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Joachim Sackey

Department : Clinical and Preventive Nutritional Sciences

Academic Title: Associate Professor
Joint Appointment Title : Assistant Professor
Department : Urban-Global Public Health
School: School of Public Health
Campus: Newark

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Email: joachim.sackey@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
MPhil	University of Ghana, School of Allied Health Sciences	2008
MS	Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy	2014
PhD	Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy	2017

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Dietary Intake Among Members of a Volunteer Fire Department Compared with U.S. Daily Dietary Recommendations	Kadiwar, P., Shah, N., Black, T., Caban-Martinez, A. J., Steinberg, M., Black, K., Sackey, J., and Graber, J.	2021, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Food insecurity among health sciences graduate students at a large Northeastern university	Sackey, J., Pike K., Rothpletz-Puglia, P., Brody, R. A., and Touger-Decker, R	2020, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Exploring diet, physical activity, and body image among older men who have sex with men (MSM) who have experienced the long-term impact of HIV/AIDS	Sackey, J., Valera, P., Halkitis, P.N. and Krause, K.D	2019 Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, pp.1-18
A mHealth voice messaging intervention to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Senegal	Downs, S. M., Sackey, J., Kalaj, J., Smith, S. and Fanzo, J	2019 Maternal & Child Nutrition. e12825. doi:10.1111/mcn.12825
Exploring the Differences between Early and Traditional Diet Advancement in Postoperative Feeding Outcomes in Patients With an Ileostomy or Colostomy	Toledano, S. , Sackey, J., Willcutts, K. , Parrott, J. S., Tomesko, J. , Al-Mazrou, A. M., Kiran, R. P. and Brody, R. A	2019 Nutrition in Clinical Practice. doi:10.1002/ncp.10245
Food security and dietary diversity are associated with health related quality of life after 6 months of follow up among people living with HIV in Accra, Ghana	Sackey, J., Zhang, F.F., Rogers, B., Aryeetey, R. and Wanke, C	2018 AIDS Care, DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1500011. PMCID: PMC6181765
Animal versus plant protein and adult bone health: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the National Osteoporosis Foundation	Shams-White, M.M., Chung, M., Fu, Z., Insogna, K.L., Karlsen, M.C., LeBoff, M.S., Shapses, S.A., Sackey, J., Shi, J., Wallace, T.C. and Weaver, C.M	2018 PloS one, 13(2), p.e0192459
Implementation of a nutrition assessment, counseling and support program and its association with body mass index among people living with HIV in Accra, Ghana	Sackey, J., Zhang, F.F., Rogers, B., Aryeetey, R. and Wanke, C	2018 AIDS care, 30(5), pp.586-590. PMCID: PMC6067919
Dietary protein and bone health: a systematic review and meta-analysis from the National Osteoporosis Foundation	Shams-White, M.M., Chung, M., Du, M., Fu, Z., Insogna, K.L., Karlsen, M.C., LeBoff, M.S., Shapses, S.A., Sackey, J., Wallace, T.C. and Weaver, C.M	2017 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 105(6), pp.1528-1543
State of Dietetics Practice in Ghana	Aryeetey, R. N. O., Boateng, L., & Sackey, D	2014 Ghana Medical Journal, 48(4), 219–224. PMCID: PMC4335433
Tooth Loss and Nutritional status in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	Zelig, R., Goldstein, S. B., Touger-Decker, R. E., Firestone, J. S., Golden, A. J., Johnson, Z. S., Kaseta, A., Sackey, J., Tomesko, J. A., and Parrott, J. S.	2020, Journal of Dental Research (JDR) Clinical & Translational Research

Awards
Award	Year
Rutgers Global Travel Grant Award	May 2018
AIDS International Training and Research Program Fellowship Brown/Tufts/Miriam Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program	August 2012 – December 2016

Research
Research Interests
Research areas: nutritional epidemiology, HIV, LGBTQI, food insecurity, diet quality, survey research

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
Dietary quality and cardiovascular disease risk factors among people with HIV in Selebe Phikwe, Botswana – A pilot study	Rutgers Global Seed Grant	2019 – 2020	Principal Investigator
Exploring diet quality and CVD risk factors among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex adults in Newark, NJ	NJ ACTS Pilot Programs Common Application	2019 – 2020	Principal Investigator
Needs Assessment of Family Functioning around Food Related Behaviors	NJ ACTS Pilot Programs Common Application	2019 – 2020	Co-Investigator
Feeding the brain: quantifying effects of ketogenic diet on brain functions and cognition	New Jersey Health Foundation	2019 – 2020	Co-Investigator
Taste Changes during Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain	School of Health Professions Dean's Intramural Research Grant	2018 – 2019	Co-Investigator
Doctoral research grant	Brown/Tufts/Miriam Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program	2015 – 2016	Co-Investigator

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