Faculty & Research in Uganda
Research Projects
The Feinstein International Center is one of the partners of the Apolou consortium, led by Mercy Corps, in Karamoja, Uganda. The goal of the Apolou program is to achieve a food secure future in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda through community level governance, sanitation and hygiene, sustainable livelihoods, and prevention of chronic malnutrition.
Hellen Amuguni
Barbara Athieno
Research Projects
The Feinstein International Center is one of the partners of the Apolou consortium, led by Mercy Corps, in Karamoja, Uganda. The goal of the Apolou program is to achieve a food secure future in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda through community level governance, sanitation and hygiene, sustainable livelihoods, and prevention of chronic malnutrition.
Teddy Atim
Research Projects
Lynne Ausman
Andy Catley
Merry Fitzpatrick
Shibani Ghosh
One Nutrition in Complex Environments: This is an RCT of GOAL’s social behavior change program called Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice (NIPP) and a modified NIPP program that includes low-cost technologies that allow households to assess drivers of malnutrition. The study seeks to understand whether and how these approaches lead to a sustained reduction of malnutrition risk factors, thereby improving child health and nutrition.
Kimberly Howe
Research Projects
The Feinstein International Center is one of the partners of the Apolou consortium, led by Mercy Corps, in Karamoja, Uganda. The goal of the Apolou program is to achieve a food secure future in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda through community level governance, sanitation and hygiene, sustainable livelihoods, and prevention of chronic malnutrition.
Getting in or missing out? Understanding the poor’s interactions with market systems and international programmin: The Feinstein International Center is one of the partners of the Apolou consortium, led by Mercy Corps, in Karamoja, Uganda. The goal of the Apolou program is to achieve a food secure future in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda through community level governance, sanitation and hygiene, sustainable livelihoods, and prevention of chronic malnutrition.
Lorlene Hoyt
Eileen Kennedy
Zarin Machanda
Anastasia Marshak
Research Projects
Daniel Maxwell
Mesfin Molla
The Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) is a four-year project of USAID/Uganda aimed at increasing resilience and economic development in the Karamoja Region of northeast Uganda. Its focus is on translating evidence into practice and fostering collaborative learning to strengthen policy environments and program impacts. KRSU investigates emerging trends, best practices, and promising strategies, and identifies gaps, challenges, and opportunities to improve pastoralist systems and livelihoods.
Anne Radday
One Nutrition in Complex Environments: This is an RCT of GOAL’s social behavior change program called Nutrition Impact and Positive Practice (NIPP) and a modified NIPP program that includes low-cost technologies that allow households to assess drivers of malnutrition. The study seeks to understand whether and how these approaches lead to a sustained reduction of malnutrition risk factors, thereby improving child health and nutrition.