People

PhD Student

Areas of Interest

• Genomic Literacy
• Community Health Workers

Education

• MPH: Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University
• BS: Biology, Davidson College

Contact Information

Email: calle27@emory.edu

Former Postdoctoral Fellow

Nicole's work currently focuses on: designing and implementing large-scale surveys aimed at program surveillance; conducting impact evaluations of pilot or large-scale nutrition programs; collecting and analyzing data to identify determinants of nutrition program coverage and adherence with the goal of improving program delivery.

Areas of Interest

• Impact Evaluations
• Nutrition Programming in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
• Determinants of Nutrition Program Coverage and Adherence

Education 

• PhD: Nutrition and Health Sciences, Emory University
• MPH: Global Health, Emory University

Contact Information 

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PhD Student

Sabrina is currently developing an implementation sciences framework for scaling evidence-based water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in different resource-limited settings.

Areas of Interest

• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• Climate
• Nutrition and Food Security
• Urbanization
• Institutions and Service Delivery
• Poverty Reduction

Education

• MPH: Environmental Health Sciences & Global Health, Columbia University
• BS: Neuroscience & Public Health, College of William and Mary

Contact Information

sshaque@emory.edu

PhD Student

Rukshan spent two years managing a large scale RCT looking at the effectiveness of delivering multiple micronutrient powders in India, to reduce iron deficiency anemia in children. She also worked on a study looking at acceptability and preference of iron syrup compared to MMPs. In addition to this, she has founded her own implementing NGO and charity and worked in the international development sector doing implementation work in Canada, India, Namibia and Kenya.

Areas of Interest

• Intersection of Environmental Health and Nutrition
• Implementation Science

Education

• MSW, University of Toronto
• BS: Human Biology & Psychology, University of Toronto

Contact Information

rukshan.mehta@emory.edu

PhD Candidate

Abby works with Emory's CCHEM2 Children's Center in providing educational outreach within the Atlanta metro community on important environmental health issues.

Areas of Interest

• Outreach and Translation Science
• Environmental Health

Education

• MSN, Vanderbilt University
• BSN, St. Louis University

Contact Information

abby.mutic@emory.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sheela's work focuses on impact evaluations of nutrition-sensitive interventions, with an emphasis on women's empowerment. She is involved in studies of water and sanitation, household air pollution, and agriculture interventions in low- and middle-income countries, examining pathways of impact on nutrition outcomes.

Areas of Interest

• Nutrition
• Gender
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
• Household Air Pollution

Education

• PhD: Nutrition and Health Sciences, Emory University
• MPH: Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina
• BA: Sociology and Latin American Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Contact Information

sheela.sinharoy@emory.edu