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CURRICULUM VITAE
Kristen Marie Hurley
BUSINESS DATA
615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E2516, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-955-7937 (p), 410-955-0196 (f), [email protected]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PhD/2007
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Field: International Health/ Human Nutrition
Thesis: The Relationship between Maternal Mental Health, Child Feeding Styles and
Infant Nutritional Status in a Statewide Sample of WIC Participants. Advisor: Laura E.
Caulfield, Ph.D.
M.P.H./1997
Boston University, School of Public Health
Field: International Health
Thesis: Child Prostitution, Public Health, and Human Rights in the Philippines
B.S./1993
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Field: Nutritional Science
Senior Project: Small Scale Farming and Food Security in the Nakuru District, Kenya
Post Graduate Training
2006 - 2008
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Child Development, University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Primary Mentor: Maureen M. Black, Ph.D.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor (2013–present), Center for Human Nutrition, International Health, The Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Volunteer Faculty Appointment (2013-present), Department of Pediatrics and Public Health,
University of Maryland School of Medicine; Principle responsibilities: advising and teaching.
Assistant Professor (2008-2012), Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Principle responsibilities: research, advising and publishing.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2008), Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine;
Principle responsibilities: data analysis, writing, and publishing.
Other Employment
Research Coordinator (2004-2006), Maryland Infant Feeding Study, Department of Pediatrics. University
of Maryland School of Medicine. Principal responsibilities: Managing statewide WIC nutrition survey;
managing data tracking and entry systems, cleaning and analyzing data; writing and publishing research
findings.
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Research Coordinator (2000-2003), We Care For Kids Project, Department of Health Policy and
Management. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Principal responsibilities:
Managing a multisite randomized controlled intervention trial, developing and maintaining data tracking
database.
Regional Nutritionist (1997-1999), Navajo Nation Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infant, and
Children (WIC), Navajo Nation. Principal responsibilities: counseling high risk mothers and children;
supervising community nutrition workers, managing four WIC clinics.
Health Education Volunteer (1994-1996), United States Peace Corps, Philippines. Principal
responsibilities: training community health workers in surveillance, treatment and prevention of
undernutrition and diarrhea; coordinating livelihood programs for mothers and adolescents (e.g. TrickleUp small business development program; Farmer-to-Farmer poultry production program).
Health Education Volunteer (1993), Farming Systems Kenya Limited, Kenya. Principal responsibility:
conducting survey for senior project entitled Small Scale Farming and Food Security in the Nakuru
District, Kenya.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011- pres
2008- pres
2007- pres
2006- pres
Member, International Nutrition Counsel (INC)
Co-secretariat, Consortium for Responsive Feeding and Care for Growth and
Development
Attended invited consortium meeting in Lima, Peru (August 2009) – nominated as cosecretariat. Ultimate product of meeting in Peru: symposium at 2010 Experimental
Biology meeting and 2011 Responsive Feeding Supplement in the Journal of Nutrition
Member, Global Child Development Group
Attended invited meeting in Bellagio, Italy (2007) which resulted in collaborative
international nutrition- child development opportunities, including ultimate
submission of grant proposal for on-going study in India. Presented at invited meeting
in New York City, NY (2012). Goal of meeting is to publish a “Nutrition and Child
Development Supplement” in the Annals of the New York Academy of Science.
Member, American Society for Nutrition (ASN)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITITIES
2012- pres
2012- pres
2009- pres
2009- pres
2008- pres
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2008- pres
Ad Hoc Reviewer, PLOS ONE
Ad Hoc Reviewer, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Nutrition Behavior and Education
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Nutrition
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Maternal and Child Nutrition
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of American Dietetic Association
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Pediatrics
Review approximately 10 manuscripts annually predominantly in the area of nutrition
and child development
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2006
2006
2004
The Harry D. Kruse Award in Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health, Baltimore, MD
The Richard and Barbara Hall Award in Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg
School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
The Elsa Orent Keiles Fellowship in Human Nutrition in International Health, Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Fernandez-Rao S. Hurley KM, Nair KM et al Integrating nutrition and early child-development
interventions among infants and preschoolers in rural India. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. [Epub ahead of print]
Hurley KM, Pepper MR, Candelaria M, Wang Y, Caulfield LE, Latta L, Hager ER, Black MM.
