Lydia Clemmons, Phd, Mph. Email & Phone Number

Dr. Lydia Clemmons is a medical anthropologist with 35 years of experience in the design, management, implementation and evaluation of nutrition, agriculture-nutrition, HIV/AIDS, maternal and reproductive health, child survival, livelihoods, food security, OVC, primary school education, and social and behavior change communication (SBCC) programs in more than 20 countries in Africa. Her experience includes extensive work and collaboration with multilateral and bilateral donors (e.g. United States Agency for International Development, Centers for Disease Control, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Health Organization, World Bank), as well as host-country governments. She has worked as a senior manager or consultant for both international and local non-government organizations (NGOs). Throughout her career, Dr. Clemmons’ technical expertise has supported the development and use of evidence-based state-of-the-art tools and interventions in social and behavior change, which have been consistently recognized as global best practices. Dr. Clemmons has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medical Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Human Biology from Stanford University. She is fluent in English, French and Lingala.Specialties: Executive/Senior-level management of complex programs; program design, implementation; maternal & child health, nutrition, agriculture-nutrition and HIV/AIDS programming; cell phone technologies (mHealth, mNutrition, mFarmer, cell phone videos); SBCC; community-oriented programs; agriculture, livelihoods & food security, qualitative research, project evaluation; grant administration and grant proposal development; institutional strengthening, NGO capacity-building; US government contract and Cooperative Agreement management; medical anthropology.

Listed skills include Program Evaluation, Capacity Building, Global Health, Ngos, and 22 others.