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Asian mother and baby boy feeding chickens on the farm together.

The 4D Lab is currently focusing on the following research areas:

  • Nutritional determinants of cognitive change and neurodegenerative diseases in adults

  • Nutrition links to neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants and young children

  • The dynamics of diet, stress, and sleep, and physical and brain health

  • Understanding and improving food security, behavioral, nutritional and health outcomes in low-income settings

Past Studies

Visit the 4D Lab website to see a full list of past research interests.

Senior woman going through her receipts at home after buying groceries

Stressors under food insecurity and short-term cognitive change in rural older adults

This study was co-funded by the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) from 2021 - 2024. Muzi Na served as a primary investigator on this project.

Myanmar curry ethnic cuisine/Burma

Strategic layering to improve household gender dynamics for optimal nutrition in Niger

This project was funded by the USAID and CRS, Niger from 2021 – 2023. Muzi Na served as the primary investigator in this project.

A mother and child sit at a table for a meal.

Regional in-depth analysis of Nutrition Situation of Children, Adolescents and Women in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This project was funded by UNICEF from 2022 to 2023. Muzi Na served as the primary investigator for this project.

Regional landscape of Central Africa.

Regional landscape analysis of trends and predictors of young children’s diets in selected countries in UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Region

This project was funded by UNICEF from 2019 to 2020. Muzi Na served as the primary investigator for this project.

Hands are pictured holding a bowl over a table of food.

Diet and stress responses in low-income rural adults under the dynamics of food insecurity

 This project was funded by the NIH-Penn State CTSI from 2018 to 2021. Muzi Na served as the primary investigator for this project.

Caucasian female doctor listening heart beat and breathing of little African girl , family looking medical exam

Students who are interested in our research and student lab opportunities should contact us to learn more.