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Cornell FeverPhone

1. Kim J, Cao XE, Finkelstein JL, Cárdenas WB, Erickson D, Mehta S. A two-colour multiplexed lateral flow immunoassay system to differentially detect human malaria species on a single test line. Malar J. 2019 Sep 18;18(1):313. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2957-x. PubMed PMID: 31533756.

2. Wang R, Ongagna-Yhombi SY, Lu Z, Centeno-Tablante E, Colt S, Cao X, Ren Y, Cárdenas WB, Mehta S, Erickson D. Rapid Diagnostic Platform for Colorimetric Differential Detection of Dengue and Chikungunya Viral Infections. Anal Chem. 2019 Apr 16;91(8):5415-5423. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00704. Epub 2019 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 30896928.

3. Lu Z, O'Dell D, Srinivasan B, Rey E, Wang R, Vemulapati S, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. Rapid diagnostic testing platform for iron and vitamin A deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 19;114(51):13513-13518. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711464114. PubMed PMID: 29203653; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5754775. *joint corresponding authors

4. Rey EG, O'Dell D, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. Mitigating the Hook Effect in Lateral Flow Sandwich Immunoassays Using Real-Time Reaction Kinetics. Anal Chem. 2017 Apr 13. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00638. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28388030 *joint corresponding authors

5. Lee S, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. Two-Color Lateral Flow Assay for Multiplex Detection of Causative Agents Behind Acute Febrile Illnesses. Anal Chem. 2016 Sep 6;88(17):8359-63. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01828. Epub 2016 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 27490379 *joint corresponding authors

ConnEDCt- Electronic Data Capture

1. Ruth CJ, Huey SL, Krisher JT, Fothergill A, Gannon BM, Jones CE, Centeno-Tablante E, Hackl LS, Colt S, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S. An Electronic Data Capture Framework (ConnEDCt) for Global and Public Health Research: Design and Implementation. J Med Internet Res 2020;22(8):e18580. URL: [https://www.jmir.org/2020/8/e18580.](https://www.jmir.org/2020/8/e18580.) DOI: 10.2196/18580 PMID: 32788154 PMCID: 7453324

Cornell NutriPhone

1. Srinivasan B, Finkelstein JL, O'Dell D, Erickson D, Mehta S. Rapid diagnostics for point-of-care quantification of soluble transferrin receptor. EBioMedicine. 2019 Apr;42:504-510. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.03.017. Epub 2019 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 30885726; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6491390.

2. Gannon BM, Glesby MJ, Finkelstein JL, Raj T, Erickson D, Mehta S. A point-of-care assay for alpha-1-acid glycoprotein as a diagnostic tool for rapid, mobile-based determination of inflammation. Current Research in Biotechnology, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.crbiot.2019.09.002.

3. Lu Z, O'Dell D, Srinivasan B, Rey E, Wang R, Vemulapati S, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. Rapid diagnostic testing platform for iron and vitamin A deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 19;114(51):13513-13518. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711464114. PubMed PMID: 29203653; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5754775. *joint corresponding authors

4. Srinivasan B, Lee S, Erickson D*, Mehta S*. Precision nutrition - review of methods for point-of-care assessment of nutritional status. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 Apr;44:103-108. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.12.001. Epub 2016 Dec 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 28043002 *joint corresponding authors

5. Lee S, O'Dell D, Hohenstein J, Colt S, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. NutriPhone: a mobile platform for low-cost point-of-care quantification of vitamin B12 concentrations. Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 15;6:28237. PubMed PMID: 27301282; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4908584 *joint corresponding authors

6. Lee S, Srinivasan B, Vemulapati S, Mehta S*, Erickson D*. Personalized nutrition diagnostics at the point-of-need. Lab Chip. 2016 Jun 8;PubMed PMID: 27272753. *joint corresponding authors

7. Erickson D, O'Dell D, Jiang L, Oncescu V, Gumus A, Lee S, Mancuso M, Mehta S. Smartphone technology can be transformative to the deployment of lab-on-chip diagnostics. Lab Chip. 2014 Sep 7;14(17):3159-64. PubMed PMID: 24700127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4117816.

8. Lee S, Oncescu V, Mancuso M, Mehta S, Erickson D. A smartphone platform for the quantification of vitamin D levels. Lab Chip. 2014 Apr 21;14(8):1437-42. PubMed PMID: 24569647.

Biofortification

1. Finkelstein JL, Guetterman HM, Fothergill A, Johnson CB, Qi YP, Jabbar S, Zhang M, Pfeiffer CM, Rose CE, Yeung LF, Williams JL, Krisher JT, Ruth C, Roy Choudhury D, Venkatramanan S, Haas JD, Kuriyan R, Mehta S, Bonam W, Crider KS. A Randomized Trial of Quadruple-Fortified Salt for Anemia and Birth Defects Prevention in Southern India: Protocol Design and Methods. Curr Dev Nutr. 2023 Feb 21;7(3):100052. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100052. PMID: 37181934; PMCID: PMC10111605.

