The institute will broadly encompass the development, validation, implementation, and scale-up of any technology that has the potential to solve a global health/nutrition problem. Following is an example list of domains where the existing strengths of Cornell can be leveraged in the nutrition and global health context.

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  • Precision Nutrition and Medicine

    • Development of physiological systems biomarkers and engineering nutrition solutions for critical care and chronic disease populations (NutriPhone, FeverPhone)

    • Use of technology to develop and test crops with enhanced nutritive content (Biofortification)

    • Application of nanotechnology and automated image processing in a global context

  • Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Synthesis and Curation

    • Development of improved database and communications tools to enable ‘big data’ collection and analyses (ConnEDCt)

    • Living Systematic Reviews to inform global guidelines in real time (COVID-19)

    • Geographic information systems technologies to identify ‘hot spots’ of disease burden to help target resources

    • Electronic Methods to modify behavior and improve adherence to preventive and therapeutic regimens for better health

  • Food Safety

    • New and improved diagnostics across the food supply value chain (SAFEPhone)

    • Building the evidence base for nutrition and food safety linkages

    • Food Safety DataBank and Dashboard (Aflatoxin DataBank)