Faculty & Staff
Dr. Rebecca Kuriyan Raj
MSc, Ph D, M.Phil.
Professor Grade 1
- Overview
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MSc, Ph D, M.Phil.
Professor Grade I
Qualification/ Education
MSc, Ph D, M.Phil.
Experience
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Areas of interest
Clinical nutrition, infant and child health, body composition, obesity and energy expenditure
Field of Expertise
Iinfant and child health, body composition, obesity and energy expenditure
Fellowship & Membership
Fellow of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) 2025
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
Convenor, Bangalore Chapter Nutriion Society of India, ICMR
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
Chairperson of Doctoral Advisiory Comittes, PhD committee
Membership of professional associations/bodies
Life Member of Nutrition Society of India
Awards and Recognitions
Associate Editor of European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Listed among the top 2% of scientists in Medical Research for 2023, by the Standford University, USA in 2024
Listed among the top 2% of scientists in Medical Research for 2024, by the Standford University, USA in 2025
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Clinical nutrition, infant and child health, body composition, obesity and energy expenditure
No groups and associations specified.
Central obesity in low BMI as a risk factor for COVID-19 severity in South Indians
Hegde SG, Dhareshwar S, Bandyopadhyay S, Kuriyan RR, Idiculla J, Ghosh S, Kurpad AV, Shivakumar N. In Vitro Protein Digestibility of Selected Plant and Animal Foods by Multi-Enzyme Assay
Bandyopadhyay S, Kuriyan R, Kurpad AV. Intraindividual double burden of malnutrition: the contribution of the infant gut microbiome
Pai SR, Kurpad AV, Kuriyan R, Mukhopadhyay A. Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multi-center infant body composition reference study.
Murphy-Alford AJ, Johnson W, Nyati LH, Santos IS, Hills AP, Ariff S, V. Wickramasinghe P, Kuriyan R, Lucas N, Costa CS, Slater C, Ahmad T, Byrne NM, Priscilla DJ, Kurpad AV, Cheikh-Ismail LI, Loechl CU, Norris SA. Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries.
Lara-Castor L, O'Hearn M, Cudhea F, Miller V, Shi P, Zhang J, Sharib JR, Cash SB, Barquera S, Micha R, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake.
Bajunaid R, Niu C, Hambly C, Liu Z, Yamada Y, Aleman-Mateo H, Anderson LJ, Arab L, Baddou I, Bandini L, Bedu-Addo K, Blaak EE, Bouten CVC, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte NF, Camps SGJA, Casper R, Close GL, Cooper JA, Cooper R, Das SK, Davies PSW, Dabare P, Dugas LR, Eaton S, Ekelund U, Entringer S, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, El Hamdouchi A, Haisma HH, Hoffman D, Hoos MB, Hu S, Joonas N, Joosen AM, Katzmarzyk P, Kimura M, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kuriyan R, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Lanerolle P, Larsson CL, Leonard WR, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin CK, Matsiko E, Medin AC, Morehen JC, Morton JP, Must A, Neuhouser ML, Nicklas TA, Nyström CD, Ojiambo RM, Pietiläinen KH, Pitsiladis YP, Plange-Rhule J, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Ravussin E, Redman LM, Reilly JJ, Reynolds R, Roberts SB, Samaranayakem D, Sardinha LB, Silva AM, Sjödin AM, Stamatiou M, Stice E, Urlacher SS, Van Etten LM, van Mil EGAH, Wilson G, Yanovski JA, Yoshida T, Zhang X, Murphy-Alford AJ, Sinha S, Loechl CU, Luke AH, Pontzer H, Rood J, Sagayama H, Schoeller DA, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Speakman JR Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Patterns and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Urban Indian Children.
Kausar A, Selvam S, Puttaswamy D, Kuriyan R. Precision nutrition-based interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents up to the age of 19 years.
Huey SL, Mehta NH, Steinhouse RS, Jin Y, Kibbee M, Kuriyan R, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S. Body cell mass estimation by whole body potassium counter and its association with protein energy wasting in Indian children with chronic kidney disease.
