CURRICULUM VITAE - Institute for Public Health

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Mark John Manary, M.D. 

Date: August 2008 

Citizenship: 

U.S.A. 

Address/Telephone: Office: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Division of Emergency Medicine, 

One Children's Place, NWT 10103 

St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1077 

314-454-2178 

Fax: 314-454-4345 

E-Mail: manary@kids.wustl.edu 

Present Position: 2005-present Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of 

Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

Education: 

Undergraduate 1977 B.S., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Graduate 1982 M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 

Missouri 

Postgraduate 1982-1985 Internship and Residency, Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's 

Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 

Academic Positions/Employment: 

1977-1979 Research Engineer, Consolidated Aluminum and Dow Chemical 

1985-1987 Medical Officer, Shirati Mission Hospital; Musoma, Tanzania, 

East Africa 

1987-1989 Medical Officer and Acting Clinical Director, Cheyenne River 

Indian Reservation, U.S. Public Health Service, Eagle Butte, 

South Dakota 

1989-1994 Instructor in Pediatrics, Washington University School of 


1994-present 

Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, Medical College of Malawi, 

Blantyre, Malawi 

1994-1999 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School 

of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

2000-2005 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School 

of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

2002-present 

2005-present 

University and Hospital Appointments: 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Voluntary Faculty, Children’s 

Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 

Houston, Texas 

Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of 


1989-present 

Attending Pediatrician, Emergency Unit, St. Louis Children’s Hospital


Mark J. Manary, M.D. 

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Committees: 

Washington University School of Medicine: 

St. Louis Children's Hospital: 

1991-present Human Studies Committee 

1998-present Chair, Working Group of Nutrition in Undergraduate Medical 

Curriculum 

1998-present Course Director MSII Nutrition Pathophysiology Course 

2003-2005 Associate Director, Doris Duke Clinical Scholars Program 

Emergency Department: 

1991-1993 Research Committee 

1991-1993 Emergency Unit Facility Work Group 

1993-1994 Quality Assessment Committee 

Medical Licensure: 

Board Certification: 

Certification: 

Honors and Awards: 

1984 Missouri R2E27 

1988 American Board of Pediatrics (recertified 2005 – 2011) 

1994 Subspecialty Board Certification, Pediatric Emergency 

Medicine (recertified 2002 - 2008) 

1987 Advanced Trauma Life Support – Provider – (Recertified, 2003) 

1989 Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Provider and Instructor 

(recertified, 2007) 

1989 Pediatric Advanced Life Support – Affiliate Faculty 

1989 Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (S.A.F.E.) - Provider 

1980 CIBA Award of Community Service 

1982 St. Louis Pediatric Society Award 

1994-1995 Fulbright Scholar 

2004 Academic Humanitarian Physician of the Year, American 

Association of Medical Colleges 

2005 AOA Member, Washington University Chapter 

2006 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award, Washington 

University Graduate Student Senate 

2007 Washington University Distinguished Alumni Faculty Award 

2007 Rose Award for Community Education, St. Louis County 

Public Schools 

2007 Excellence in Pediatrics Award, St. Louis Pediatric Society



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Professional Societies and Organizations: 

1988-1994 Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 

1988-1994 AAP/Section on Emergency Medicine 

1988-1994 AAP/Missouri State Chapter 

1998-present American Society for Clinical Nutrition 

1998-present American Society for Nutritional Sciences 

2000-present 

2000-present 

Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) 

Council Member Commonwealth Association at Pediatric 

Gastroenterology and Nutrition 

Community Activities: 

1996-2001 Injury Prevention Program, SLCH 

2001-2004 Medical Co-Director, Injury Prevention Program, SLCH 

Invited Professorships and Lectureships: 

1. December 1991, “Oral Rehydration Therapy”, Schwartzman Ambulatory Lecture, St. Louis Children’s 

Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 

2. January 1992, “Wintertime Sports Injuries”, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 

3. August 1992, “Stories of Hope”, Grand Rounds, Burn Clinic, Petoskey, Michigan 

4. April 1994, “Oral Hydration: How to Apply It to Your Practice”, Clinical Advances in Pediatric Emergency 

Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 

Missouri 

5. September 1994 – June 1995: Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher, Medical College of Malawi, Malawi, Africa 

