Lindsey Locks
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Lindsey Locks, ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Global Health - Boston University School of Public Health

lmlocks@bu.edu
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Biography

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.

Other Positions

  • Assistant Professor, Health Sciences - Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College

Education

  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScD Field of Study: Nutrition/Food Science
  • Columbia University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Princeton University, BA Field of Study: History

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Publications

  • Published on 12/23/2025

    Pandey AK, Sinha AP, Rawat R, Chowdhury R, Goudar SS, Nagpal J, Desai S, Laxmaiah A, Basany K, Joshi S, Yajnik C, Mukherjee A, Dwarkanath P, Bansal PG, Jacob M, Bhatnagar S, Shah K, Mukherjee D, Shukla A, Pullakhandam R, Dhurde V, Apte A, Singh R, Gupta A, Priyanka Y, Dhingra U, Upadhyay RP, Neogi SB, Somannavar MS, Mandal A, Desai G, Sengupta S, Dandge S, Wagh G, Deshmukh U, Kumar G, Kurpad AV, Toteja GS, John NM, Sopory S, Saha S, Babu GR, Suryavanshi A, Palika R, Patel A, Nimkar R, Dwivedi GR, Kapil U, Raja D, Dutta A, Taneja S, Gautam D, Kavi A, Rawat S, Dave K, Raman R, Haggerty CL, Lalwani S, Phadke P, Turuk A, Thomas T, Bhatia N, Beck MM, Kaur L, Shukla A, Deepa R, Locks LM, Agarwal DM, Mamidi RS, Sachdev HS, Talukdar R, Das S, Bhandari N, Singh R, Yogeshkumar S, Yadav R, Reddy PS, Gupte S, Ladkat SR, Gonmei Z, Rathore S, Sharma D, Pandya A, Ana Y, Hibberd P, Lubree H, Dudekula AB, Lal PR, Khan PA, Verma A, Charantimath US, Meshram II, Randhir K, Deshmukh O, Roy AK, John O, Saldanha ND, Bavdekar A, Kumar R, Prakash S, Fawzi WW, Sazawal S. PRAYAS: individual patient data meta-analysis database for Pooled Research and Analysis for Yielding Anemia-free Solutions in India. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1696787. PMID: 41503041.

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  • Published on 11/23/2025

    Carwile M, Jain K, Dauphinais M, Cintron C, Janarthanan, Locks LM, Maloomian K, Prakash Babu S, Rajkumari N, R M, Narasimhan PB, Sabin L, Sinha P, Lakshminarayanan S. Tuberculosis- learning about experience with nutritional supplementation (TB LENS): Perspectives on a nutritional supplementation for persons with TB and their household contacts. Glob Public Health. 2025 Dec 31; 20(1):2576758. PMID: 41276883.

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  • Published on 10/23/2025

    Lauer JM, Odom AR, Rani A, Story G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Parkerson D, Fink G, Rockers PC, Sela DA, Locks LM. Breastfeeding, the Gut Microbiome, and Growth among Infants in Lusaka, Zambia. J Nutr. 2025 Dec; 155(12):4253-4263. PMID: 41138757.

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  • Published on 10/7/2025

    Lauer JM, DeShaw A, Ward I, Hamer DH, Locks LM. The Use of Home Fortification Products in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Oct 07; e70128. PMID: 41055329.

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  • Published on 9/29/2025

    Dhurde VS, Patel AB, Locks LM, Hibberd PL. Diagnostic performance of red cell indices in detecting iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among rural adolescent girls aged 14-19 years in Nagpur District. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(9):e0005108. PMID: 41021630.

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  • Published on 4/9/2025

    Carwile ME, Jain K, Dauphinais MR, Narasimhan PB, Maloomian K, Rajaram M, Cintron C, McQuaid CF, Locks LM, Sabin LL, Lakshminarayanan S, Sinha P. Food insecurity in South Indian households with TB during COVID-19 lockdowns and the impact of nutritional interventions: A qualitative study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5(4):e0004242. PMID: 40203031.

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  • Published on 3/19/2025

    Sinha P, Bhargava M, Carwile ME, Dauphinais MR, Tisile P, Cintron C, Locks LM, Hauser J, Oliver M, Heysell SK, Mehta S, Finkelstein JL, Koura KG, Cegielski JP, Houben RMGJ, McQuaid CF, Bhargava A. A roadmap for integrating nutritional assessment, counselling, and support into the care of people with tuberculosis. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 May; 13(5):e967-e973. PMID: 40120593.

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  • Published on 3/17/2025

    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. 2025 Mar 17; 231(3):562-572. PMID: 39504432.

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  • Published on 2/20/2025

    Locks LM, Stewart CP, Hoffman DJ, Duggan CP. A shock to the global nutrition system: why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development and the United States' withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 May; 121(5):951-955. PMID: 39986386.

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  • Published on 11/17/2024

    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. PMID: 39551093.

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