Dr. Luseadra McKerracher

AIAS Fellow. Biocultural approaches to development, nutrition, health, health equity. Mom. Feminist. She/her.

[Dr. Luseadra McKerracher @luseadra]

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!

[Dr. Luseadra McKerracher @luseadra]

@MsHaze0516 @MarkBrooksArt @AntiTrumpCanada Un ananas ne parle pas!

[Platform for Inequality Research Aarhus University @PIREAUAarhusUni]

PIREAU member @luseadra concludes, in a newly released article, that household food insecurity affects families from marginalized Danish neighborhoods.

[Sociology of Health and Illness Journal @SHIjournal]

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

[Professor Nicola Heslehurst 💙 (she/her) @NHeslehurst]

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

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academia is a space for creativity, discovery, passion, and pretending to know what ontological means

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

Thanks @UniofNewcastle for picking up on the important topic area!

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Interviewer: “How do you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me: “I was trying to connect with eduroam”

[A/Prof Fiona McKay @feemck]

How great is it to have a live scribe at a conference! @nourishingftrs

[Dr. Luseadra McKerracher @luseadra]

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.

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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 🙌🏽

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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

[Dr. Luseadra McKerracher @luseadra]

En route now - it's gonna be grand!

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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 😁

[Dr. Luseadra McKerracher @luseadra]

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.

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

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

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

.@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

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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!

[Nourishing Futures Network @nourishingftrs]

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

[dr Iza Romanowska @Iza_Romanowska]

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