The Innovation Lab for Nutrition in Jordan builds academic capacity
To support research on optimal health and nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under the age of two.
Learn more about the Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab!
Our Work
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Nutrition in Jordan (JNIL) aims to generate evidence on the impact of USAID Jordan’s Community Health and Nutrition activity and build academic capacity to support research on optimal health and nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) and children under two in Jordan. This will be achieved through successful implementation of two key objectives:
- Objective 1: includes a rigorous research agenda, including an impact evaluation of the impact of USAID Jordan’s Community Health and Nutrition (CHN) activity, and,
- Objective 2: aims at building individual and institutional capacity in Jordan to conduct and interpret research and train future nutritionists in the realm of maternal and infant young child nutrition.
2025 Fellowships Program: Accepting Applications through Nov 23
The USAID-supported Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab (JNIL) at Tufts University, in coordination with the JNIL Technical Advisory Committee and Mindset, a Jordan-based research firm, is pleased to announce 12-month Fellowships each totaling $5,000 USD (3544 JD) to be awarded to six emerging Jordanian scholars in the maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) field.
Call for Abstracts: Second JNIL Scientific Symposium
The Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab invites the submission of abstracts for the Second Scientific Symposium, "Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Approaches to Support Women, Infants, and Children" on February 18-20, 2025. While the symposium is focused on research done in Jordan, we welcome abstracts from research done in the MENA region.
Recent Webinar: Exclusive Breastfeeding May be Protective Against Type 1 Diabetes
The fourth webinar of the JNIL Webinar series for this year is titled " Exclusive Breastfeeding might be protective of Type 1 diabetes mellitus". This webinar focused on examining and presenting evidence on the association of breastfeeding feeding practices and the incidence of Type 1 diabetes in young children.
Recent Workshop: Third Nutrition Research Designs and Methods Workshop
The overall goal of the workshop was to train upcoming Jordanian scientists on the rigor of research methodology and enhance skills in conceptualization, development and implementation and analysis of robustly designed quantitative research protocols.
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Recent Webinar: Food Policy for NCD Prevention: Lessons from Around the Globe
Monday, May 6th , 2024 | 5:00-6:00 PM Jordan Time | 10:00-11:00 AM EST
Description
In this webinar, we focused on examining and presenting evidence around strategies to ensure healthy diets and prevent non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors among young children.
The Innovation Lab for Nutrition (NIL) officially came to a close as of September 30, 2021. Previous NIL content is still accessible on this site