Iyengar A, Kuriyan R, Selvam S, Bhat KG, Vasudevan A, Kurpad AV. Vitamin B12 status and metabolic health in women of reproductive age: Population-based biomarker survey.
Guetterman, H. M., Crider, K. S., Fothergill, A., Bose, B., Johnson, C. B., Jabbar, S., Zhang, M., Pfeiffer, C. M., Rose, C. E., Qi, Y. P., Williams, J. L., Mehta, S., Kuriyan, R., & Finkelstein, J. L. Exclusive Breastfeeding and Body Composition in Indian Infants: A Prospective Study.
Pai S, Farheen SA, Selvam S, Padmanabha R, Chandrakala BS, Kuriyan R. Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum.
McGrosky A, Luke A, Arab L, Bedu-Addo K, Bonomi AG, Bovet P, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte N, Camps SG, Casper R, Cummings DK, Krupa Das S, Deb S, Dugas LR, Ekelund U, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, Hambly C, Joosen A, Katzmarzyk PT, Kempen KP, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kuriyan R, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Larsson CL, Leonard WR, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin CK, Medin AC, Neuhouser ML, Pietilainen KH, Plasqui G, Prentice RL, Racette SB, Raichlen DA, Ravussin E, Redman L, Reynolds RM, Rimm EB, Roberts S, Rosinger AY, Samuels MH, Sinha S, Snodgrass JJ, Stice E, Uauy R, Urlacher SS, Verbunt JA, Wolfe B, Wood B, Zhang X, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl CJ, Rood J, Sagayama H, Schoeller DA, Westerterp KR, Wong WW, Yamada Y, Speakman JR, Pontzer H; IAEA DLW Database Consortium Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5–24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake: a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data.
de Sévaux MA, Kæstel P, Haisma H, da Costa TH, Vázquez-Vázquez A, Thomas T, Biesma R, Kuriyan R, Munthali G, Diana A, Santos IS, Hills AP, Wickramasinghe VP, Ariff S, Lucas MN, Costa CS, Norris SA, Jain V, Mulol H, Feucht U, Thorisdottir B, Thorsdottir I, Davies PS, Loechl CU, Wells JC. Gut microbiome-based interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents aged up to 19 years.
Fahim SM, Huey SL, Palma Molina XE, Agarwal N, Ridwan P, Ji N, Kibbee M, Kuriyan R, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S Infant growth and body composition from birth to 24 months: are infants developing the same?
Norris SA, Nyati LH, Murphy-Alford A, Lucas N, Santos IS, Costa CS, Kuriyan R, Wickranasinghe VP, Ariff S, Jayasinghe S, Kurpad AV, Ismail LC, Hills AP; Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS). Potential mechanisms of precision nutrition-based interventions for managing obesity.
Mehta NH, Huey SL, Kuriyan R, Rosas JP, Finkelstein JL, Kashyap S, Mehta S. Childhood adversities characterize the heterogeneity in the brain pattern of individuals during neurodevelopment.
Kashyap R, Holla B, Bhattacharjee S, Sharma E, Mehta UM, Vaidya N, Bharath RD, Murthy P, Basu D, Nanjayya SB, Singh RL, Lourembam R, Chakrabarti A, Kartik K, Kalyanram K, Kumaran K, Krishnaveni G, Krishna M, Kuriyan R, Kurpad SS, Desrivieres S, Purushottam M, Barker G, Orfanos DP, Hickman M, Heron J, Toledano M, Schumann G, Benegal V; Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA). Comparison of growth patterns in the first year of life between term small for gestational age and appropriate for gestational age South Indian infants.
Pai SR, Padmanabha R, Kamalakar S, Aravind JV, Puttaswamy D, Pn Rao S, Jois SK, Kamath A, Kuriyan R. Examining the impact of maternal experiences of domestic violence on adolescent mental health disorders in India.