6. June 1995, “Treatment of Kwashiorkor”, Departmental Seminar at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 

Liverpool, United Kingdom 

7. April 1996, “The Presentation of Bacterial Meningitis”, Third Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatric 

Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, 

St. Louis, Missouri 

8. June 1996, “Approach to the Critically Ill-Appearing Patient”, and “Megacodes”, Advanced Pediatric Life 

Support (APLS) Course, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

9. February 1997, “Kwashiorkor in Malawi”, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences 

Center, Denver, Colorado 

10. February 1997, “Protein Kinetics in Kwashiorkor”, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University 

School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

11. March 1997, “Kwashiorkor in Malawi”, Grand Rounds, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University 

School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

12. April 1997, “Evaluation of Fever in a Child with Recent Foreign Travel”, Fourth Annual Clinical Advances in 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of 

Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri



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13. June 1997, “Kwashiorkor in Malawi”, Grand Rounds, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Louis, 

Missouri 

14. May 1998, “Nutrition and Immunity”, The Etiology of Kwashiorkor, Keynote Lecture, Blantyre Conference, 

Blantyre, Malawi 

15. December 1999, “Zinc Nutriture in Child Health”, Grand Rounds, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington 

University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

16. December 1999, “Healthcare Overseas – EM Perspective”, Division of Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds, 

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

17. November 2000, “Whole-Body Human Metabolism during Severe Malnutrition and Acute Infection”, School of 

Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 

18. April 2001, “Zinc Homeostasis in Malawian Children”, Fifth CAPGAN Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, 

Darwin, Australia 

19. April 2001, “Treatment of Severe Protein Energy Malnutrition”, Fifth CAPGAN Congress on Diarrhea and 

Malnutrition, Darwin, Australia 

20. June 2001, “Protein-Energy Malnutrition”, Grand Rounds, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis 

University, St. Louis, Missouri 

21. May 2002, “International Concerns of the Ethics of Human Research”, Washington University School of 

Medicine Human Studies Retreat, Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri 

22. September 2002, “Home-Based Therapy for Protein-Energy Malnutrition”, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 


23. September 2002, “Childhood Malnutrition in Malawi – Investigations in Metabolism and Improved Therapy”, 

Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 

24. April 2003, “Home-Based Therapy for Severe Childhood Malnutrition, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cardinal 

Glennon Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 

25. May 2003, “How the Nutrient Composition of Foods Can Help the Developing World’s Children – Lessons and 

Studies from Malawi”, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Olivette, Missouri 

26. May 2003, “Home-Based Therapy for Severe Childhood Malnutrition”, Sixth CAPGAN Congress on Diarrhea 

and Malnutrition, Drakensberg, South Africa 

27. October 2003, “Home-Based Therapy for Protein-Energy Malnutrition Using Ready-To-Use Food. Community 

Based Approaches to Managing Severe Malnutrition”, CTC Conference sponsored by Concern, Dublin, Ireland 

28. April 2004, “Project Peanut Butter”, Eleventh Annual Clinical Advances in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 

Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 

29. May 2004, “Kwashiorkor Prevention by Antioxidant Supplementation”, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, 

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 

30. January 2005, “Home-Based Therapy With Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food for Severe Childhood 

Malnutrition”, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland



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31. February 2005, “The Use of Ready-To-Use Food in the Care of HIV Infected Clients in Sub-Saharan Africa”, 

GTC Conference sponsored by US AID, Washington, D.C. 

32. February 2005, “Local Production of Ready-To-Use Food”, GTC Conference sponsored by US AID, 

Washington, D.C. 

