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Lindsey Locks, ScD

Assistant Professor

Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Health Sciences

ScD, Harvard School of Public Health
MPH, Columbia University School of Public Health
BA, Princeton University

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ORCID : 0000-0002-0019-9545

Dr. Locks is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Boston University's Sargent College and an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the BU School of Public Health. She is a global health nutritional epidemiologist. She has expertise in quantitative research methods; nutrition interventions in low-resource settings; assessment of diet and nutritional status; and maternal, child and adolescent health. She has experience working in both sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with academic institutions, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations.

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health

BU Research

Iron-deficiency and non-iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy and infant health in India
08/01/2019 - 01/31/2024 (PI)
Thrasher Research Fund

Tuberculosis: Learning the Impact of Nutrition
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation Warren Alpert Fdn

Two Micronutrient Manuscripts
04/01/2022 - 09/27/2022 (Subcontract PI)
McKing Consulting Corporation HHS CDC

Tuberculosis: Learning the Impact of Nutrition
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019 (Subcontract PI)
Boston Medical Center Corporation Warren Alpert Fdn

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Locks LM, Stewart CP, Hoffman DJ, Duggan CP. A shock to the global nutrition system: Why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Feb 20. PMID: 39986386

Lauer JM, Pyykkö J, Chembe M, Billima-Mulenga T, Sikazwe D, Chibwe B, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Leppänen JM, Fink G, Locks LM, Rockers PC. Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction are Associated with Poor Growth and Developmental Outcomes among Young Children in Lusaka, Zambia. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 277:114408.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39551093

Locks LM, Chembe M, Billima-Mulenga T, Lauer JM, Sizakawe D, Henderson S, Rockers PC, Parkerson D, Fink G. Predictors of Stunting and Pathway Analysis for Linear Growth among Children Aged Two to Three Years after a Trial of Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements and Home-Installed Growth Charts in Three Districts in Zambia. J Nutr. 2025 Feb; 155(2):589-601.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39542400

Dhurde VS, Patel AB, Locks LM, Hibberd PL. Anaemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural school adolescent girls aged 14-19 years: a cross-sectional study in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India. Public Health Nutr. 2024 Nov 11; 27(1):e248.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 39526451; PMCID: PMC11705018; DOI: 10.1017/S1368980024002234;

Locks LM, Parekh A, Newell K, Dauphinais MR, Cintron C, Maloomian K, Yu EA, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S, Sinha P. The ABCDs of nutritional assessment in infectious diseases research. J Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 06.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 39504432

Lauer JM, Bhaise S, Dhurde V, Gugel A, Shah M, Hibberd PL, Patel A, Locks LM. Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Curr Dev Nutr. 2024 Nov; 8(11):104476.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 39559722; PMCID: PMC11570827; DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104476;

Fink G, Locks LM, Lauer JM, Chembe M, Henderson S, Sikazwe D, Billima-Mulenga T, Parkerson D, Rockers PC. The impact of home-installed growth charts and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on child growth in Zambia: a four-arm parallel open-label cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 9(8).View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Rockers, Peter

PMID: 39153751; PMCID: PMC11331861; DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015438;

Locks LM, Bhaise S, Dhurde V, Gugel A, Lauer J, Shah M, Goghari A, Hibberd PL, Patel A. The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Matern Child Nutr. 2024 Oct; 20(4):e13684.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 38943254; PMCID: PMC11574657; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13684;

Buonomo G, Acuña-Villaorduna C, Poongothai V, Dharmalingam M, Cintron C, Dauphinais M, Babu SP, Locks LM, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Hochberg NS, Lakshminaryanan S, Narasimhan PB, Sinha P. A micro-costing analysis of nutritional support for persons with TB and their families in India. Public Health Action. 2023 Jun 21; 13(2):34-36.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 37359061; PMCID: PMC10290260; DOI: 10.5588/pha.22.0058;

Locks LM, Newell KB, Imohe A, Moloney GM, Shaker-Berbari L, Paudyal N, Jefferds MED. The effect of interventions distributing home fortification products on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices: A systematic narrative review. Matern Child Nutr. 2023 Jul; 19(3):e13488. PMID: 36842164; PMCID: PMC10262895; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13488;