Systematic Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Questionnaire to Assess Toddler Feeding. J
Nutr. 2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Hurley KM, Black MM, Merry BC, Caulfield LE (2012). Maternal Mental Health and Infant Dietary
Patterns among Maryland WIC Participants. Matern Child Nutr. 2012 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12004.
[Epub ahead of print]
Griffith KA, Royak-Schaler R, Nesbitt K, Kozlovsky A, Hurley KM, Pelser C, Rak Tkaczuk KH, Ryan
AS (2012). A culturally-specific dietary plan to manage weight gain among African American breast
cancer survivors: A feasibility study. Nutr Health. 21(2):97-105.
Hager ER, Candelaria M, Latta LW, Hurley KM, Wang Y, Caulfield LE, Black MM. Maternal
perceptions of toddler body size: accuracy and satisfaction differ by toddler weight status. Arch Pediatr
Adolesc Med. 2012;166:417-22
Black MM, Quigg AM, Hurley KM, Pepper MR. Iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in the first
two years of life: strategies to prevent loss of developmental potential. Nutr Rev. 2011;69 Suppl 1:S64-70.
Surkan PJ, Kennedy CE, Hurley KM, Black MM. Maternal depression and early childhood growth in
developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ. 2011;89:608-615E.
Buckingham-Howes S, Oberlander SE, Hurley KM, Fitzmaurice S, Black MM. Trajectories of
Adolescent Mother-Grandmother psychological conflict during early parenting and children’s problem
behaviors at age 7. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2011;40:445-55.
Hurley KM, Black MM. Responsive Feeding: Promoting Healthy Growth and Development for Infants
and Toddlers. J Nutr. 2011;141:489.
Hurley KM, Cross MB, Hughes SO. A systematic review of responsive feeding and child obesity in
high-income countries. J Nutr. 2011;141:495-501.
Hurley KM & Black MM. Commercial Baby Food Consumption and Dietary Variety in a Statewide
Sample of WIC Infants. J Am Diet Assoc. 2010;110:1537-41.
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Ramos-Marcuse F, Oberlander SE, Papas MA, McNary SW, Hurley KM, Black MM. Stability of maternal
depressive symptoms among urban, low-income, African American adolescent mothers. J Affect Disord.
2010;122:68-75.
Papas MA, Hurley KM, Quigg AM, Oberlander SE, Black MM. Low-income African American
adolescent mothers and their toddlers exhibit similar dietary variety patterns. J Nutr Educ Behav.
2009;41:87-94.
Riley AW, Coiro MJ, Broitman M, Colantuoni E, Hurley KM, Bandeen-Roche K, Miranda J. Parenting,
family environment, and rater influences on functioning of low-income children of depressed mothers.
Psychiatr Serv. 2009;60:329-36.
Black MM, Hurley KM, Oberlander SE, Hager ER, McGill AE, White NT, Quigg AM. Participants’
Comments on Changes in the Revised WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children) Food Packages: The Maryland Food Preference Study. J Am Diet Assoc.
2009;109(1):116-23.
Hurley KM, Oberlander SE, Merry BC, Wrobleski MM, Klassen AC, Black MM. The Healthy
Eating Index and Youth Healthy Eating Index Are Unique, Nonredundant Measures of Diet Quality
among Low-Income, African American Adolescents. J Nutr. 2009;139:359-364.
Selected for podcast by the Journal of Nutrition
Hurley KM, Black MM, Papas MA, Caulfield LE. Maternal symptoms of stress, depression, and
anxiety are related to non-responsive feeding styles in a statewide sample of WIC participants. J Nutr.
2008;138:799-805.
Hurley KM, Black MM, Papas MA, Quigg AM. Variation in breastfeeding behaviors, perceptions, and
experiences by race/ethnicity among a low-income statewide sample of Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants in the United States. Matern Child Nutr.
2008;4:95-105.
Recognized by the Journal of Maternal and Child Nutrition as one of their four most widely cited
articles in 2010.