2. Huey SL, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Konieczynski EM, Krisher JT, Mbuya MNN, Mehta NH, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Mehta S. Sensory acceptability of biofortified foods and food products: a systematic review. Nutr Rev. 2023 Aug 27:nuad100. doi: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad100. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37634146. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuad100

3. Huey SL, Mehta NH, Konieczynski EM, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Krisher JT, Mbuya MNN, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Boy E, Mehta S. Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of biofortified food and food products: Current evidence. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2022 Nov 17:1-23. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2142762. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36384354.

4. Huey SL, Krisher JT, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Konieczynski EM, Mbuya MNN, Mehta NH, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Mehta S. Review of the Impact Pathways of Biofortified Foods and Food Products. Nutrients. 2022 Mar 12;14(6):1200. doi: 10.3390/nu14061200. PMID: 35334857; PMCID: PMC8952206.

5. Mehta S, Huey SL, Ghugre PS, Potdar RD, Venkatramanan S, Krisher JT, Ruth CJ, Chopra HV, Thorat A, Thakker V, Johnson L, Powis L, Raveendran Y, Haas JD, Finkelstein JL, Udipi SA; Project Sabal. A randomized trial of iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet-based complementary feeding in children aged 12 to 18 months living in urban slums. Clin Nutr. 2022 Apr;41(4):937-947. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.02.014. Epub 2022 Feb 24. PMID: 35299084.

6. Finkelstein JL, Fothergill A, Hackl LS, Haas JD, Mehta S. Iron biofortification interventions to improve iron status and functional outcomes. Proc Nutr Soc. 2019 May;78(2):197-207. doi: 10.1017/S0029665118002847. Epub 2019 Jan 30. PMID: 30698117.

7. Finkelstein JL, Haas JD, Mehta S. Iron-biofortified staple food crops for improving iron status: a review of the current evidence. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 Apr;44:138-145. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.01.003. Epub 2017 Jan 25. PMID: 28131049; PMCID: PMC5418367.

8. Gannon BM, Glahn RP, Mehta S. Iron Bioavailability from Multiple Biofortified Foods Using an In Vitro Digestion, Caco-2 Assay for Optimizing a Cyclical Menu for a Randomized Efficacy Trial. Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 Sep 8;5(9):nzab111. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab111. PMID: 34604692; PMCID: PMC8483813.

9. De Steur H, Mehta S, Gellynck X, Finkelstein JL. GM biofortified crops: potential effects on targeting the micronutrient intake gap in human populations. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2017 Apr;44:181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.02.003. Epub 2017 Mar 11. PMID: 28288329.

10. Mehta S, Finkelstein JL, Venkatramanan S, Huey SL, Udipi SA, Ghugre P, Ruth C, Canfield RL, Kurpad AV, Potdar RD, Haas JD. Effect of iron and zinc-biofortified pearl millet consumption on growth and immune competence in children aged 12-18 months in India: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2017 Nov 14;7(11):e017631. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017631. Erratum in: BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 9;8(1):e017631corr1. Erratum in: BMJ Open. 2018 Oct 2;8(10):e017631corr2. PMID: 29138201; PMCID: PMC5695508.

11. Finkelstein JL, Mehta S, Udipi SA, Ghugre PS, Luna SV, Wenger MJ, Murray-Kolb LE, Przybyszewski EM, Haas JD. A Randomized Trial of Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet in School Children in India. J Nutr. 2015 Jul;145(7):1576-81. doi: 10.3945/jn.114.208009. Epub 2015 May 6. PMID: 25948782.

12. Finkelstein JL, Mehta S, Villalpando S, Mundo-Rosas V, Luna SV, Rahn M, Shamah-Levy T, Beebe SE, Haas JD. A Randomized Feeding Trial of Iron-Biofortified Beans on School Children in Mexico. Nutrients. 2019 Feb 12;11(2):381. doi: 10.3390/nu11020381. PMID: 30759887; PMCID: PMC6412428.

13. Gannon BM, Thakker V, Bonam VS, Haas JD, Bonam W, Finkelstein JL, Udipi SA, Mehta S. A Randomized Crossover Study to Evaluate Recipe Acceptability in Breastfeeding Mothers and Young Children in India Targeted for a Multiple Biofortified Food Crop Intervention. Food Nutr Bull. 2019 Dec;40(4):460-470. doi: 10.1177/0379572119855588. Epub 2019 Jul 30. PMID: 31359782; PMCID: PMC7473068.

