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Sorrel Namaste

Deputy Project Director

Education

DrPH, Global Health, George Washington University
MHS, Global Epidemiology, John Hopkins School of Public Health
BS, Biology and Psychology, University of Vermont

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Dr. Sorrel Namaste is the Deputy Project Director of the USAID-funded Enhancing Nutrition Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (NuMERAL) in the Health Sector Activity. In this role, she supports locally led nutrition and early childhood development research, monitoring, and evaluation and translation of this evidence for country and cross-national learning.

Dr. Namaste has experience in international survey data collection and applied research, with specific expertise in nutritional assessment. Prior to joining RTI, she worked as the Senior Technical Advisor for the USAID-funded Demographic and Health Surveys Program and as the Anemia Team Lead for USAID SPRING (Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally). In this capacity she provided technical assistance for the implementation of household surveys and assisted governments to develop national strategies and conduct implementation research, respectively.  

Previously, Dr. Namaste also worked for the U.S. National Institutes of Health where she was responsible for supporting large-scale global nutrition research projects. While there, she served as the co-principal investigator on the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutrition Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) Project, supported the establishment of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND) Program, and was the Program Manager for the Iron and Malaria Safety Project. 

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