Hurley KM, Caulfield LE, Sacco LM, Kathleen CA, DiPietro, JA. Psychosocial influences on dietary
patterns during pregnancy. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005;105:963-966.
Summary of manuscript published in The New York Times.
Peer-reviewed on-line articles
Black MM, Hurley KM (2013). Helping children develop healthy eating habits. In: Tremblay RE,
Barr RG, Peters RDeV, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. Montreal,
Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development; available at: http://www.excellenceearlychildhood.ca/documents.
Chapters
Hurley KM, Surkan PJ. Black MM. Maternal depression and early childhood growth. A focus on the
postnatal period. Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease (2012). VR Preedy (Ed). NY:
Springer, pp.2013-2046, 948-1-4419-1794-2.
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Black MM & Hurley KM. Infant Nutrition (2010). In Bremner, J. & Wachs, T. (eds.). The WileyBlackwell Handbook of Infant Development, second edition. United Kingdom: A John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd., Publication.
Black MM, Knolhoff K, Hurley KM, Dallavalle M. (2008). WIC – University partnership: Promoting
healthy food choices and growth among infants and toddlers. In Stanton, B., Galbraith, J., & Kaljee, L.
(eds.). The uncharted path from clinic-based to community-based research. Hauppauge NY: Nova
Science Publishers.
TEACHING
Classroom Instruction
Lecturer (2013-present). University of Maryland School of Medicine. Department of Epidemiology and
Public Health. Dietary Assessment (in PREV 613) (15 graduate students)
Course Master (2011-2012). University of Maryland School of Medicine. Department of Epidemiology
and Public Health. Nutritional Epidemiology (PREV 613) (15 graduate students)
Lecturer (2009-present). University of Maryland School of Medicine /Nursing. Critical Issues in Global
Health Course. Provided lecture on Demography (~30 graduate students/year).
Lecturer (2009-present).University of Maryland School of Medicine . Department of Epidemiology and
Public Health/Masters of Public Health Program. Foundations of Public Health Course. Provided lecture
on Global Health Interventions (~40 graduate students/year).
Lecturer (2008-2012). University of West Virginia. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Course. Provided lectures on International Nutrition (~ 30 students/year) .
Lecturer (2007), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Department of International Health.
Nutritional Assessment Course. Provided lecture on dietary assessment (~35 graduate students).
RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION
Current Support
Micronutrient Initiative
Black (PI)
01/01/10-12/31/14
Title: Integrated strategies to promote cognition among low-income Indian rural infants and preschoolers
The objective of this study is to examine how micronutrient fortification strategies for children combined
with early learning opportunities impact children’s nutrition and development.
Role: Co-investigator
Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Pilot/Feasibility Grant Hurley (CHILD PI)
9/01/2012-8/31/2013
Title: Weight Gain Trajectories during the First 5 Years of Life in a National Cohort
The objective of this study is to analyze weight gain trajectories among a national cohort of children in
the US, in order to identify critical periods of excess weight gain, overall and by race/ethnicity.
Role: Principal Investigator
Completed Research Support
K12 HD 43489-8
Hurley (PI/Scholar)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Title: Maternal Mental Health and Child Nutrition: Multigenerational Pathways
01/01/10-11/31/12
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The objective of this study is to examine the relations between maternal mental health, feeding, and
maternal and child nutritional status.
Role: Principal Investigator/Scholar
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Toddler Overweight Prevention Study (TOPS) Black (PI)
Roles: Postdoctoral Fellow
RO1HD056099
Black (PI)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Toddler Feeding Styles
Role: Co-investigator
08/1/2006-12/31/09
09/01/09 - 12/31/11
ACADEMIC SERVICE
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MSPH Academic Coordinator (Program in Human Nutrition)
PRESENTATIONS
Local
Hurley KM. Responsive feeding and child growth and development. Presented at the Johns Hopkins
International Health Nutrition Seminar. Baltimore, MD. February 23, 2011.
Hurley KM. Black MM. Helping WIC participants build parenting skills. Presented at the state WIC
nutritional risk criteria workshop. Greenbelt, MD. September 29, 2010.
