Lindsey Locks, MPH, ScD

Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests

Professor Locks has experience working with non-governmental organizations, UN Agencies, and academic institutions working in global health research, programs, and policy. She has lived and worked in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Her fields of expertise include:

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

Courses Taught

Recent Publications

Lists of published works: Google Scholar 

• Sinha, P., Bhargava, M., Carwile, M.E., Dauphinais, M.R., Tisile, P., Cintron, C., Lenart, A., Hauser, J., Oliver, M., Mehta, S., Finkelstein, J., Koura, K.G., Cegielski, J.P., Houben, R., Locks, LM., McQuaid, F., Bhargava, A. A Roadmap for Integrating Nutrition into Tuberculosis Therapy. Lancet Global Health, accepted for publication, 2025.
•  Locks, L.M.,Chembe, M., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Lauer, J.M., Sizakawe, D., Henderson, S., Rockers, P.C., Parkerson, D., Fink, G. Predictors of stunting and pathway analysis for linear growth among children 2-3 years of age after a trial of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and home-installed growth charts in three districts in Zambia. Journal of Nutrition, 2024.
• Lauer, J.M., Pyykkö, J.,  Chembe, M., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Sizakawe, D., Chibwe, D., Henderson, S., Parkerson, D., Leppänen, J.M., Fink, G., Locks, L.M.**, Rockers, P.C.** Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia. Journal of Pediatrics, 2024.
• Locks, L.M., Parakh, A*…. The ABCDs of nutritional assessment in infectious diseases research. Accepted for publication in Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024.
• Varsha S. Dhurde, V.S., Patel, A.B., Locks, L.M., Hibberd, P.L. Anemia prevalence, its determinants and profile of micronutrient status among rural adolescent girls aged 14-19 years of Nagpur district, Maharashtra. Public Health Nutrition, 2024.
• Lauer, J.M., Patel, A., Bhaise, S., Dhurde, V., Gugel, A*., Shah, M*., Goghari, A., Hibberd, P.L., Locks, L.M. Maternal anemia during pregnancy and infant birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2024.
• Locks, L.M., Bhaise, S., Dhurde, V., Gugel, A*., Lauer, J.M., Shah, M*., Goghari, A., Hibberd, P.L., Patel, A. (2024). The prevalence of anemia during pregnancy and its correlates vary by trimester and hemoglobin assessment method in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2024.
• Fink, G., Locks, L. M.,Lauer, J. M., Chembe, M., Henderson, S., Sikazwe, D., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Parkerson, D., & Rockers, P. (2024). The Impact of Growth Charts and Small-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutritional Supplements (SQ-LNS) on Child Growth in Zambia: A Four Arm Parallel Open Label Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. BMJ Global Health, 2024.
• Locks, L. M.,Newell, K.* B., Imohe, A., Moloney, G. M., Shaker-Berbari, L., Paudyal, N., & Jefferds, M. E. D. (2023). The effect of interventions distributing home fortification products on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices: A systematic narrative review.  Maternal and Child Nutrition(Vol. 19, Issue 3), 2023.
• Buonomo, G.*, Acuña-Villaorduna, C., Poongothai, V., Dharmalingam, M., Cintron, C., Dauphinais, M., Babu, S. P., Locks, L. M.,Sarkar, S., Salgame, P., Hochberg, N. S., Lakshminaryanan, S., Narasimhan, P. B., & Sinha, P. (2023). A micro-costing analysis of nutritional support for persons with TB and their families in India. Public Health Action, 13(2).
• Locks, L. M.,Paudyal, N., Lundsgaard, S.*, Thapa, L. B., Joshi, N., Mei, Lz. Z., Whitehead, R. D., & Jefferds, M. E. D. (2023). The Prevalence of Anemia in Children Aged 6–23 Months and its Correlates Differ by District in Kapilvastu and Achham Districts in Nepal. Current Developments in Nutrition, 7(5).
• Fink, G., Lauer, J.M., Locks, L.M.,Chembe, M., Henderson, S., Kumwenda, C., Sikazwe, D., Falgas Bague, I., Bilima-Mulenga, T., Parkerson, D., Rockers, P., Leppänen, J., Pyykkö, J (2023). Study protocol: The impact of growth charts and nutritional supplements on child growth in Zambia (ZamCharts): A cluster randomized controlled trial.
• Carwile, M., Cintron, C., Jain, K., Buonomo, G.*, Oliver, M., Dauphinais, M., Narasimhan, P. B., Prakash Babu, S., Sarkar, S., Locks, L.,Kulatilaka, N., Hochberg, N., Lakshminarayanan, S., & Sinha, P. (2023). Not business as usual: Engaging the corporate sector in India’s TB elimination efforts. In Global Public Health(Vol. 18, Issue 1).