Gourisankar, A., Ravi, P., Kalokhe, A.S., Hall, R.W., Vaidya, N., Sharma, E., Holla, B., Basu, D., Bharath, R.D., Chakrabarti, A., Desrivières, S., Hickman, M., Kartik, K., Ghattu, K., Kalyanaraman, K., Kuriyan, R., Murthy, P., Orfanos, D.P., Purushottam, M., Kurpad, S.S., Singh, R.L., Singh, R.L., Nanjayya, B., Subodh, Toledano, M.B., Benegal, V., Schumann, G., Kalyanram, K., & Consortium, C Nutritional Status and Body Composition at Diagnosis, of South Indian Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL).
Puttaswamy D, Ramesh V, Raj T, Bhat K, Selvam S, Bharadwaj V, Prakash A, Murphy- Alford A., Kuriyan, R. Do cardiometabolic risk factors mediate the relationship between body composition and bone mineral content in South Indian children aged 5 to 16 years?
Farheen SA, S P, Selvam S, Puttaswamy D, Aravind JV, Kuriyan R. Prevalence and Correlates of Double and Triple Burden of Malnutrition Among Children and Adolescents in India: Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey.
Ji N, Kumar A, Joe W, Kuriyan R, Sethi V, Finkelstein JL, et al. Connecting precision nutrition with the Food is Medicine approach.
Sinha S, Huey SL, Shukla AP, Kuriyan R, Finkelstein JL, Mehta S Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24-month old infants: a multicenter international study.
Wickramasinghe VP, Ariff S, Norris SA, Santos IS, Kuriyan R, Nyati LH, Varghese JS, Murphy-Alford AJ, Lucas N, Costa C, Ahuja KDK, Jayasinghe S, Kurpad AV, Hills AP; Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS). The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth.
Johnson, W., Nyati, L. H., Ariff, S., Ahmad, T., Byrne, N. M., Cheikh Ismail, L. I., Costa, C. S., Demerath, E. W., Priscilla, D. J., Hills, A. P., Kuriyan, R., Kurpad, A. V., Loechl, C. U., Lucas, M. N., Santos, I. S., Slater, C., Wickramasinghe, V. P., Norris, S. A., Murphy-Alford, A. J., & On behalf of the Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS). Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study.
Lara-Castor L, Micha R, Cudhea F, Miller V, Shi P, Zhang J, Sharib JR, Erndt-Marino J, Cash SB, Barquera S, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Growth trajectories for executive and social cognitive abilities in an Indian population sample: Impact of demographic and psychosocial determinants
Sharma E, Ravi GS, Kumar K, Thennarasu K, Heron J, Hickman M, Vaidya N, Holla B, Rangaswamy M, Mehta UM, Krishna M, Chakrabarti A, Basu D, Nanjayya SB, Singh RL, Lourembam R, Kumaran K, Kuriyan R, Kurpad SS, Kartik K, Kalyanram K, Desrivieres S, Barker G, Orfanos DP, Toledano M, Purushottam M, Bharath RD, Murthy P, Jain S, Schumann G, Benegal V; cVEDA Consortium. A Randomized Trial of Quadruple-Fortified Salt for Anemia and Birth Defects Prevention in Southern India: Protocol Design and Methods.
Finkelstein JL, Guetterman HM, Fothergill A, Johnson CB, Qi YP, Jabbar S, Zhang M, Pfeiffer CM, Rose CE, Yeung LF, Williams JL, Krisher JT, Ruth C, Roy Choudhury D, Venkatramanan S, Haas JD, Kuriyan R, Mehta S, Bonam W, Crider KS. Estimating the serum folate concentration that corresponds to the red blood cell folate concentration threshold associated with optimal neural tube defects prevention.
Fothergill A, Crider KS, Rose CE, Bose B, Guetterman HM, Johnson CB, Jabbar S, Zhang M, Pfeiffer CM, Qi YP, Williams JL, Kuriyan R, Bonam W, Finkelstein JL. Neurocognitive Analysis of Low-level Arsenic Exposure and Executive Function Mediated by Brain Anomalies Among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in India.
