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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Bentley, Margaret E.
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global
Nutrition, Associate Dean for Global Health, Associate
Director, Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
MARGARET_BENTLEY
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and
residency training if applicable.)
DEGREE
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
MM/YY
FIELD OF STUDY
(if applicable)
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
B.A.
1976
Anthropology & Nutrition
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
M.A.
1983
Anthropology
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Ph.D.
1987
Anthropology
A. Personal Statement
Dr. Bentley is a medical/nutritional anthropologist whose research focus is on women’s and infants’ nutrition,
infant and young child feeding, HIV and breastfeeding, and community-based interventions for improving
growth and development of young children. She has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research
methods and in the application of these for program development and evaluation. Bentley was PI of a recently
completed NICHD/NIH five-year longitudinal study, Infant Care, Feeding, and Risk of Obesity, to examine the
role of behavioral and environmental factors on infant health outcomes in low-income African-American
mothers and infants in North Carolina. She was also PI of an NICHD/NIH 60 village, 600 mother-infant pair
randomized clinical trial to improve growth and development of infants and young children in Andhra Pradesh,
India, whose data are in analyses. She was PI of a Bill and Melinda Gates study that is analyzing nutrition and
biomarker data of HIV-positive women enrolled in the BAN (Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition) study in
Malawi.
B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1985-86
UNICEF, South Asia Regional Office, Diarrhea Management Program, New Delhi, India
1986-87
Research Associate, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, School of
Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1987-89
Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, School of
Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1989-90
Acting Division Director, Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of
International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
1990-92
Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, School of
Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1992-93
Visiting Scholar, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
1993-98
Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, School of
Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1998-03
Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Fellow,
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
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1999-02
20032003200720102012-
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Department of International
Health, The Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland
Associate Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Associate Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, UNC-CH
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, UNC-CH
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
American Institute of Nutrition
American Public Health Association
American Anthropological Association
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for International Nutrition
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Nutrition Education
International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation
Honors
2012200620022000-
Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition
Ambassador, Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology
Member, Delta Omega Society
C. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications (in chronological order)
1. Doak, C. M.*, Adair, L. S., Bentley, M., Monteiro, C., & Popkin, B. M. (2005). The dual burden household
and the nutrition transition paradox. International Journal of Obesity, 29(1), 129-136.
2. Thrasher, J. F.*, & Bentley, M. E. (2006). The meanings and context of smoking among mexican university
students. Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974), 121(5), 578-585.
3. Corneli, A.L.*, Bentley, M. E., Sorenson, J. R., Henderson, G. E., van der Horst, C., Moses. A, Nkhoma, J.,
Tenthani, L., Ahmed, Y., Heilig, C. M., Jamieson, D.J. (2006). Using formative research to develop a
context-specific approach to informed consent for clinical trials. Journal of Empirical Research on Human
Research Ethics, 1(4), 45.
4. Easter, M. M.*, Linnan, L. A., Bentley, M. E., DeVellis, B. M., Meier, A., Frasier, P. Y., et al. (2007). "Una
mujer trabaja doble aqui": Vignette-based focus groups on stress and work for latina blue-collar women in
eastern North Carolina. Health Promotion Practice, 8(1), 41-49.
5. Dearden, K. A., Hilton, S., Bentley, M. E., Caulfield, L. E., Wilde, C., Ha, P. B., et al. (2009). Caregiver
verbal encouragement increases food acceptance among Vietnamese toddlers. The Journal of Nutrition,
139(7), 1387-1392.
6. Bentley, M. E., Wasser, H.M.*, Creed-Kanashiro, H.M. (2011). Responsive feeding and child undernutrition
in low- and middle-income countries. The Journal of Nutrition. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.130005.
7. Wasser, H.*, Bentley, M., Borja, J., Goldman, B.D., Thompson, A., Slining, M., Adair, L. (2011). Infants
perceived as "fussy" are more likely to receive complementary foods before 4 months. Pediatrics, 127(2),
22 Shroff, M.R., Griffiths, P.L., Suchindran, C., Balakrishna, N., Vazir, S, Bentley, M.E. Does maternal
autonomy influence feeding practices and infant growth in rural India? (In Press, Soc Sci Med).
8. Thompson, A.L., Adair, L.S., Bentley, M.E. Pressuring and restrictive feeding styles influence infant
feeding and size among a low-income African-American sample (Accepted, Obesity).
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9. Mehta, U. J.*, Siega-Riz, A. M., Herring, A. H., Adair, L. S., Bentley, M. E. (2012). Pregravid body mass
index, psychological factors during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration: Is there a link? Matern Child
Nutr 8(4), 423-433.
10. Kayira, D., Bentley, M. E., Wiener, J., Mkhomawanthu, C., King, C. C., Chitsulo, P., Chigwenembe, M.,
Ellington, S., Hosseinipour, M. C., Kourtis, A. P., Chasela, C., Tembo, M., Tohill, B., Piwoz, E. G.,
Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C., & Adair, L. (2012). A lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) mitigates
weight loss among HIV-infected women in a factorial, randomized trial to prevent mother-to-child
transmission during exclusive breastfeeding. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 95(3), 759-765.