• Locks, L. M.,Shah, M.*, Bhaise, S., Hibberd, P. L., & Patel, A. (2022). Assessing the Diets of Young Children and Adolescents in India: Challenges and Opportunities. In Frontiers in Pediatrics (Vol. 10).
• Sinha, P., Lakshminarayanan, S. L., Cintron, C., Narasimhan, P. B., Locks, L. M.,Kulatilaka, N., Maloomian, K., Prakash Babu, S., Carwile, M. E., Liu, A. F., Horsburgh, C. R., Acuna-Villaorduna, C., Linas, B. P., & Hochberg, N. S. (2022). Nutritional Supplementation Would Be Cost-Effective for Reducing Tuberculosis Incidence and Mortality in India: The Ration Optimization to Impede Tuberculosis (ROTI-TB) Model. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75(4).
• Locks, L. M.,Patel, A., Katz, E.*, Simmons, E., & Hibberd, P. (2021). Seasonal trends and maternal characteristics as predictors of maternal undernutrition and low birthweight in Eastern Maharashtra, India. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 17(2), e13087.
• Cintron, C., Narasimhan, P. B.,Locks, L., Babu, S., Sinha, P., Rajkumari, N., Kaipilyawar, V., Bhargava, A., Maloomian, K., Chandrasekaran, P., Verma, S., Joseph, N., Johnson, W. E., Wanke, C., Horsburgh, C. R., Ellner, J. J., Sarkar, S., Salgame, P., Lakshminarayanan, S., & Hochberg, N. S. (2021). Tuberculosis—Learning the Impact of Nutrition (TB LION): protocol for an interventional study to decrease TB risk in household contacts. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1).
• Addo, O. Y., Locks, L. M.,Jefferds, M. E., Nanama, S., Albert, B., Sandalinas, F., Nanema, A., Whitehead Jr, R. D., Mei, Z., & Clayton, H. B. (2020). 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
• Yam, D., Aluisio, A. R., Perera, S. M., Peters, J. L., Cho, D. K., Kennedy, S. B., Massaquoi, M., Sahr, F., Smit, M. A., & Locks, L.(2020). Association between multivitamin supplementation and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: An international multisite cohort study. African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10(1), 23–29.
• Addo, O. Y., Tripp, K., Nanama, S., Albert, B., Sandalinas, F., Nanema, A., Jefferds, M. E., Clayton, H. B., Whitehead Jr, R. D., Garg, A., Kupka, R, Locks, L.M.(2020). 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. The Journal of Pediatrics.
• Sinha, P., Carwile, M., Bhargava, A., Cintron, C., Acuna-Villaorduna, C., Lakshminarayan, S., Liu, A. F., Kulatilaka, N., Locks, L.,& Hochberg, N. S. (2020). How much do Indians pay for tuberculosis treatment? A cost analysis. Public Health Action, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.20.0017
• Locks, L. M.,Dahal, P., Pokharel, R., Joshi, N., Paudyal, N., Whitehead Jr, R. D., Chitekwe, S., Mei, Z., Lamichhane, B., & Garg, A. (2019). 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 N epal. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 15(S5), e12712.
• Sania, A., Sudfeld, C. R., Danaei, G., Fink, G., McCoy, D. C., Zhaozhong Z., Smith Fawzi, MC…Locks, LM…Fawzi, W. (2019). Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries. BMJ Open, 9(10), e026449.
• Aluisio, A. R., Perera, S. M., Yam, D., Garbern, S., Peters, J. L., Abel, L., Cho, D. K., Kennedy, S. B., Massaquoi, M., Sahr, F., Brinkmann, S. Locks, L.,Liu, T, Levine, AC. (2019). Vitamin A supplementation was associated with reduced mortality in patients with Ebola virus disease during the West African outbreak. The Journal of Nutrition, 149(10), 1757–1765.
• Locks, L. M.,Dahal, P., Pokharel, R., Joshi, N., Paudyal, N., Whitehead, R. D., Chitekwe, S., Mei, Z., Lamichhane, B., Garg, A., & Jefferds, M. E. (2019). 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. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• Locks, L. M.,Nanama, S., Addo, O. Y., Albert, B., Sandalinas, F., Nanema, A., Whitehead, R. D., Garg, A., Kupka, R., Jefferds, M. E., & Tripp, K. (2019). 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. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• Blakstad, M. M., Smith, E. R., Etheredge, A., Locks, L. M.,McDonald, C. M., Kupka, R., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Bellinger, D., Sudfeld, C. R., Fawzi, W. W., Manji, K., & Duggan, C. P. (2019). Nutritional, Socioeconomic, and Delivery Characteristics Are Associated with Neurodevelopment in Tanzanian Children. Journal of Pediatrics.