33. November 2005, “Local Production of Ready-To-Use Food”, WHO Expert Meeting on Community-Based 

Therapy for Severe Childhood Malnutrition, Geneva, Switzerland 

34. November 2005, “Home-Based Therapy for Severe Malnutrition in the HIV Infected Children in Malawi”, 

WHO Expert Meeting on Community-Based Therapy for Severe Childhood Malnutrition, Geneva, Switzerland 

35. November 2005, “The Medical and Dietary Protocol Used for Home-Based Therapy for Severe Childhood 

Malnutrition in Malawi ”, WHO Expert Meeting on Community-Based Therapy for Severe Childhood 

Malnutrition, Geneva, Switzerland 

36. February 2006, “Home-Based Therapy for Oedematous Malnutrition with Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food”, 

Eighth CAPGAN Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, Dhaka, Bangladesh 

37. February 2006, “Home-Based Therapy for Childhood Malnutrition with Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food, The 

Results of an Operational Program”, Eighth CAPGAN Congress on Diarrhea and Malnutrition, Dhaka, 

Bangladesh 

38. May 2006, “Nutritional Care of HIV-Infected Children (0-14yrs) at Primary Health Care and Referral 

Facilities”, Joint WHO / NIH Meeting on Nutritional Support in HIV Infected Children, Washington D.C. 

39. August 2006, “Payment to Minors”, The Siteman Cancer Center CRA Forum, Center for Advanced Medicine, 


40. January 2007, “How HIV Infection has Changed Severe Childhood Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa”, 

College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi. 

41. April 2007, “Childhood Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Baker Institute International Health Forum, Rice 

University, Houston, Texas. 

42. August 2007, “Better Ways to Feed the World’s Malnourished Children”, University Management Team, 

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. 

43. August 2007, “The Role of Plants in Enhancing Human Health”, Danforth Plant Science Center Conversation 

Program, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri. 

44. August 2007, “Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods in the Treatment of Malnutrition in Malawi”, Pediatric Grand 

Rounds, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. 

45. March 2008, “Malnutrition in Malawi”, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

46. July 2008, “Cassava in Child Health in Africa”, Global Cassava Partnership Meeting, Ghert, Belgium. 

Consulting Relationships and Board Memberships: 

1994-1996 Coordinated Research Programme (CRP) on Application of 

Stable Isotope Tracer Methods to Studies of Amino Acid, 

Protein, and Energy Metabolism in Malnourished Populations



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of Developing Countries; International Atomic Energy 

Agency, United Nations 

Clinical Title and Responsibilities: 

2000-present 

Teaching Title and Responsibilities: 

Council member – Commonwealth Association of Paediatric 

Gastroenterology and Nutrition 

Attending Pediatrician, Emergency Unit, St. Louis Children’s 

Hospital 

Lectures to Pediatric House Staff Rotating in the Emergency 

Unit, St. Louis Children's Hospital (6 hours/month) 

Preceptor for Medical Students in the Emergency Unit, 

St. Louis Children's Hospital 

Preceptor for House Staff in the Emergency Unit, St. Louis 

Children's Hospital 

Platform Presentations at Washington University and St. Louis 

Children's Hospital; by request (about 2/year) 

Lectures to Second Year Medical Students on Nutrition in 

GI/Nutrition Pathophysiology Course 

Course Supervisor – Paediatric Ward Rotation at Queen 

Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi (3 students/year) 

Course Supervisor – WUMS 4 th Clinical Nutrition 

Mentor – Master of Arts Graduate Students 

Research Support: 

Governmental 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

Protein metabolism in malnourished children with ALRI 

04/01/94-08/30/97 

$28,000 

Fulbright Scholarship Award 

09/01/94-06/30/95 

$36,000 

Fulbright Scholarship Award 

07/01/95-09/30/95 

$10,000 

American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center 

Protein metabolism in marasmic-kwashiorkor during acute 

infection: a comparison of two different dietary sources of 

protein 

09/01/96-09/30/97 

$4,320



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National Institute of Health 

The role of infection in human nutrition 

06/01/00-06/01/03 

$355,000 

International Atomic Energy Agency 

Improving Child Growth and Development Through 

Improved Zinc Nutrition, An Important Step Toward 

Achieving MDGS #1 and #4 in Malawi 

10/01/07 – 10/01/09 

$30,000 

Non-Governmental 

Canada Fund (Canadian Embassy) 

Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit Outreach Program 

01/01/95-12/31/97 

$9,600 

British Cloth Workers Union 

Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit Outreach Program 

01/01/97-12/31/97 

$16,000 

Thrasher Research Fund 

A comparison of egg white with tryptophan and milk as 

protein source in the initial treatment of edematous 

malnutrition 

06/01/97-05/31/98 

$32,873 

Nestle Foundation 

The effect of phylate on zinc homeostasis in Malawi 

10/97-2/99 

$82,100 

Allen Foundation 

The effect of phytate reduction on zinc homeostasis in young 

Malawian children 

07/01/98-05/31/00 

$80,000 


Home-based therapy for protein energy malnutrition 

07/01/00-07/01/02 

$55,000 

Georgia Peanut Commission 


05/02 

$5,000 

Danforth Foundation 


09/02



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$100,000 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation 


12/02-12/03 

$55,000 

Valid International 


06/03-05/04 

$40,000 

Children’s Nutrition Research Center 

Baylor College of Medicine 

Kwashiorkor prevention project 

10/02-10/03 

$200,000 



Effect of cysteine supplementation on glutathione synthesis in 

HIV infected children 

10/02-10/03 

$19,000 



Effect of probiotic on tropical enteropathy 

HIV infected children 

10/03-10/04 

$18,366 


Prevention of kwashiorkor by antioxidant supplementation 

07/04–06/05 

$62,950 



Improved complementary feeding strategies for children in the 

developing world 

10/04-10/08 

$375,000 


Improved complementary feeding strategies for children in the 


07/05–06/06 

$77,880 

Gates Foundation 

Improving cassava for nutrition, health, and sustainable 

Development 

07/05-06/10



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$462,795 

Academy for Educational Development 

Randomized controlled trial comparing the impact of 

nutritional counseling alone with supplementary feeding with 

either RUTF or CSB among wasted adult ART clients in 

Malawi 

11/05-03/08 

$124,944 

Gates Foundation 

Improving cassava for nutrition, health, and sustainable 

Development - supplement 

07/07-06/10 

$150,000 

Academy for educational development randomized controlled 

trial comparing the impacts of feeding with milk/peanut 

RUTF, soy/peanut RUTF, and CSB among children with 

moderate acute malnutrition in Malawi 

06/07-09/08 

$144,608 


Improved supplementary feeding strategies for children in the 


07/07–06/08 

$68,200 


Improved ready-to-use therapeutic food 

07/2008 – 06/2009 

$62,174 

Bibliography: 

Invited Publications: 

1. Manary MJ, Jaffe DM: Cervical spine injuries in children. Pediatr Ann 1996;25:423-428. 

2. Manary, MJ: Protein - Energy Malnutrition: There is still work to do. J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 2001;32:519-520. 

3. Manary, MJ, Solomons NW: Undernutrition. In: Public Health Nutrition (Arab L, Margetts B, eds.), Blackwell 

Scientific, Oxford, UK 2004:178-191. 

4. Manary MJ: Home-Based therapy for moderately and severely malnourished children with ready-to-use 

therapeutic food. CML-Clinical Nutrition: 2005. 

Peer Reviewed: 

1. Darmaun D, Manary MJ, Matthews DE: A method for measuring both glutamine and glutamate levels and 

stable isotope enrichments. Anal Biochem 1985;147:92-102.



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2. Manary MJ, Keating JP, Hirshberg DE: Quadriparesis due to potassium depletion. Crit Care Med 

1986;14:750-752. 

3. Manary MJ, Hollifield WC: Childhood sledding injuries in 1990-91. Pediatr Emerg Care 1993;9:155-158. 

4. Manary MJ, Lehmann D, Michael A, et al: Antigenuria in healthy Papua New Guinean children with nasal 

Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage. Ann Trop Pediatr 1993;13:385-389. 

5. Dyke T, Lewis D, Heegaard W, Manary M, Flew S, Rudeen K: Predicting hypoxia in children with acute lower 

respiratory infections: A study in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. J Trop Pediatr 1995;41:196-201. 