11. Flax, V. L.*, Mäkinen, S., Ashorn, U., Cheung, Y. B., Maleta, K., Ashorn, P., Bentley, M. E. (2013).
Responsive feeding and child interest in food vary when rural Malawian children are fed lipid-based nutrient
supplements or local complementary food. Matern Child Nutr. 9(3), 369-380.
12. *Flax, V. L., Bentley, M. E., Chasela, C. S., Kayira, D., Hudgens, M. G., Knight, R. J., Soko, A., Jamieson,
D. J., van der Horst, C. M., & Adair, L. S. (2012). Use of lipid-based nutrient supplements by HIV-Infected
Malawian women during lactation has no effect on infant growth from 0 to 24 Weeks. J Nutr., 142(7),
1350-1356.
13. Hoffman, E. R*. Bentley, M. E., Hamer, R. M., Hodges, E. A., Ward, D. S., Bulik, C. M. (2012). A
comparison of infant and toddler feeding practices of mothers with and without histories of eating disorders.
Matern Child Nutr. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00429.x.
14. Thompson A. L., Adair L. S., & Bentley M. E. (2013). Maternal characteristics and perception of
temperament associated with infant TV exposure. Pediatrics, 131(2), e390-e397.
15. Thompson, A. L. & Bentley, M. E. (2013). The critical period of infant feeding for the development of early
disparities in obesity. Soc Sci Med, 97, 288-296.
16. Thompson, A. L., Adair, L. S., & Bentley, M. E. (2013). Pressuring and restrictive feeding styles influence
infant feeding and size among a low-income African-American sample. Obesity, 21(3), 562-571.
17. Bentley, M. E., Johnson, S. L., Wasser, H., Creed-Kanashiro, H., Shroff, M., Fernandez, S., Rao, F., &
Cunningham, M. (2014). Formative research methods for designing culturally appropriate, integrated child
nutrition and development interventions: An overview. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1308,
54-67.
18. Flax, V. L., Bentley. M. E., Combs, G. F. Jr., Chasela, C. S., Kayira, D., Tegha, G., Kamwendo, D., Daza,
E. J., Fokar, A., Kourtis, A. P., Jamieson, D. J., van der Horst, C. M., & Adair, L. S. (2014). Plasma and
breastmilk selenium in HIV-infected Malawian mothers are positively associated with infant selenium status
but are not associated with maternal supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr., 99(4), 950-956.
19. Flax, V. L., Negerie, M., Ibrahim, A. U., Leatherman, S., Daza, E. J., & Bentley, M. E. (2014). Integrating
group counseling, cell phone messaging, and participant-generated songs and dramas into a microcredit
program increases Nigerian women’s adherence to international breastfeeding recommendations. J Nutr.
[Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.3945/jn.113.190124
20. Siega-Riz, A. M., Estrada Del Campo, Y., Kinlaw, A., Reinhart, G. A, Allen, L. H., Shahab-Ferdows, S.,
Heck, J., Suchindran, C. M., & Bentley, M. E. (2014). Effect of supplementation with a lipid-based nutrient
supplement on the micronutrient status of children aged 6-18 months living in the rural region of Intibucá,
Honduras. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol., 28(3), 245-254.
21. Ablah, E., Biberman, D. A., Weist, E. M., Buekens, P., Bentley, M. E., Burke, D., Fionnegan, J. R., Flahault,
A., Frenk, J., Gotsch, A. R., Klag, M. K., Lopez, R., M. H., Nasca, P., Shortell, S., & Spencer, H. C. (2014).
Improving Global Health Education: Development of a Global Health Competency Model. Am J Trop Med
Hyg, 90(3), 560-565.
22. Widen, E. M., Bentley, M. E., Kayira, D., Chasela, C. S., Daza, D. J., Kacheche, Z. K., Tegha, G.,
Jamieson, D. J., Kourtis, A. P., van der Horst, C. M., Allen, L. H., Shahab-Ferdows, S., & Adair, L. S. for
the BAN Study Team. (2014). Changes in soluble transferrin receptors and hemoglobin concentrations in
Malawian mothers are associated with those values in their exclusively breastfed, HIV-exposed infants. J
Nutr., 144(3), 367-374.
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D. Research Support
Ongoing Research Support
R01-HD073237
Bentley (PI)
09/01/12-09/01/17
Role: PI
National Institutes of Health, NICHD
Mothers and Others: Family-based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers
This research will evaluate a community-based intervention for African-American women (and one other
individual of her choice) who are recruited during pregnancy and followed until the infant is 18 months reduces
the risk of obesity in their children and leads to optimal growth and development.
6015-S03
Curtis (PI)
05/11/12-05/06/17
Role: Co-Investigator
Industry Sponsor (Westat, Inc.)
Monitoring and Evaluation for Feed the Future Feedback Program
Feedback will be a major evaluation, performance monitoring, and knowledge sharing program whose primary
objective is to provide the best available empirical evidence from the FTF Initiative to inform policy, investment,
and intervention decisions aimed at improving food security in vulnerable countries.
