Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage

Dr. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage (http://aphrc.org/post/team/elizabeth-kimani-murage) is a Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), and a Wellcome Trust International Engagement Fellow. More recently, she joined Vitamin Angels (https://www.vitaminangels.org) as a member of their board of directors. She is a Public Health Specialist/Public Health Nutritionist, leading the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit at APHRC. She holds a PhD in Public Health (2010), specializing in Nutrition; a Masters of Public Health (2004) specializing in epidemiology and disease control; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health (1999). She has a cumulative work experience of 15+ years (~ 10 years post-doctoral). Elizabeth is passionate about improving lives and promoting human dignity through action oriented research, programs and engagement, and is championing the right to food as a basic human right, optimal early child nutrition and child development in Kenya and Africa in general. She is leading research in public health issues, especially maternal and child health and nutrition among vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and involving local and international partners. Her research mainly involves testing feasibility and effectiveness of strategies to improve maternal and child wellbeing. She has close to 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications on public health issues, close to 10 technical reports, and about 40 abstracts in local and international conferences. She has contributed to several local and international technical/professional groups, including the Global Nutrition Report Series 2014-2017 (http://globalnutritionreport.org/the-report/) as a member of the International Expert Group. She works closely with the Ministry of Health, Kenya, particularly the Unit of Nutrition and Dietetics and Unit of Child Health. She has also been actively involved in the development of the national guidelines related to nutrition and child health. Over time in her career path she has had extensive experience in data collection and management, data analysis, reporting, scientific writing, communication and engagement of different audiences and policy engagement.