Dr Andrea L S Bulungu is a public health nutrition researcher based in Uganda. Andrea's work centers around research methods and interventions for addressing the drivers of maternal and child nutrition in resource-poor settings. She has a broad background in human nutrition, with specific expertise in diet, time use, and food prices assessment. She is currently conducting studies on food prices and affordability, women's workload burden, and behavior change communication interventions for promoting animal source food consumption. Her research makes use of innovative methods, such as automated wearable cameras and crowdsourcing.
Andrea came to public health nutrition research after nearly a decade working in information design, followed by another decade working for the World Bank (and other global institutions) as a nutrition consultant on nutrition projects in Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America. In addition to Uganda, Andrea has experience working on nutrition programming and research in Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
Andrea holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, a master's degree in public health from Washington University in St Louis, and a bachelor's degree in art from Indiana University.