No Grant Number
Bartram (PI)
08/23/13-02/22/16
Role: Collaborating Investigator
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Understanding How Pilot Programs Become Self-sustaining at Scale: Social Enterprises and Water in Schools
of Delhi and Jaipur. Our main goal is to analyze how a social enterprise model of drinking water provision in
Delhi and Jaipur can be enhanced for long term performance. Recommend steps required to transfer and
scale to other schools in India states.
No Grant Number
Handa (PI)
11/01/09-10/31/14
Role: Collaborating Investigator
This project will provide technical assistance to data collection and analysis in order to evaluate the impact of
social cash transfer schemes in 3 Africa countries: Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Three rounds of longitudinal
data will be collected, at baseline and two follow-up periods, of program participants and a control group
selected through both experimental and non-experimental methods. Five meta-analyses will be conducted in
year 5 that will bring together the overall results from the 3 evaluations, and provide lessons learned on the
impact of cash grants and other complementary services on the health, education and welfare of children in
Africa.
Completed Research Support
1R24TW008810-01
Bentley (PI)
09/15/10-08/31/11
Water Wisdom: Developing Local-Global Capacities in Managing Water
This project will develop a one-year post-doctoral training program for addressing water and sanitation issues
through a team-based, multi-disciplinary approach. Role: PI
OPP53107
Bentley (PI)
09/01/09-08/31/12
Improving Nutritional Status and Health of Infants and Lactating Women through the Use of Lipid Based
Nutrition Supplements (LNS): Evidence from a Longitudinal, Randomized Trial in Lilongwe, Malawi
Our main goal is to provide the scientific evidence to support the broad use of low-cost LNS to enhance the
nutritional status of women and children. Role: PI
1R25TW007493
Bentley (PI)
09/29/05-08/31/11
UNC-Chapel Hill Framework Program in Global Health
To expand global health curriculum and research opportunities campus wide and engage faculty and students
in an interdisciplinary study of global health issues. Role: PI
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3R25TW007493-03S1
Bentley (PI)
9/01/10-8/31/12
Support the implementation of a new professional online Global Health Certificate in Fall 2010, as well as
offering distance global health courses to MPH students in the University of\Malawi College of Medicine,
Division of Public Health. Role: PI
No Grant Number
Bentley (PI)
11/01/10-04/30/12
Healthy and Secure 0-2 year olds UNC – ChildFund Innovation Lab to Define the ChildFund Program Offer
Role: PI
No Grant Number
Handa (PI)
11/01/09-10/31/14
Role: Collaborating Investigator
This project will provide technical assistance to data collection and analysis in order to evaluate the impact of
social cash transfer schemes in 3 Africa countries: Malawi, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Three rounds of longitudinal
data will be collected, at baseline and two follow-up periods, of program participants and a control group
selected through both experimental and non-experimental methods. Five meta-analyses will be conducted in
year 5 that will bring together the overall results from the 3 evaluations, and provide lessons learned on the
impact of cash grants and other complementary services on the health, education and welfare of children in
Africa.
Role: Collaborating Investigator
No Grant Number
Van der Horst (PI)
09/30/04-09/29/14
Breast-feeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition in HIV (BAN)
This study is currently analyzing data from Malawi in a drug and nutrition related clinical trial that tested the
efficacy of providing nutrition supplements or ARV drugs to HIV positive mothers or their infants.
Role: Co-Investigator
No Grant Number
Bentley (PI)
05/15/11-06/01/13
Linking Microcredit, Technology, and Promotion of IYCF Breastfeeding Guidelines in Bauchi State, Nigeria
This is a behavioral intervention trial testing the promotion of breastfeeding and complementary feeding
messages delivered through existing women’s microcredit groups through face-to-face and text-messaging
channels. Role: PI
1-R21-ES016729-02
Entwisle (PI)
09/30/07-06/30/11
Dynamically Integrating Macro and Micro Processes
With unique data for Northeast Thailand, an empirically informed, spatially explicit agent-based model of
interrelationships among individual behavior, household land use and wealth, social networks, and
communities was constructed.
Role: Collaborating Advisor
1R34MH080750-02
Bulik (PI)
06/06/08-02/28/11
Breaking the Cycle of Risk: Intervention for Mothers with Eating Disorders
This project developed a parenting intervention for mothers with current or past eating disorders called
NURTURE (Networking, Uniting, and Reaching out To Upgrade Relationships and Eating).
Role: Investigator
1R03HD057775-02
Bentley (PI)
09/30/07-08/31/10
The Feasibility of Replacement Feeding as an HIV Prevention Method in Malawi
The Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral, and Nutrition (BAN) study was a randomized controlled trial in Lilongwe,
Malawi, that evaluated antiretroviral and nutrition interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV
during breastfeeding. This information will help to guide the Malawi government policy and others on the
feasibility of the provision of a high-quality breast milk replacement for HIV positive mothers after exclusive
breastfeeding counseling.
Role: PI
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