Vaidya N, Holla B, Heron J, Sharma E, Zhang Y, Fernandes G, Iyengar U, Spiers A, Yadav A, Das S, Roy S, Ahuja CK, Barker GJ, Basu D, Bharath RD, Hickman M, Jain S, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Krishna M, Krishnaveni G, Kumaran K, Kuriyan R, Murthy P, Papadopoulos Orfanos D, Purushottam M, Kurpad SS, Singh L, Singh R, Subodh BN, Toledano M, Walter H, Desrivières S, Chakrabarti A, Benegal V, Schumann G; Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA). Body composition from birth to 2 years.
Hills AP, Norris SA, Byrne NM, Jayasinghe S, Murphy-Alford AJ, Loechl CU, Ismail LIC, Kurpad AV, Kuriyan R, Nyati LH, Santos IS, Costa CS, Wickramasinghe VP, Lucas MN, Slater C, Yameen A, Ariff S; Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS). Body composition of infants at 6 months of age using a 3-compartment model.
Kuriyan R, Hills AP, Murphy-Alford A, Padmanabha R, Nyati LH, Byrne NM, Kurpad AV, Norris S; Multi-Center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS). Comparison of Anthropometry and Body Composition Using Air Displacement Plethysmography in Term Small for Gestational Age and Appropriate for Gestational Age Neonates.
Padmanabha R, Pai SR, Sumithra Selvam S. Kuriyan R. Greater male variability in daily energy expenditure develops through puberty.
Halsey LG, Careau V, Ainslie PN, Alemán-Mateo H, Andersen LF, Anderson LJ, Arab L, Baddou I, Bandini L, Bedu-Addo K, Blaak EE, Blanc S, Bonomi AG, Bouten CVC, Bovet P, Brage S, Buchowski MS, Butte N, Camps SG, Casper R, Close GL, Colbert LH, Cooper JA, Cooper R, Dabare P, Das SK, Davies PSW, Deb S, Nyström CD, Dietz W, Dugas LR, Eaton S, Ekelund U, Hamdouchi AE, Entringer S, Forrester T, Fudge BW, Gillingham M, Goris AH, Gurven M, Haisma H, Hambly C, Hoffman D, Hoos MB, Hu S, Joonas N, Joosen A, Katzmarzyk P, Kempen KP, Kimura M, Kraus WE, Kriengsinyos W, Kuriyan R, Kushner RF, Lambert EV, Lanerolle P, Larsson CL, Lessan N, Löf M, Martin C, Matsiko E, Meijer et al Infant body composition at 6 and 24 months: what are the driving factors?
Santos IS, Costa CS, Hills AP, Ariff S, Wickramasinghe VP, Norris S, Murphy-Alford AJ, Slater C, Lucas N, Nyati LH, Kurpad AV, Ahuja KDK, Kuriyan R; Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study- MIBCRS. Local Sources of Protein in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: How to Improve the Protein Quality?
Vissamsetti N, Simon-Collins M, Lin S, Bandyopadhyay S, Kuriyan R, Sybesma W, Tomé D. The reference values for muscle mass and strength in healthy Indian adults using whole-body potassium counter and isokinetic dynamometer.
