In this latest episode of ScHARR Chain Reaction podcast Dr Anju Keetharuth will be talking to Dr Robert Akparibo about their role and how they manage their work life balance among other topics.
Dr. Robert Akparibo is a Senior University Tutor (Associate Professor) in Global Health and Nutrition Epidemiology based within the Section of Public Health, at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield. Prior to joining the ScHARR, the University of Sheffield, Dr Akparibo worked with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Denmark, and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Ghana, as well as several other international and national NGOs including with Family Health International in Senegal, Hellen Keller International in Burkina Faso, and the Association of Faith-based Development NGOs in Northern Ghana. During this period, he led the design and delivery of cost effective maternal and child health and nutrition interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of mothers and children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Robert's research interests include:
• Nutrition Epidemiology
• Food and nutrition security and malnutrition
• Food environment, food systems and policy
• Maternal and child health, including infant and young child feeding behaviours and practices that impacts on child health
Current projects include:
• Co-I: NutriShed Project Funded by the Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA). Adapting Food Shed Analysis for Nutrition Security Planning in Ghana. Project partners: University of Ghana School of Public Health (led by Professor Richmond Aryeetey), and the Sheffield University Institute for Sustainable Foods (led by Professor Bhavani Shankar).
• Co-Lead: Erasmus Plus Knowledge Exchange Project funded by the European Erasmus+ Credit Mobility Fund. The project aim at strengthening the existing collaboration between the university of Ghana and the university of Sheffield through staff and students’ mobility for Knowledge exchange around teaching and research.
• Co-Led: Evaluating the impact of social enterprise interventions in improving food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. Project partners: Maastricht University, Netherlands (co-led by Prof. Onno Van Schayck and Dr Victoria von Salmuth).
Previous/completed projects
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