6. Dowd MD, Krug S: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee: Working Group on 

Blunt Cardiac Injury (Mark Manary). Pediatric Blunt Cardiac Injury: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and 

Diagnosis. J Trauma 1996;40:61-67. 

7. Brewster DR, Manary MJ, Menzies IS, Henry RL, O'Loughlin EV: Comparison of milk and maize based diets 

in kwashiorkor. Arch Dis Child 1997;76:242-248. 

8. Brewster DR, Manary MJ, Menzies IS, O’Loughlin EV, Henry RL: Intestinal permeability in kwashiorkor. 

Arch Dis Child 1997;76:236-241. 

9. Manary MJ, Brewster DR, Broadhead RL, Crowley JR, Field CR, Yarasheski KE: Protein metabolism in children 

with edematous malnutrition and acute lower respiratory infection. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:1005-1010. 

10. Brewster DR, Manary MJ, Graham SM: Case management of Kwashiorkor: An intervention project at 7 

nutrition rehabilitation centres in Malawi. Eur J Clin Nutr 1997;51:139-147. 

11. Manary MJ, Brewster DR: Potassium supplementation in Kwashiorkor. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 

1997;24:194-201. 

12. Manary MJ, Brewster DR, Broadhead RL, Graham SM, Hart CA, Crowley JR, Fjeld CR, Yarasheski KE: 

Whole-body protein kinetics in children with kwashiorkor and infection: A comparison of egg white and milk 

as dietary sources of protein. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:643-648. 

13. Manary MJ, Broadhead RL, Yarasheski K: Whole-body protein kinetics in marasmus and kwashiorkor during 

acute infection. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:1205-1209. 

14. Brewster DR, Manary MJ, Menzies IS, Henry RL, O’Loughlin EV: Comparison of milk and maize based diets 

in kwashiorkor. Malawi Medical Journal 1998;11:2-5. 

15. Manary MJ, Brewster DR: Potassium supplementation in kwashiorkor. Malawi Medical Journal 1998;11:6-10. 

16. Brewster DR, Manary MJ, Graham SM: Case management of kwashiorkor: An intervention project at 7- 

nutrition rehabilitation centres in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal 1998;11:15-20. 

17. Manary MJ, Hart CA, Whyte MP: Severe hypophosphatemia in children with kwashiorkor is associated with 

increased mortality. J Pediatr 1998;133:789-791. 

18. The WHO Young Infants Study Group* (Manary MJ): Serious infections in young infants in developing 

countries: rationale for a multicenter study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:S4-S7. 

19. The WHO Young Infants Study Group* (Manary MJ): Methodology for a multicenter study of serious 

infections in young infants in developing countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:S8-S16.



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20. The WHO Young Infants Study Group* (Manary MJ): Bacterial etiology of serious infections in young infants 

in developing countries: results of a multicenter study. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:S17-S22. 

21. The WHO Young Infants Study Group* (Manary MJ): Clinical prediction of serious bacterial infections in 

young infants in developing countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:S23-S31. 

22. The WHO Young Infants Study Group* (Manary MJ): Conclusions from the WHO multicenter study of serious 

infections in young infants. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:S32-S34. 

23. Mulholland EK, Ogunlesi OO, Adegbola RA, Weber M, Sam BE, Palmer A, Manary MJ, Secka O, Aidoo M, 

Hazlett D, Whittle H, Greenwood BM: Etiology of serious infections in young Gambian infants. Pediatr Infect 

Dis J 1999;18:S35-S41. 

24. Manary MJ, Yarasheski KE, Hart CA, Broadhead RL: Plasma urea appearance rate is lower when children with 

kwashiorkor and infection are fed egg white tryptophan rather than milk protein. J Nutr 2000;130:183-188. 

25. Manary MJ, Brewster DR: Intensive nursing care of kwashiorkor in Malawi. Acta Paediatr 2000;89(2):203-207. 

26. Manary MJ, Leeuwenburgh C, Heinecke JW: Increased oxidative stress in kwashiorkor. J Pediatr 

2000;137(3):421-424. 

