Gloria Ethel Otoo (BSc (Ghana) PhD (Connecticut))

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION /RESEARCH INTEREST

• Human lactation and infant feeding in the context of HIV/AIDS
• Onset of human lactation and breastfeeding outcomes
• Maternal under-nutrition during pregnancy on birth outcomes
• Development of evidence-based clinical and cost effective interventions to address infant feeding issues, improve child nutritional status and the impact on national health
• Childhood obesity and child-feeding practices
• Generating materials aimed at developing and implementing recommendations to improve maternal and child health and nutrition

  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

•    McGuire, M. K., Meehan, C. L., McGuire, M. A., Williams, J. E., Foster, J., Sellen, D. W., Otoo, G. E... & Prentice, A. M. (2017). What’s normal? Oligosaccharide concentrations and profiles in milk produced by healthy women vary geographically. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 105(5), 1086-1100.
•     Ruiz, L., Espinosa-Martos, I., García-Carral, C., Manzano, S., McGuire, M. K., Meehan, C. L., Otoo, G. E... & Kamau-Mbuthia, E. W. (2017). What’s normal? Immune profiling of human milk from healthy women living in different geographical and socioeconomic settings. Frontiers in immunology, 8, 696.
•   Killilea, D. W., Rohner, F., Ghosh, S., Otoo, G. E., Smith, L., Siekmann, J. H., & King, J. C. (2017). Identification of a hemolysis threshold that increases plasma and serum zinc concentration. The Journal of nutrition, 147(6), 1218-1225.
•    Ghosh, S., Strutt, N., Otoo, G. E., Suri, D. J., Ankrah, J., Johnson, T., ... & Chui, K. K. H. (2017). Effect of the provision of a macro-and micro-nutrient fortified complementary food supplement on nutritional status of Ghanaian infants. The FASEB Journal, 31(1_supplement), 43-1.
• Armah, A. A. (2016). Perceived Climate Change And Food And Nutrition Security In The Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai District In The Western Region Of Ghana (Doctoral dissertation, University of Ghana).
• Ndanu, T. A. (2015). Association between Obesity and Oral Health in Ghanaian School Children: The Role of Dietary and Oral Hygiene Practices (Doctoral dissertation, University Of Ghana).

• Ndanu T. A., Aryeetey R., Sackeyfio J., Otoo G., Lartey A. (2015) Oral Hygiene Practices and Caries Prevalence among 9-15 Years Old Ghanaian School Children. J Nutr Health Sci 2(1): 104. doi:10.15744/2393-9060.1.404
• Ndanu TA, Aryeetey R, Sackeyfio J, Otoo G, Lartey A, Opintan J. A. and Agyeman P. N. (2015). Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacillus Species Infection in Obese and Non-Obese School Children in Accra, Ghana. J Obes Overweig 1(1): 101
• Gyampoh, S., Otoo, E. G., Aryeetey, N. O. R. (2014). Child feeding knowledge and practices among women participating in growth monitoring and promotion in Accra, Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14:180.
• Ghosh, S., Tano‐Debrah, K., Aaron, G. J., Otoo, G., Strutt, N., Bomfeh, K., Kitamura S., Suri D. J., Murakami H., Furuta C., Sarpong D., Saalia F., Nakao Y., Amonoo-Kuofi H., Uauy R. & Toride, Y. (2014). Improving complementary feeding in Ghana: reaching the vulnerable through innovative business—the case of KOKO Plus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1331(1), 76-89.
• Appiah, C. A., Steiner-Asiedu, M., & Otoo, G. E. (2014). Predictors of Overweight/Obesity in Urban Ghanaian Women. International Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2(3), 60-68.
• Gloria E. Otoo, Grace S. Marquis, Daniel W. Sellen, Donna J. Chapman, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla. HIV-Negative Status Is Associated With Very Early Onset of Lactation Among Ghanaian Women.  J Hum Lact. 2010 May; 26(2):107-17. Epub 2009 Oct 6
• Gloria E. Otoo, Anna Lartey, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla. Perceived incentives and barriers to exclusive breastfeeding among peri-urban Ghanaian women J. Hum Lact.  Vol. 25, No. 1, 34-41 (2009)