Zachary Linneman
Zach is a medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School with work experience in clinical feeding programs for acute childhood malnutrition. He began in-the-field work in Malawi in 2007 with local NGOs producing and researching efficacy of ready-to-use therapeutic foods. He was briefly a WHO consultant to the research organization Centre for Health Research & Development, Society for Applied Studies in Delhi, India, where he later interned for one year. He holds a degree in Mandarin from Washington University in St. Louis.
Childhood Malnutrition Treatment at Mwanamugimu Nutrition Unit in Kampala
Makerere University
Uganda
What does the Kean Fellowship mean to you?
This fellowship means that I can fulfill the main reason I came to medical school—to gain skills and partner with others to use medicine to feed children and mothers.
What do you anticipate learning?
I will learn from the expert pediatricians and nutritionists in Kampala. I will re-immerse myself in growth physiology and have a chance to observe the complexity of kwashiorkor and marasmus in growing, healing children in the inpatient malnutrition ward.
What interests you about tropical medicine and what problems are you interested in solving?
- Ideal feeding regimens for children and infants with a history of preterm birth, growth restriction, protein-energy malnutrition and various liver insults
- Effective policy and legislation for feeding programs, including funding and implementation through multilateral organizations, including UNICEF
- A detailed etiology and pathophysiology of kwashiorkor