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Carwile M, Cintron C, Jain K, Buonomo G, Oliver M, Dauphinais M, Narasimhan PB, Prakash Babu S, Sarkar S, Locks L, Kulatilaka N, Hochberg N, Lakshminarayanan S, Sinha P. Not business as usual: Engaging the corporate sector in India's TB elimination efforts. Glob Public Health. 2023 Jan; 18(1):2120405.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 37252903

Sinha P, Lakshminarayanan SL, Cintron C, Narasimhan PB, Locks LM, Kulatilaka N, Maloomian K, Prakash Babu S, Carwile ME, Liu AF, Horsburgh CR, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Linas BP, Hochberg NS. Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 10; 75(4):577-585.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay

PMID: 34910141; PMCID: PMC9464065; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1033;

Locks LM, Shah M, Bhaise S, Hibberd PL, Patel A. Assessing the Diets of Young Children and Adolescents in India: Challenges and Opportunities. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:725812.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 35656376; PMCID: PMC9152162; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.725812;

Cintron C, Narasimhan PB, Locks L, Babu S, Sinha P, Rajkumari N, Kaipilyawar V, Bhargava A, Maloomian K, Chandrasekaran P, Verma S, Joseph N, Johnson WE, Wanke C, Horsburgh CR, Ellner JJ, Sarkar S, Salgame P, Lakshminarayanan S, Hochberg NS. Tuberculosis-Learning the Impact of Nutrition (TB LION): protocol for an interventional study to decrease TB risk in household contacts. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 12; 21(1):1058.View Related Profiles.

Horsburgh, C.
Ellner, Jerrold
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha
Sinha, Pranay
Johnson, William

PMID: 34641820; PMCID: PMC8506078; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06734-z;

Locks LM, Patel A, Katz E, Simmons E, Hibberd P. Seasonal trends and maternal characteristics as predictors of maternal undernutrition and low birthweight in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 04; 17(2):e13087.View Related Profiles.

Locks, Lindsey
Hibberd, Patricia

PMID: 33006259; PMCID: PMC7988872; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13087;

Sinha P, Carwile M, Bhargava A, Cintron C, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Lakshminarayan S, Liu AF, Kulatilaka N, Locks L, Hochberg NS. How much do Indians pay for tuberculosis treatment? A cost analysis. Public Health Action. 2020 Sep 21; 10(3):110-117.View Related Profiles.

Acuna-Villaorduna, Carlos
Locks, Lindsey
Hochberg, Natasha

PMID: 33134125; PMCID: PMC7577002; DOI: 10.5588/pha.20.0017;

Addo OY, Locks LM, Jefferds ME, Nanama S, Albert B, Sandalinas F, Nanema A, Whitehead RD, Mei Z, Clayton HB, Garg A, Kupka R, Tripp K. Combined infant and young child feeding with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation is associated with a reduction in anemia but no changes in anthropometric status of young children from Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo: a quasi-experimental effectiveness study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 09 01; 112(3):683-694. PMID: 32710737; PMCID: PMC7458772; DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa170;

Addo OY, Tripp K, Nanama S, Albert B, Sandalinas F, Nanema A, Jefferds ME, Clayton HB, Whitehead RD, Garg A, Kupka R, Locks LM. An Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding and Small-Quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplementation Program Is Associated with Improved Gross Motor and Communication Scores of Children 6-18 Months in the Democratic Republic of Congo. J Pediatr. 2020 07; 222:154-163. PMID: 32122634; PMCID: PMC9396473; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.01.023;

Yam D, Aluisio AR, Perera SM, Peters JL, Cho DK, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Smit MA, Locks L, Liu T, Levine AC. Association between multivitamin supplementation and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: An international multisite cohort study. Afr J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar; 10(1):23-29. PMID: 32161708; PMCID: PMC7058859; DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2019.11.001;