27. Manary MJ, Hotz C, Krebs NF, Gibson RS, Westcott JE, Arnold T, Broadhead RL, Hambidge KM: Dietary 

phytate reduction improves zinc absorption in Malawian children recovering from tuberculosis but not in well 

children. J Nutr 2000;130:2959-2964. 

28. Manary MJ, MacPherson GD, McArdle F, Jackson MJ, Hunt CA: Selenium status, kwashiorkor and congestive 

heart failure. Acta Paediatr 2001;90:950-952. 

29. Manary MJ, Hotz C, Krebs NF, Gibson RS, Westcott JE, Broadhead RL, Hambidge KM: Zinc homeostasis in 

Malawian children on a high phytate maize-based diet. Am J of Clin Nutr 2002;75:1057-1061. 

30. Manary MJ, Yarasheski KE, Broadhead RL: Urea production and leucine oxidation in malnourished children 

with and without acute infection. Metabolism 2002;51(11):1418-1422. 

31. Manary M, Krebs N, Gibson R, Broadhead R, Hambridge K: Community-based dietary phytate reduction and 

its effect on iron status in Malawian children. Ann Trop Paediatr 2002;22:133-136. 

32. Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary M: Home-based treatment of malnourished Malawian 

children with locally produced or imported ready-to-use- food. J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 2004;39(2):141-146. 

33. Manary MJ, Yarasheski KE, Berger R, Broadhead RL: CO 2 production during acute infection in malnourished 

Malawian children. Eur J Clin Nutr 2004;58:116-120. 

34. Maleta K, Kuittinen J, Duggan MB, Briend A, Manary M, Wales J, Kulmala T, Ashorn P: Supplementary 

feeding of underweight, stunted Malawian children with a ready-to-use food. J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 

2004;38:152-158. 

35. Manary MJ, Yarasheski KE, Berger R, Abrams ET, Hart CH, Broadhead RL: Whole body leucine kinetics and 

the acute phase response during acute infection in marasmic Malawian children. Pediatr Res 2004;55:940-946. 

36. Manary MJ, Ndekha MJ, Ashorn P, et al.: Home-based therapy for severe malnutrition with ready-to-use-food. 

Arch Dis Child 2004;89:557-561.



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37. Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary MJ: Locally produced and imported ready-to-use-food in 

the home-based treatment of malnourished Malawian children. J Pediatr Gastro Nutr 2004;39:141-146. 

38. Manary MJ, Yarasheski KE, Smith S, Abrams ET, Hart CA: Protein quantity, not protein quality, accelerates 

whole-body leucine kinetics and the acute phase response during acute infection in marasmic Malawian 

children. Brit J Nutr 2004;92:589-595. 

39. Ndekha NJ, Manary MJ, Ashorn P, Briend A: Home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food is of 

benefit to malnourished, HIV infected Malawian children. Act Paediatr 2005;94:222-225. 

40. Ciliberto MA, Sandige H, Ndekha MJ, Ashorn P, Briend A, Ciliberto HM, Manary MJ: A comparison of homebased 

therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food with standard therapy in the treatment of malnourished 

Malawian children: a controlled, clinical effectiveness trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;81(4):864-870. 

41. Ciliberto H, Ciliberto M, Briend A, Ashorn P, Bier D, Manary M: Antioxidant supplementation for the 

prevention of kwashiorkor in Malawian children: randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Brit Med J 

2005;330:1109-1112. 

42. Patel M, Sandige H, Ndekha M, Briend A, Ashorn P, Manary M: Supplemental feeding with ready-to-use 

therapeutic food in Malawian children at risk of malnutrition. J Health Popul Nutr 2005:23(4):351-357. 

43. Galpin L, Manary MJ, Fleming K, Ou CN, Ashorn P, Shulman RJ: The effect of Lactobacillus GG on intestinal 

integrity in Malawian children at risk for tropical enteropathy. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;82:1040-1045. 

