Food Policy & Applied Nutrition, Humanitarian Assistance
Meeting the challenge of food security, livelihoods and nutrition in humanitarian emergencies
Each emergency presents unique challenges, but virtually all require interventions that include:
- assessment and communication of early warning signals;
- design of appropriate food and other life-saving interventions;
- treatment of severe malnutrition in refugee settings, and;
- rebuilding of livelihoods that are less vulnerable than before.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is committed to developing professionals who are solidly prepared to handle not only the technical, but also the social, political, economic and analytical aspects of disasters that affect food security and contribute to nutritional stress in at-risk populations.
Faculty
Jennifer Coates, Ph.D.
Food security measurement, monitoring and evaluation, food and nutrition policy, nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
Karen Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Refugee and migration issues; security and livelihood issues in refugee hosting areas, microfinance in conflict areas; asylum countries; Africa; developing countries.
Daniel Maxwell, Ph.D.
Food security, livelihoods, complex emergencies, humanitarian agencies and interventions
Beatrice Rogers, Ph.D.
Economic determinants of household food consumption; consumption effects of economic and pricing policies; design and impacts of food assistance; determinants of intrahousehold allocation of food and other resources; determinants of program effectiveness. Survey research methods and in how to design and implement interdisciplinary educational curricula.
Kate Sadler, Ph.D.
Community-based programming, humanitarian emergencies, understanding risk for and vulnerability to acute malnutrition, improving effectiveness of treatment of acute malnutrition, institutional capacity building.
Peter Walker, Ph.D.
Climate change and disasters, humanitarian accountability
Patrick Webb, Ph.D.
Household Food Security, Agricultural Development, International Organizations, and Famine
Helen Young, Ph.D.
Nutrition in Complex Emergencies, Needs Assessment, Famine
Major areas of current research
Food Policy and Applied Nutrition program faculty are engaged in research on the impact of food aid programs and program exit strategies, and on the quality of food aid commodities distributed in emergency and non-emergency settings. Current research in Haiti is assessing the effects of a tailored food basket targeted to extremely vulnerable HIV-affected groups. A joint program with the Feinstein International Center is tracking long-term changes in the livelihood patterns and food security of populations affected by protracted crisis and conflict.
Learn More
Visit the Food Policy and Applied Nutrition program page:
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/fpan