Hurley KM. Maternal mental health and nutrition – multigenerational pathways. Presented at the
VA/UMB Psychology Internship Consortium Didactic Seminar. University of Maryland School,
Baltimore, MD. March 4, 2010.
Hurley KM, Black MM, Papas MA, Caulfield. Non-responsive feeding styles are related to maternal
mental health and low rates of breastfeeding. Presented at Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of
Maryland School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD. May 2008.
Hurley KM, Black MM. Maryland Infant Feeding Study: What foods are WIC infants eating? Presented
at the Annual Maryland State WIC Meeting. Baltimore, MD. April 2006.
Hurley KM. The relationship between maternal mental health and child feeding styles and infant
nutritional status in a statewide sample of WIC participants. Presented at the Nutrition Seminar at Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. February 2006.
Hurley KM. Maryland Infant Feeding Study: How maternal and infant behaviors are related to the
dietary patterns of babies in the Maryland State WIC Program. Presented at the EFNEF Nutrition Inservice, College Park, MD. February 2006.
Hurley KM, Black MM. Maryland Infant Feeding Study: Initial results and challenges. Presented at the
Annual Maryland State WIC Meeting. Baltimore, MD. April 2005.
Hurley KM. A qualitative inquiry: towards a better understanding of maternal depression and its impact
on mothers and children. Presented to the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD. August 2002.
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Riley AW, Coiro MJ, Broitman M, Hurley KM, Miranda J. Outcomes of low-income children whose
mothers are being treated for depression: initial results and challenges. Presented to the NIMH Child
Consortium, Bethesda, MD. July 2001.
National
Black MM, Hurley KM, Wang Y, Candelaria M, Latta L, Caulfield L, Hager E. Toddler obesity
prevention: increases toddler health-promoting behaviors. Presented (podium) at the 2013 Experimental
Biology Meeting in Boston on April 20, 2013.
Fernandez-Rao S, Black MM, Balakrishna N, Radhakrishna KV, Ravinder P, Hurley KM, Tilton N,
Harding K, Reinhart G Madhavan Nair K. Iron stores & early learning opportunities independently relate
to infant development in rural India. Presented (podium) at the 2013 Experimental Biology Meeting in
Boston on April 23, 2013.
Hurley KM. Responsivity as a theoretical construct. Presented at the New York Academy of
Sciences/Sackler Institute for Nutritional Science Meeting on “Integrating Nutrition and Child
Development” in New York City, NY. August 29, 2012.
Tilton N (PhD student), Black M. Magder L, Wang Yan, Hurley KM. Single incidence household food
insecurity is associated with elevated maternal BMI. Presented (podium) at the 2012 Experimental
Biology Meeting in San Diego on April 21, 2012.
Pepper MR (Postdoctoral Fellow), Hurley KM, Caulfield LE, Latta L, et al. Validity of the Toddler
Feeding Style Questionnaire. Presented (podium) at 2011 Experimental Biology. Washington, DC. April
12, 2011.
Hurley KM, Black MM. Low maternal iron intake is characterized by maternal depression and iron-poor
diets among offspring. Presented at the BIRCWH Directors and Scholars meeting. Bethesda, MD.
November 8, 2010.
Hurley KM. Maternal mental health and nutrition: multigenerational pathways. National Maternal
Nutrition Course. Invited to present at the University of Minnesota. July 28, 2010.
Hurley KM, Black MM. Responsive feeding: promoting healthy growth and development
for infants and toddlers. Presented at the 2010 Experimental Biology Meeting. Anaheim, CA. April 25,
2010.
Presentation was part of a symposium I coordinated and chaired at the 2010 Experimental Biology
Meeting. The symposium was entitled “Responsive Feeding: Promoting Healthy Growth and
Development for Infant and Toddlers”. The symposium was featured in a daily conference publication
by ASN. Papers from the symposium were published as a 2011 supplement in the Journal of Nutrition.
Oberlander SE, Ramos-Marcuse F, Papas MA, McNary SW, Hurley KM, Black MM.
