Meriam- Nutrition Early Warning- Research And Uptake Coordinator
Manage the start-up of the MERIAM research consortium coordinating all technical and operational components of the project. Lead on research uptake to ensure the body of evidence produced by the consortium is applied to policy and programming. Developing strategic partnerships and a technical advisory board for the consortium. Lead development of new funding opportunities for the consortium.MERIAM - Modelling Early Risk Indicators to Anticipate Malnutrition - research uses two types of quantitative methodology (econometric and computational) and a vast array of multi-sectoral data from selected Sub-Saharan African countries to create nutrition early warning models to better predict and develop response planning for humanitarian crises.