Asher Rosinger

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Research Summary

Dr. Rosinger's overall research program is designed to understand how humans meet their water needs, how this relates to adaptation, environmental changes, and water insecurity, and the resulting health, hydration, and disease consequences.

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Recent Publications

Increased Vulnerability to Dehydration Due to Heat Stress and Drought Across Reproductive States for Pastoralist Women in Northern Kenya

Arshad, S., Roba, K. T., Meriwether, N., Jacobson, H., McGrosky, A., Tavormina, A., Bobbie, N., Khosi, G., Douglass, M., Braun, D. R., Nzunza, R., Ndiema, E., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., Jul 2026, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 38, 7, e70303.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Adult temporal mobility (2002-2010) in material wealth and physical health, self-perceived health, sociality, and use of addictive substances: Insights from an observational exploratory panel study among Tsimane’ Indigenous People in the Bolivian Amazon

Bauchet, J., Godoy, R., Leonard, W. R., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A. Y. & Undurraga, E. A., Oct 2026, In: Social Science and Medicine. 407, 119696.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Long panel studies of small-scale rural societies in the Global South: What is their value, why are they rare, and suggestions to make them happen

Bauchet, J., Godoy, R., Leonard, W. R., Reyes-García, V., Rosinger, A. Y., Tanner, S. & Undurraga, E. A., Oct 2026, In: World Development. 206, 107452.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Water Insecurity, Social Perspectives, and Health Impacts in Private Drinking Water Sources in Pennsylvania: Two Systematic Literature Reviews

Broyles, L. M. T., Ford, L. B., Barnhart, K., Deshpande, S., Todd, M., Morse, E., Boser, S., Fowler, L. B., Warner, A. & Rosinger, A. Y., Jan 1 2026, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 13, 1, e70049.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Water Insecurity Is Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in a Small-Scale Population in Lowland Bolivia Experiencing Lifestyle Changes

Deshpande, S. M., Huanca, T., Conde, E. & Rosinger, A. Y., Jun 2026, In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 126, 6, 156076.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Household Water Insecurity Is Associated With Greater Likelihood of Early Exclusive Breastfeeding Cessation and Diarrhea Among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Ethiopia: Data From Haramaya University Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Roba, K. T., Roba, A. A., Hassen, J. Y., Thompson, G., Brewis, A. & Rosinger, A. Y., Jun 2026, In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 126, 6, 156303.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The Apple(Juice) Does Not Fall Far from the Tree: Children’s Hydration Mirrors Their Parent’s

Rosinger, A. Y., Sep 2026, In: Journal of Nutrition. 156, 9, 101713.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

The Intersection of Tap Water Avoidance, Food Insecurity, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among U.S. Children and Adolescents Aged 2–17 Years

Rosinger, A. Y. & Young, S. L., Jan 2026, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 70, 1, 108104.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Water and nutrition in a rapidly changing world: Introduction to the special issue

Rosinger, A. Y., Jun 2026, In: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 126, 6, 156319.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

Birth Weight in the Daasanach Community of Northern Kenya and the Effect of Multiparity

Zhang, K., Hinz, E., Sadhir, S., Ford, L., McGrosky, A., Nzunza, R., Braun, D., Ndiema, E., Rosinger, A. & Pontzer, H., Jul 2026, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 38, 7, e70313.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Ambient temperature and wet bulb globe temperature outperform heat index in predicting hydration status and heat perception in a semi-arid environment

Baker, L., Jacobson, H., McGrosky, A., Hinz, E., Wambua, F., Sherwood, A., Mbeng, T. C., Nzunza, R., Braun, D. R., Ndiema, E., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., 2025, In: Annals of Human Biology. 52, 1, 2456152.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Can household water sharing advance water security? An integrative review of water entitlements and entitlement failures

Beresford, M., Adams, E., Budds, J., Harris, L. M., Jepson, W., Marley, T., Nguyen, C., Pearson, A., Roque, A. D., Rosinger, A. Y., Shah, S. H., Stellbauer, M. & Wutich, A., Jan 1 2025, In: Environmental Research Letters. 20, 1, 013003.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application

Brewis, A., Jepson, W., Rosinger, A. Y., Stoler, J., Workman, C. L., Wutich, A. & Young, S. L., May 2025, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 37, 5, e70052.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Beyond peak water security: Household-scale experiential metrics can offer new perspectives on contemporary water challenges in the United States

Jepson, W., Wutich, A., Pearson, A. L., Beresford, M., Brewis, A., Cooperman, A., Osborne-Gowey, J., Rempel, J., Rosinger, A. Y. & Stoler, J., Aug 2025, In: PLOS Water. 4, 8, e0000413.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

High water turnover, hydration status, and heat stress among Daasanach pastoralists in a hot, semi-arid climate

Mcgrosky, A., Ford, L., Hinz, E., Sadhir, S., Wambua, F., Braun, D. R., Douglass, M., Ndiema, E., Nzunza, R., Rosinger, A. Y. & Pontzer, H., 2025, In: Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. 13, 1, p. 215-228 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review