Stability of maternal depressive symptoms among urban, low-income, African American
Adolescent Mothers. Paper presented at the bi-annual Society for Research in Adolescence in
Philadelphia, PA. March 2010.
Buckingham-Howes S, Oberlander SE, Hurley KM, Black MM. A longitudinal investigation of
adolescent maternal depression and child resilience. Paper presented at the bi-annual Society for
Research in Adolescence in Philadelphia, PA. March 2010.
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Scaletti LA, Hurley KM, Candelaria M, & Black MM. Maternal perceptions of infant fussiness are
related to shorter breastfeeding duration in a statewide sample of WIC participants. Poster presented at
the biannual meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD. March 2010.
Black MM, Hurley KM, Hager EH. Toddler overweight prevention: comparison of maternal and toddler
obesity prevention interventions. USDA’s 2009 NRI Human Nutrition and Obesity Workshop. Baltimore,
MD. June 2009.
Hurley KM, Black MM, Caulfield LE. High energy consumption among infants of mothers with
depressive symptoms is mediated through indulgent feeding. Presented (podium) at the 2009 Experimental
Biology Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 2009.
Hurley KM, Candelaria M, Black MM. Maryland Infant Feeding Study (MIFS): Dietary patterns of WIC
infants. Presented at the Head Start National Research Conference. Washington DC. June 2008.
Hurley KM, Black MM, Papas MA, Caulfield LE. Non-responsive feeding styles are related to maternal
mental health and low rates of breastfeeding. Presented (podium) at the 2008 Experimental Biology
Meeting. San Diego, CA. May 2008.
Hurley KM, Black MM, Papas MA, Caulfield LE. Non-responsive feeding styles are related to maternal
mental health and low rates of breastfeeding. Presented at UMSOM Pediatric Grand Rounds. Baltimore,
MD. April 2008.
Hurley, KM, Black MM. Commercial baby food consumption and dietary diversity in a statewide sample
of WIC infants. Presented (podium) at the Experimental Biology Meeting, Washington DC. May 2007.
Hurley KM, Black MM. In a statewide sample of WIC participants, Hispanic mothers are more likely to
follow AAP infant feeding recommendations than African American or white mothers. Presented at the
2006 Experimental Biology Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April 2006.
Hurley KM, Merry B, Black MM. Frequency of breastfeeding among participants in the Maryland
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) National Conference and Exhibition, Washington DC. October 2005.
Coiro MJ, Hurley KM. Are fathers risk or protective factors for children of depressed mothers?
Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting. April 2002.
Riley AW, Coiro MJ, Broitman M, Robertson J, Hurley KM, Keefer M. Effects of maternal depression
on children: evidence of a public health need. Presented at the American Public Health Association
Meeting (APHA), Atlanta, GA. October 2001.
Coiro MJ, Hurley KM. Effects of maternal depression on families. Presented at the American
Psychological Association Meeting (APA), San Francisco, CA. September 2001.
International
Hurley KM, Fernandez-Rao S, Vazir S, Nair K, Balakrishna N, Sesikeran B, Harding K, Reinhart G,
BlackM. Designing an intervention to promote child development among infants in India via
micronutrient fortification and early child stimulation. Presented at the 2011 Global Health Conference.
Montréal, Canada. November 13, 2011.
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Hughes SO, Cross MB, Hurley KM. A Systematic Review of Responsive/Non-Responsive Feeding
Behaviors and Child Obesity in High-Income Countries. Presented at the 2011 Society for Research in
Child Development Conference. Montréal, Canada. April 2, 2011.
Black MM, Hurley KM. Child development from a global perspective. Presented at the International
Conference on Early Child Development. Bellagio, Italy. October 2007.
Hurley, KM, Merry, B, Black, MM. Dietary Diversity and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in a
Statewide Sample of WIC Infants. Presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ (PAS) Annual Meeting.
Toronto, Canada. May 2007.
Papas MA, Black MM, Hurley KM, Oberlander S, Merry B. Maternal and Child Diet and Rapid Weight
Gain in the Second Year of Life. Presented at the North American Association for Study of Obesity
(NAASO) 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting, British Columbia, Canada. October 2005.