• Moucheraud, C., Chandyo, R. K., Henjum, S., Strand, T. A., Ulak, M., Fawzi, W. W., Locks, L. M., Webb, P., & Thorne-Lyman, A. L. (2019). Engagement in Agriculture Protects Against Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in Peri-Urban Nepal. Current Developments in Nutrition.
• Syed, S., Manji, K. P., McDonald, C. M., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Sudfeld, C., Locks, L.,Liu, E., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2018). Biomarkers of systemic inflammation and growth in early infancy are associated with stunting in young Tanzanian children. Nutrients.
• Hasan, S. M. T., Rahman, S., Locks, L. M.,Rahman, M., Hore, S. K., Saqeeb, K. N., Khan, M. A., & Ahmed, T. (2018). Magnitude and determinants of inadequate third-trimester weight gain in rural Bangladesh. PLoS ONE.
• Locks, L. M.,Dahal, P., Pokharel, R., Joshi, N., Paudyal, N., Whitehead, R. D., Chitekwe, S., Mei, Z., Lamichhane, B., Garg, A., & Jefferds, M. E. (2018). 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. Current Developments in Nutrition.
• Smith, E. R., Locks, L. M.,Manji, K. P., McDonald, C. M., Kupka, R., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2017). Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Is Associated with Infant Morbidity. Journal of Pediatrics.
• Lindsey M. Locks Amal Tucker Brown, Smaila Gnegne, Noelimanjaka Ramalanjaona, Simeon Nanama, Christopher P. Duggan, Aashima Garg, I. R. (2017). 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.
• Locks, L. M.,Manji, K. P., Kupka, R., Liu, E., Kisenge, R., McDonald, C. M., Aboud, S., Wang, M., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2017). High Burden of Morbidity and Mortality but Not Growth Failure in Infants Exposed to but Uninfected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Tanzania. Journal of Pediatrics.
• Locks, L. M.,Manji, K. P., McDonald, C. M., Kupka, R., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Wang, M., Bellinger, D. C., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2017). The effect of daily zinc and/or multivitamin supplements on early childhood development in Tanzania: results from a randomized controlled trial. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
• Locks, L. M.,Mwiru, R. S., Mtisi, E., Manji, K. P., McDonald, C. M., Liu, E., Kupka, R., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Gosselin, K., Gillman, M., Gewirtz, A. T., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2017). Infant Nutritional Status and Markers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction are Associated with Midchildhood Anthropometry and Blood Pressure in Tanzania. Journal of Pediatrics.
• Locks, L. M.,Reerink, I., Brown, A. T., Gnegne, S., Ramalanjaona, N., Nanama, S., Duggan, C. P., & Garg, A. (2017). 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.
• Locks, L. M.,Manji, K. P., McDonald, C. M., Kupka, R., Kisenge, R., Aboud, S., Wang, M., Fawzi, W. W., & Duggan, C. P. (2016). Effect of zinc and multivitamin supplementation on the growth of Tanzanian children aged 6-84 wk: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
• Baidal, J. A. W., Locks, L. M., Cheng, E. R., Blake-Lamb, T. L., Perkins, M. E., & Taveras, E. M. (2016). Risk factors for childhood obesity in the first 1,000 days: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 50(6), 761–779.
• Blake-Lamb, T. L., Locks, L. M.,Perkins, M. E., Woo Baidal, J. A., Cheng, E. R., & Taveras, E. M. (2016). Interventions for Childhood Obesity in the First 1,000 Days A Systematic Review. In American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
• Chandyo, R. K., Henjum, S., Ulak, M., Thorne-Lyman, A. L., Ulvik, R. J., Shrestha, P. S., Locks, L., Fawzi, W., & Strand, T. A. (2016). The prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency is more common in breastfed infants than their mothers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 70(4).
• Locks, L. M.,Pandey, P. R., Osei, A. K., Spiro, D. S., Adhikari, D. P., Haselow, N. J., Quinn, V. J., & Nielsen, J. N. (2015). Using formative research to design a context‐specific behaviour change strategy to improve infant and young child feeding practices and nutrition in N epal. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 11(4), 882–896.
• Henjum, S., Manger, M., Skeie, E., Ulak, M., Thorne-Lyman, A. L., Chandyo, R., Shrestha, P. S., Locks, L.,Ulvik, R. J., Fawzi, W. W., & Strand, T. A. (2014). Iron deficiency is uncommon among lactating women in urban Nepal, despite a high risk of inadequate dietary iron intake. British Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114514000592