Technical Advisor, Nutrition Research
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Zeina Maalouf-Manasseh has several years of experience working in maternal and child nutrition research, both nationally and globally. She has a PhD in international and community nutrition from the University of California, Davis, and an MS in food policy and applied nutrition from Tufts University.

Zeina, what do you do at FANTA?

I manage a portfolio of research activities on the prevention of malnutrition, with a focus on specialized food products.

What has been your proudest moment on the FANTA project?

One of my proudest moments has been the successful completion of a meeting that brought together researchers and program implementers on the topic of small-quantity LNS for the prevention of malnutrition. The meeting included many rich discussions on various topics, and bringing the different perspectives together, with the synthesis of the discussions in the meeting report, helped us advance the agenda on LNS, an innovative product to reduce malnutrition.