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Grace HeymsfieldProfile page
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
Population Health
- Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population HealthPopulation Health
BIO
Grace is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with ten years of experience in nutrition assessments and research. In her current role as a Nutrition Researcher at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), she supports planning, implementation, and analysis of the IRC’s global malnutrition research portfolio. Prior to this she oversaw quantitative surveys to measure treatment of acute malnutrition as part of IRC’s GiveWell funded CMAM Avancé project. She has also worked with the US Centers for Disease Control for Prevention on global COVID-19 response and Action Against Hunger UK as a nutrition assessment specialist. In 2018-2019, Grace supported preparation of the ComPAS analyses as a Leland Hunger Fellow. She has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan.
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Nutrition ResearcherInternational Rescue Committee, United States1 Aug 2021 - present
CERTIFICATIONS
- Registered Dietitian NutritionistACEND
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, speak and understand