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Medford, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Manage subcontractor deliverables within an international consortium led by Tufts University• Supervise field survey data collection • Supervise and mentor graduate students on data cleaning, data modeling and manuscript writing• Clean and analyze complex survey data using Stata and Excel for impact evaluation programs with RCT designs (cRCT and stepped wedge group-randomized trails)• Draft and submit manuscripts as the lead author and co-author

Rockville, Maryland, United States

•Calculated population-based Feed the Future survey indicators using Stata and R•Led geospatial analysis at admin 3 level for BHA Albarka Resilience Food Security Activity in Mali•Led 3 USAID Development Data Library (DDL) data submissions•Produced maps for final reports, key findings reports, and webinar presentations using QGIS•Customized Feed the Future surveys, draft training manuals, and PowerPoint slide decks•Wrote food security and nutrition sections for USAID FTF ZOI… Show more •Calculated population-based Feed the Future survey indicators using Stata and R•Led geospatial analysis at admin 3 level for BHA Albarka Resilience Food Security Activity in Mali•Led 3 USAID Development Data Library (DDL) data submissions•Produced maps for final reports, key findings reports, and webinar presentations using QGIS•Customized Feed the Future surveys, draft training manuals, and PowerPoint slide decks•Wrote food security and nutrition sections for USAID FTF ZOI Survey Final Reports•Completed 120 hours training in project management •Led Change Management in adopting a new folder structure and file naming conventions•Coordinated with client and colleagues in delivering 2 ad-hoc data analysis requests•Persuaded Technical Directors in adopting solutions through lesson learned presentations Show less

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

•Monitored, cleaned, analyzed, and visualized complex survey data with Stata and Excel for multi-level multisectoral intervention package to reduce stunting and wasting in Northern Uganda•Shared findings from baseline surveys by writing and submitting an abstract on association between household food insecurity and linear growth to American Society of Nutrition•Tracked program deliverables, trained 3 Monitoring and Evaluation officers over Zoom, and coordinate with a multinational team… Show more •Monitored, cleaned, analyzed, and visualized complex survey data with Stata and Excel for multi-level multisectoral intervention package to reduce stunting and wasting in Northern Uganda•Shared findings from baseline surveys by writing and submitting an abstract on association between household food insecurity and linear growth to American Society of Nutrition•Tracked program deliverables, trained 3 Monitoring and Evaluation officers over Zoom, and coordinate with a multinational team involving GOAL International, Tufts, Cornell, and CIMMYT Show less

Minhang District, Shanghai, China

•Created Excel database of food additive and nutritional fortificant that teammates referenced daily using FAO Codex Alimentarius, China GB, HK and Taiwan government food safety websites•Revised 2 consumer education packages that reached over 1 million consumers with legal and marketing colleagues, balancing business interests with scientific soundness and legal restrictions

University Of Pittsburgh

•Delivered nutrition education to over 500 college students to raise their awareness of plant-forward options in student dining hall and designed nutrition infographics for social media•Coordinated food waste reduction marketing campaigns to raise students’ awareness of environmental footprint of food •Reached food waste reduction goals 1 year early

Minhang District, Shanghai, China

•Created a vegan yogurt prototype later adopted by company, supported by market data extracted from Salesforce and yogurt sensory profile data collected from a hypermarket visit

Master Of Science, Food And Nutrition Policies And Programs

Activities and Societies: Friedman Food Policy Action Council (FFPAC) Concentration 1: Nutrition Intervention-Design, Implementation.

Bachelor Of Science, Nutrition And Dietetics, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Pitt Poets, Student Dietetics Association(SDA), Outside of the Classroom Honorary Society (OCC), Academy.

Non-Degree, For-Credit, Continued Education

Undergraduate level Elementary French 1, Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Probability Graduate level Multi-level.