Position Title
Research Scientist, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
Visiting Research Faculty, UC Davis Department of Nutrition
Position Title
Research Scientist, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
Visiting Research Faculty, UC Davis Department of Nutrition
Education and Degree(s)
- Ph.D. Nutritional Biology, University of California, Davis, CA
- M.Sc. Applied Human Nutrition, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Research Interests & Expertise
- Global public health nutrition, particularly micronutrient nutrition and protein-energy malnutrition and estimation of health loss attributable to diet related non-communicable diseases
- Leads the modeling of micronutrient deficiencies and their attributable health loss, as well as the modeling of causes of death due to protein-energy malnutrition in the global burden of diseases project
- Co-leads the estimation of health loss resulting from diet-related noncommunicable diseases
- Interested in the estimation of the health care and economic cost of micronutrient deficiencies and dietary risk factors
Publications