Fusta Azupogo, PhD

Education 

• Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition, University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana: 2009 
• MSc Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research-The Netherlands: 2015 
• Certificate in Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Food and Nutrition Security Programs; Wageningen University and Research-The Netherlands: June 2015 
• PhD Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research-The Netherlands: 2022 
   

Previous Employment:  

• Lecturer of Food and Nutrition, University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana: 2016-2022.  
• Project manager: Ten2Twenty-Ghana research project which examined the interrelations between nutrition, economic and social trajectories during adolescence among girls in Ghana. Wageningen University and Research and the University for Development Studies: 2018-2021 
• Research assistant: GAIN food consumption survey among children aged 6-23 months in Karaga and Gomoa East Districts of Ghana: June 2014- March 2015 
   

Research Interests:

• Dietary Assessment 
• Nutritional status assessment 
• Monitoring and evaluation of food and nutrition security programmes 
• Developing Food-Based Recommendations (FBRs) 
• Food systems and health Nutritional Epidemiology 
• Child, adolescent and maternal nutrition