Sania A, Sudfeld CR, Danaei G, Fink G, McCoy DC, Zhu Z, Fawzi MCS, Akman M, Arifeen SE, Barros AJD, Bellinger D, Black MM, Bogale A, Braun JM, van den Broek N, Carrara V, Duazo P, Duggan C, Fernald LCH, Gladstone M, Hamadani J, Handal AJ, Harlow S, Hidrobo M, Kuzawa C, Kvestad I, Locks L, Manji K, Masanja H, Matijasevich A, McDonald C, McGready R, Rizvi A, Santos D, Santos L, Save D, Shapiro R, Stoecker B, Strand TA, Taneja S, Tellez-Rojo MM, Tofail F, Yousafzai AK, Ezzati M, Fawzi W. Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries. BMJ Open. 2019 10 03; 9(10):e026449. PMID: 31585969; PMCID: PMC6797384; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026449;

Aluisio AR, Perera SM, Yam D, Garbern S, Peters JL, Abel L, Cho DK, Kennedy SB, Massaquoi M, Sahr F, Brinkmann S, Locks L, Liu T, Levine AC. Vitamin A Supplementation Was Associated with Reduced Mortality in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease during the West African Outbreak. J Nutr. 2019 10 01; 149(10):1757-1765. PMID: 31268140; PMCID: PMC6768816; DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz142;

Locks LM, Dahal P, Pokharel R, Joshi N, Paudyal N, Whitehead RD, Chitekwe S, Mei Z, Lamichhane B, Garg A, Jefferds ME. Predictors of micronutrient powder (MNP) knowledge, coverage, and consumption during the scale-up of an integrated infant and young child feeding (IYCF-MNP) programme in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 10; 15(S5):e12712. PMID: 31622040; PMCID: PMC6856851; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12712;

Locks LM, Nanama S, Addo OY, Albert B, Sandalinas F, Nanema A, Whitehead RD, Garg A, Kupka R, Jefferds ME, Tripp K. An integrated infant and young child feeding and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo is associated with improvements in breastfeeding and handwashing behaviours but not dietary diversity. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 07; 15(3):e12784. PMID: 30659750; PMCID: PMC6617809; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12784;

Blakstad MM, Smith ER, Etheredge A, Locks LM, McDonald CM, Kupka R, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Bellinger D, Sudfeld CR, Fawzi WW, Manji K, Duggan CP. Nutritional, Socioeconomic, and Delivery Characteristics Are Associated with Neurodevelopment in Tanzanian Children. J Pediatr. 2019 04; 207:71-79.e8. PMID: 30559023; PMCID: PMC6440850; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.10.066;

Moucheraud C, Chandyo RK, Henjum S, Strand TA, Ulak M, Fawzi WW, Locks LM, Webb P, Thorne-Lyman AL. Engagement in Agriculture Protects Against Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Peri-Urban Nepal. Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Jan; 3(1):nzy078. PMID: 30706046

Locks LM, Dahal P, Pokharel R, Joshi N, Paudyal N, Whitehead RD, Chitekwe S, Mei Z, Lamichhane B, Garg A, Jefferds ME. Changes in growth, anaemia, and iron deficiency among children aged 6-23 months in two districts in Nepal that were part of the post-pilot scale-up of an integrated infant and young child feeding and micronutrient powder intervention. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 04; 15(2):e12693. PMID: 30226293; PMCID: PMC6585661; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12693;

Syed S, Manji KP, McDonald CM, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Sudfeld C, Locks L, Liu E, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation and Growth in Early Infancy are Associated with Stunting in Young Tanzanian Children. Nutrients. 2018 Aug 24; 10(9). PMID: 30149537; PMCID: PMC6164697; DOI: 10.3390/nu10091158;

Hasan SMT, Rahman S, Locks LM, Rahman M, Hore SK, Saqeeb KN, Khan MA, Ahmed T. Magnitude and determinants of inadequate third-trimester weight gain in rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2018; 13(4):e0196190. PMID: 29698483; PMCID: PMC5919629; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196190;

