DEUX OEUFs: Cracking the potential of eggs to improve child growth and development: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) study protocol. Tiwari, C.; Acosta, D.; Matsiko, E.; Kampire, A.; Nsabimana, A.; Stark, H.; Andrade Laborde, J.; Yang, Y.; Nsereko, E.; Reider, K.; Kirby, M.; and S. McKune. (2025). Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09237-3 

 

Investigating impact of the Un Oeuf trial on egg production and child egg consumption in Burkina Faso. Adesogan, O., Tiwari, C., Havelaar, A., Hendrickx, S., Vyas, D., Stark. H., Wereme N’Diaye, A., Yacouba, Z., and McKune, S. (2025). The Journal of Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.101273 

 

Livestock ownership, ASF consumption and child nutrition in Rwanda: A multilevel mixed effect approach.

Mirzajonova, G., Tiwari, C., Paro., F., Rashid, K., Acosta, D., Ahmed, I., McKune S., (2025). Scientific Reports. 15, 30443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-97365-w  

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Creativity, storytelling, and play in the study of empowerment: Applications for feminist approaches to development practice. McNamara, K., McOmber, C., and McKune, S. (2025). Development In Practice.  

 

Transmission pathways of Campylobacter jejuni between humans and livestock in rural Ethiopia are highly complex and interdependent.

Singh, N., Thystrup, C., Hassen, B., Rajashekara, G., Hald, T., Manary, M., McKune, S., Hassen, J., Smith, H., Marshall, J., French, N., and A. Havelaar. (2025) Gut Pathogens. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-025-00691-7. 

 

Intersectionality Matters: An Analysis of Women's Empowerment in Livestock Settings. Serra, R., McKune, S., Ludgate, N., Singh, N., Devkota, K., Fall, M., Obin, G., and Russo, S. (2025). World Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107000

 

Campylobacter colonization and undernutrition in infants in rural Eastern Ethiopia: a longitudinal community-based birth cohort study.

Chen, D., McKune, S., Yang, Y., Usmane, IA, Ahmed, IA, Amin, JK, Ibrahim, AM, Seran, AJ, Sheik, N., Ojeda, A., Hassen, BM, Deblais, L., Ahmedo, BU, Hassen, KA, Bhrane, M., Li, X., Singh, N., Roba, KT, French, N., Rajashekara, G., Manary, M., Hassen, JY, Havelaar, A., and the CAGED Research Team (2025).  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1467462 

 

Assessing fecal contamination from human and environmental sources using Escherichia coli as an indicator in rural eastern Ethiopian households - a study from the EXCAM project.

Deblais, L., Usmael, B., Ojeda, A., Mummed, B., Wang, Y., Mekonnen, Y., Demisie, Y., Hassen, K., Brhane, M., McKune, S., Havelaar, A., Liang, S., and G. Rajashekara (2025) Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1484808

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Geospatial Analysis of Multilevel Socio-environmental Factors Impacting the Campylobacter Burden Among Infants in Rural Eastern Ethiopia: A One Health Perspective.

Li, X, Chen D, Hassen J, Liang S, McKune S, Havelaar A, Blackburn J. (2024). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.03.24309853

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Climate Change and Health in the Sahel: A Systematic Review. 

Acosta, D., Barrow, A., Mahamadou, I. S., Assuncao, V. S., Edwards, M., and McKune, S. (2024). Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231602

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Improving Nutrition Security in LMICs and the Role of Animal Source Foods. 

Paro, F., Davour, R., Acosta, D., Mechlowitz, K., Tiwari, C., and McKune, S. (2024). Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102149

 

The Potential Systemic Role of Diet in Dental Caries Development and Arrest. 

Malin, A., Wang., Z., Khan., D., and McKune S. (2024). Nutrients.

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Integrated modelling of the determinants of household food insecurity during the 2020–2021 COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda.

Semakula, H. M., Liang, S., McKune, S., Mukwaya, P. I., Mugagga, F., Nseka, D., Wasswa, H., Kayima, P., Peter, A. S., Mwendwa, P., and J. Nakato. (2024). Agriculture and Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00460-2

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