44. Sullivan J, Ndekha MJ, Maker D, Hotz C, Manary MJ: The quality of the diet in Malawian children with 

kwashiorkor and marasmus. Maternal and Child Nutrition 2006;2:114-122. 

45. Manary MJ, Muglia LJ, Vogt SK, Yarasheski KE: Cortisol and its action on the glucocorticoid receptor in 

malnutrition and acute infection. Metabolism 2006;55:550-554. 

46. Ciliberto MA, Manary MJ, Ndekha MJ, Briend A, Ashorn P: Home-based therapy for oedematous malnutrition 

with ready-to-use therapeutic food. Acta Paediatr 2006;95:1012-1015. 

47. Kuusipalo H, Maleta K, Briend A, Manary M, Ashorn P: Growth and change in blood haemoglobin 

concentration among underweight Malawian infants receiving fortified spreads for 12 weeks: A preliminary 

trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2006;43:525-532. 

48. Manary MJ: Local production and provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread for the treatment 

of severe malnutrition. Food Nutr Bull 2006;27(3):S83-S89. 

49. Linneman Z, Matilsky D, Ndekha M, Manary MJ, Maleta K: A large scale operational study of home-based 

therapy with ready to use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi. Matern Child Nutr 

2007;3:206-215. 

50. Lin CA, Boslaugh S, Ciliberto HM, Maleta K, Ashorn P, Briend A, Manary MJ: A prospective assessment of 

food and nutrient intake in a population of Malawian children at risk for kwashiorkor. J Pediatr Gastroenterol 

Nutr 2007;44:487-493. 

51. Galpin L, Thakwalakwa C, Phuka J, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Wong WW, Manary MJ: Breast milk intake is not 

reduced more by the introduction of energy dense complementary food than by typical infant porridge. J Nutr 

2007;137:1828-1833.



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52. Lin CA, Manary MJ, Maleta K, Briend A, Ashorn P: An energy-dense complementary food is associated with a 

modest increase in weight gain when compared with a fortified porridge in Malawian children aged 6 – 18 

months. J Nutr 2008;138(3):593-598. 

53. Flax VL, Ashorn U, Phuka J, Maleta K, Manary MJ, Ashorn P: Feeding patterns of underweight children in 

rural Malawi given supplementary fortified spread at home. Matern Child Nutr 2008;4(1):65-73. 

54. Phuka JC, Maleta K, Thakwalakwa C, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary MJ, Ashorn P: Complementary feeding 

with fortified spread and incidence of severe stunting in 6- to 18-month-old rural Malawians. Arch Pediatr 

Adolesc Med 2008;162(7):619-625. 

55. Heikens GT, Bunn J, Amadi B, Manary M, Chhagan M, Berkley JA, Rollins N, Kelly P, Adamczick C, 

Maitland K, Tomkins A for the Blantyre Working Group: Case management of HIV-infected severely 

malnourished children: challenges in the area of highest prevalence. Lancet 2008;371:1305-1307. 

56. Heikens GT, Amadi BC, Manary M, Rollins N, Tomkins A: Nutrition interventions need improved operational 

capacity. Lancet 2008;371:181-182. 

Letters: 

1. Dyke T, Manary M: Chest infections in African children. Clinical signs unreliable. BMJ 1993;306:1342. 

2. Brewster D, Manary MJ: Treatment of severe malnutrition. Lancet 1995;345:453. 

Abstracts: 

1. Manary MJ, Brewster DR, Broadhead RL, Fjeld CR, Yarasheski K: Whole-body protein metabolism in 

edematous malnutrition and systemic infection: A comparison of egg white and milk as dietary source of 

protein. Poster presentation, 16th International Congress of Nutrition, Palais des Congress de Montréal, Québec, 

Canada, July 1997. 

2. Manary MJ, Ndekha M, Briend A, Ashorn P: Home-based therapy using ready-to-use food in the treatment of 

severe childhood malnutrition. Poster presentation, 2002 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Meeting, Baltimore, 

Maryland, May 2002. 

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