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Ms

Grace Heymsfield

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health

Population Health

Orcid identifier0009-0004-2614-2215
  • Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
    Population 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 Researcher
    International Rescue Committee, United States1 Aug 2021 - present

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
    ACEND

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, speak and understand