations (in press, Food and Nutrition Bulletin)

Winch PJ, Mbuyita SS, Makemba AM, Rusibamayila N, Wilson N, Tharaney M, Siegel E, Klemm RDW, Mayombana C. Potential for introduction of zinc treatment for childhood diarrhoea in Tanzania. (in press Acta Tropica, 2009)

Tielsh J, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, Katz J, Humphrey J, Christian P, Sommer A. Newborn Vitamin A Dosing and Early Infant Survival-Current Evidence and Controversy. Sight and Life Newsletter, July 2008.

Klemm RDW, Labrique AB, Christian P, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Katz J, Sommer A, West KP Jr: Newborn vitamin A supplementation reduced infant mortality in rural Bangladesh. Pediatrics 2008;122:e242-e250.

Sugimoto JD, Labrique AB, Ahmad S, Rashid MS, Klemm RDW, Christian P, West KP Jr. Developing a Geographic Information System for Health Research in a Developing Country Setting: A Case-Study from Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2007 Dec 24(4) 1-12.

Books, Abstracts, Papers and others

Klemm RDW, Labrique AB, Christian P, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Katz J, Massie A, Wu L, Ullah MB, Sommer A, West KP Jr Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation in Reducing Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh: The JiVitA-2 Trial. Presented at the Micronutrient Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2007.

Christian P, West KP Jr., Labrique A, Klemm RDW, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Katz J, Wu L, Ali MH, Schulze K, Akhter HH, Rashid M, Sommer A. JiVitA-1: Effects of Maternal Vitamin A or Beta-carotene Supplementation on Maternal, Fetal and Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh. Presented at the Micronutrient Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2007.

Labrique A, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Christian P, Klemm RDW, Sugimoto J, Massie A, Hackman A, Schulze K, West KP Jr. Building the JiVitA Community Trials in Rural Bangladesh: Organization, Development Implementation and Population Characteristics. Presented at the Micronutrient Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2007.

Klemm RDW, Harvey P, Palmer A, West KP Jr. A Gap Analysis: Defining the Issues for Vitamin A. Technical Brief for A2Z Project, AED and USAID, 2007.

Ali H, Labrique AB, Massie A, Klemm RDW, Shamim AA, Haque A, Rashid M, Barkat M, Christian P, West KP Jr, The “Baby Square” - A Low-Cost Screening Tool to Identify High-Risk Neonates in Rural Communities, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Labrique AB, Christian P, Rashid M, Massie A, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, The effect of age, parity and previous outcome on pregnancy in rural Bangladesh, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Barkat M, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Ali H, Haque A, Christian P, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, A Survey of Micronutrient Supplement Availability in Rural Northwest Bangladesh, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Rah JH, Shamim AA, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Christian P, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, Maternal Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Change in Pregnancy as a Predictor of Low Birth Weight, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Rashid M, Labrique A, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, Christian P, West KP Jr, Newborn Care Practices in Rural Gaibandha, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Rashid M, Labrique AB, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, Christian P, West KP Jr., Prelacteal feeding delays breastfeeding initiation in rural Bangladesh, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Shamim AA, Labrique AB, Massie A, Huq A, Rashid M, Rah JH, Christian P, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, Potential effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and seasonality on consumption of vitamin A (VA) and provitamin A-rich foods by pregnant women in NW Bangladesh, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Hunt AC, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Barkat M, Ali H, Shamim AA, Huq A, Christian P, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr. Optimizing the Verbal Autopsy Process for Community Trial or Program Use, Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Labrique AB, Massie A, Rashid M, Christian P, Shamim AA, Klemm RDW, West KP Jr, Community-based Estimation of Birth Defect Prevalence in Rural Bangladesh Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Dhaka , Bangladesh February 2006.

Klemm RDW, Vitamin A Supplementation and Maternal Health, International Symposium on Nutrition and Health: Now and Into the Future--Multi-Vitamins & Minerals, Committee Specialized in Food Toxicology, Chinese Society of Toxicology and National Health Institute and Amway (China), October 2005.

Klemm RDW, "Supplementation: Role of Micronutrient Supplementation", in Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, Second Edition, Editor-in-Chief: Benjamin Caballero; Editors: Lindsay Allen and Andrew Prentice; Elsevier Publishers, 2005, 220-7.

Klemm RDW, Christian P, Craft NE, Khatry SK, West KP. Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Retinol Correlates with Serum Retinol and Detects a Response to Vitamin A in Pregnant Nepalese Women, XXIi IVACG meeting, Lima, Peru. November 2004.

Klemm RDW, West KP Jr. Effectiveness of Two Nutrition Education Programs on Infant Feeding Behavior and Growth of Filipino Infants. Experimental Biology Conference for April 2004.

Klemm RDW, Solon FS, West KP Jr. Efficacy of vitamin-A fortified wheat-flour bun on the growth of school-age children. Experimental Biology Conference for April 2004.