14. Huey SL, Venkatramanan S, Udipi SA, Finkelstein JL, Ghugre P, Haas JD, Thakker V, Thorat A, Salvi A, Kurpad AV, Mehta S. Acceptability of Iron- and Zinc-Biofortified Pearl Millet (Dhanashakti)-Based [corrected] Complementary Foods among Children in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India. Front Nutr. 2017 Aug 25;4:39. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2017.00039. Erratum in: Front Nutr. 2018 Oct 18;5:92. PMID: 28971097; PMCID: PMC5609630.

15. Huey SL, Venkatramanan S, Udipi SA, Finkelstein JL, Ghugre P, Haas JD, Thakker V, Thorat A, Salvi A, Kurpad AV, Mehta S. Corrigendum: Acceptability of Iron- and Zinc-Biofortified Pearl Millet (ICTP-8203)-Based Complementary Foods among Children in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India. Front Nutr. 2018 Oct 18;5:92. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2018.00092. Erratum for: Front Nutr. 2017 Aug 25;4:39. PMID: 30374441; PMCID: PMC6201711.

Evidence Synthesis

1. Huey SL, Krisher JT, Bhargava A, Friesen VM, Konieczynski EM, Mbuya MNN, Mehta NH, Monterrosa E, Nyangaresi AM, Mehta S. Review of the Impact Pathways of Biofortified Foods and Food Products. Nutrients. 2022 Mar 12;14(6):1200. doi: 10.3390/nu14061200. PMID: 35334857; PMCID: PMC8952206.

2. Gomes F, King SE, Dallmann D, Golan J, da Silva ACF, Hurley KM, Bergeron G, Bourassa MW, Mehta S. Interventions to increase adherence to micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy: a systematic review. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021 Jun;1493(1):41-58. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14545. Epub 2021 Jan 5. PMID: 33400303; PMCID: PMC8169578.

3. Guetterman HM, Huey SL, Knight R, Fox AM, Mehta S, Finkelstein JL. Vitamin B-12 and the Gastrointestinal Microbiome: A Systematic Review. Adv Nutr. 2021 Oct 6;13(2):530–58. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab123. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34612492; PMCID: PMC8970816.

4. Crider K, Williams J, Qi YP, Gutman J, Yeung L, Mai C, Finkelstain J, Mehta S, Pons-Duran C, Menéndez C, Moraleda C, Rogers L, Daniels K, Green P. Folic acid supplementation and malaria susceptibility and severity among people taking antifolate antimalarial drugs in endemic areas. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Feb 1;2(2022). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014217. PMID: 36321557.

5. Centeno-Tablante E, Medina-Rivera M, Finkelstein JL, Rayco-Solon P, Garcia-Casal MN, Rogers L, Ghezzi-Kopel K, Ridwan P, Peña-Rosas JP, Mehta S. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through breast milk and breastfeeding: a living systematic review. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021 Jan;1484(1):32-54. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14477. Epub 2020 Aug 28. PMID: 32860259; PMCID: PMC7970667.

6. Huey SL, Acharya N, Silver A, Sheni R, Yu EA, Peña-Rosas JP, Mehta S. Effects of oral vitamin D supplementation on linear growth and other health outcomes among children under five years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 8;12(12):CD012875. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012875.pub2. PMID: 33305842; PMCID: PMC8121044.

7. Wood MR, Yu EA, Mehta S. The Human Microbiome in the Fight Against Tuberculosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jun;96(6):1274-1284. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0581. PMID: 28719264; PMCID: PMC5462560.

8. Yu EA, Mehta S. Vitamin D and HIV. In: Mehta S, Finkelstein JL, editors. Nutrition and HIV: Epidemiological Evidence to Public Health. New York (NY): CRC Press; 2018 May 15. Chapter 4. PMID: 34288623.

9. Colt S, Garcia-Casal MN, Peña-Rosas JP, Finkelstein JL, Rayco-Solon P, Weise Prinzo ZC, Mehta S. Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Apr 10;11(4):e0005528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005528. PMID: 28394887; PMCID: PMC5398716.

Infectious Disease

1. Sinha P, Mehta S. Food: the tuberculosis vaccine we already have. Lancet. 2023 Aug 19;402(10402):588-590. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01321-1. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37567199. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01321-1

2. Orellana-Manzano A, Cordeiro FB, Garcia-Angulo A, Centeno E, Vizcaíno-Tumbaco MJ, Poveda S, Murillo R, Andrade-Molina D, Mirabá M, Mehta S, Cárdenas W. A report on SARS-CoV-2 first wave in Ecuador: drug consumption dynamics. Front Pharmacol. 2023 Jun 14;14:1197973. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1197973. PMID: 37388452; PMCID: PMC10300276. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10300276/