Locks LM, Dahal P, Pokharel R, Joshi N, Paudyal N, Whitehead RD, Chitekwe S, Mei Z, Lamichhane B, Garg A, Jefferds ME. Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices Improved in 2 Districts in Nepal during the Scale-Up of an Integrated IYCF and Micronutrient Powder Program. Curr Dev Nutr. 2018 Jun; 2(6):nzy019. PMID: 29984348; PMCID: PMC6022604; DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzy019;

Smith ER, Locks LM, Manji KP, McDonald CM, Kupka R, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Is Associated with Infant Morbidity. J Pediatr. 2017 Dec; 191:57-62.e2. PMID: 29173323; PMCID: PMC8011584; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.069;

Locks LM, Reerink I, Tucker Brown A, Gnegne S, Ramalanjaona N, Nanama S, Duggan CP, Garg A. The Impact of Integrated Infant and Young Child Feeding and Micronutrient Powder Intervention on Feeding Practices and Anemia in Children Aged 6-23 Months in Madagascar. Nutrients. 2017 Jun 07; 9(6). PMID: 28590440; PMCID: PMC5490560; DOI: 10.3390/nu9060581;

Locks LM, Mwiru RS, Mtisi E, Manji KP, McDonald CM, Liu E, Kupka R, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Gosselin K, Gillman M, Gewirtz AT, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. Infant Nutritional Status and Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction are Associated with Midchildhood Anthropometry and Blood Pressure in Tanzania. J Pediatr. 2017 Aug; 187:225-233.e1. PMID: 28499715; PMCID: PMC5533170; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.04.005;

Locks LM, Manji KP, Kupka R, Liu E, Kisenge R, McDonald CM, Aboud S, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. High Burden of Morbidity and Mortality but Not Growth Failure in Infants Exposed to but Uninfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Tanzania. J Pediatr. 2017 01; 180:191-199.e2. PMID: 27829511; PMCID: PMC5183465; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.09.040;

Locks LM, Manji KP, McDonald CM, Kupka R, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Wang M, Bellinger DC, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. The effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin supplements on early childhood development in Tanzania: results from a randomized controlled trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2017 04; 13(2). PMID: 27189038; PMCID: PMC5115989; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12306;

Blake-Lamb TL, Locks LM, Perkins ME, Woo Baidal JA, Cheng ER, Taveras EM. Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2016 06; 50(6):780-789. PMID: 26916260; PMCID: PMC5207495; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.11.010;

Woo Baidal JA, Locks LM, Cheng ER, Blake-Lamb TL, Perkins ME, Taveras EM. Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med. 2016 06; 50(6):761-779. PMID: 26916261

Locks LM, Manji KP, McDonald CM, Kupka R, Kisenge R, Aboud S, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Duggan CP. Effect of zinc and multivitamin supplementation on the growth of Tanzanian children aged 6-84 wk: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Mar; 103(3):910-8. PMID: 26817503; PMCID: PMC4763494; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.120055;

Chandyo RK, Henjum S, Ulak M, Thorne-Lyman AL, Ulvik RJ, Shrestha PS, Locks L, Fawzi W, Strand TA. The prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency is more common in breastfed infants than their mothers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2016 Apr; 70(4):456-62. PMID: 26626049; PMCID: PMC4827010; DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.199;

Henjum S, Manger M, Skeie E, Ulak M, Thorne-Lyman AL, Chandyo R, Shrestha PS, Locks L, Ulvik RJ, Fawzi WW, Strand TA. Iron deficiency is uncommon among lactating women in urban Nepal, despite a high risk of inadequate dietary iron intake. Br J Nutr. 2014 Jul 14; 112(1):132-41. PMID: 24708993

Locks LM, Pandey PR, Osei AK, Spiro DS, Adhikari DP, Haselow NJ, Quinn VJ, Nielsen JN. Using formative research to design a context-specific behaviour change strategy to improve infant and young child feeding practices and nutrition in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Oct; 11(4):882-96. PMID: 23557321; PMCID: PMC6860308; DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12032;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 40 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2013	1
2014	1
2015	1
2016	5
2017	3
2018	6
2019	4
2020	5
2021	1
2022	2
2023	3
2024	7
2025	1

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Global Health
Nutrition
Epidemiology
Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Maternal
child and adolescent health
Implementation science

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