Sucharita S, Sreenath N, Shinjini B, Raj Tony DS, Rebecca K, Selvam S, Arvind K The Effect of Soy and Whey Protein Supplementation on Glucose Homeostasis in Healthy Normal Weight Asian Indians
Sucharita S, Cope M, Mukherjea R, Selvam S, George N, Kuriyan R, Kurpad AV. Estimation of Hydration and Density of Fat-Free Mass in Indian Children Using a 4-Compartment Model: Implications for the Estimation of Body Composition Using 2-Compartment Models
Bandyopadhyay S, Puttaswamy D, Gabriel MP, Jayakumar J, Finkelstein JL, Selvam S, Kurpad AV, Kuriyan R. Risk clustering and psychopathology from a multi-center cohort of Indian children, adolescents, and young adults
Basu D, Ghosh A, Naskar C, Balachander S, Fernandes G, Vaidya N, Kumaran K, Krishna M, Barker GJ, Sharma E, Murthy P, Holla B, Jain S, Orfanos DP, Kalyanram K, Purushottam M, Bharath RD, Varghese M, Thennarasu K, Chakrabarti A, Singh RL, Singh RL, Nanjayya SB, Ahuja CK, Kartik K, Krishnaveni G, Kuriyan R, Kurpad SS, Desrivieres S, Iyengar U, Zhang Y, Hickman M, Spiers A, Toledano M, Schumann G, Benegal V. Iron status and inflammation in women of reproductive age: A population-based biomarker survey and clinical study
Finkelstein JL, Fothergill A, Guetterman HM, Johnson CB, Bose B, Qi YP, Rose CE, Williams JL, Mehta S, Kuriyan R, Bonam W, Crider KS. Comparison of Anemia Screening Methods Using Paired Venous Samples in Women of Reproductive Age in Southern India
Fothergill A, Crider KS, Johnson CB, Raj MP, Guetterman HM, Bose B, Rose CE, Qi YP, Williams JL, Kuriyan R, Bonam W, Finkelstein JL. Federated Analysis in COINSTAC Reveals Functional Network Connectivity and Spectral Links to Smoking and Alcohol Consumption in Nearly 2,000 Adolescent Brains
Gazula H, Rootes-Murdy K, Holla B, Basodi S, Zhang Z, Verner E, Kelly R, Murthy P, Chakrabarti A, Basu D, Nanjayya S, Singh R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Ghattu K, Kuriyan R, Kurpad S. et al. Neighborhood walkability index and its association with indices of childhood obesity in Bengaluru, Karnataka
Puttaswamy D, Ghosh S, Kuriyan R. Decentralized Multisite VBM Analysis During Adolescence Shows Structural Changes Linked to Age, Body Mass Index, and Smoking: a COINSTAC Analysis
Gazula H, Holla B, Zhang Z, Xu J, Verner E, Kelly R, Jain S, Bharath RD, Barker GJ, Basu D, Chakrabarti A, Kalyanram K, Kumaran K, Singh L, Kuriyan R, Murthy P, Benega V, Plis SM, Sarwate AD, Turner JA, Schumann G, Calhoun VD. A Novel High-Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) to Improve Physical Fitness in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls
Anjana RM, Nitika S, Sinha S, Kuriyan R, Pradeepa R, Palmer C, Kurpad AV, Mohan V, Sallis J, Ranjani H. Protocol for a prospective, observational, deep phenotyping study on adipose epigenetic and lipidomic determinants of metabolic homoeostasis in South Asian Indians: the InDiMeT study
Nadiger N, Devi S, Thomas T, Sivadas A, Raj-Kuriyan R, Govindaraj S, Kurpad AV, Mukhopadhyay A. When the cure might become the malady: the layering of multiple interventions with mandatory micronutrient fortification of foods in India
Kurpad AV, Ghosh S, Thomas T, Bandyopadhyay S, Goswami R, Gupta A, Gupta P, John AT, Kapil U, Kulkarni B, Kuriyan R, Madan J, Makkar S, Nair KM, Pullakhandam R, Reddy GB, Shah D, Sachdev HS. Nocturnal Fat Oxidation and Metabolic Flexibility of Young Male Indian Adults Using Indirect Calorimetry
Sinha S & Kuriyan R. Adverse childhood experiences and substance misuse in young people in India: results from the multisite cVEDA cohort
Fernandes GS, Spiers A, Vaidya N, Zhang Y, Sharma E, Holla B, Heron J, Hickman M, Murthy P, Chakrabarti A, Basu D, Subodh BN, Singh L, Singh R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Kumaran K, Krishnaveni G, Kuriyan R, Kurpad S, Barker GJ, Bharath RD, Desrivieres S, Purushottam M, Orfanos DP, Toledano MB, Schumann G, Benegal V. No Others Contributions details available.