Jane Battersby, Co-lead
Jane Battersby is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town and co-lead of the Food Environments for Health CoRE. Her research focuses on the interaction of food environments with urban environments in the African context. She is particularly interested in urban food governance and increasing the agency of urban residents.
Meena Daivadanam, Co-lead
Meena Daivadanam has a background in medicine and a PhD in public health interventions. She works in Global Health with intervention and implementation research, particularly community-based complex interventions for primary and secondary prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Asia. She is increasingly focusing on upstream determinants such as local health systems and food environments using more inclusive participatory and design methods to bridge the equity gap.
Jecinta Atieno Okumu, Project Coordinator
Dr Jecinta Okumu is a medical Sociologist, currently working as a research coordinator at the forum for Africa studies – Uppsala University. Jecinta has a background in human resources management, sustainable development, and public health. She has broad interest in development studies, issues of inclusion and exclusion, stigma, ethics and chronic illnesses. She is currently, in her capacity as coordinator at the Forum for Africa studies, coordinating 2 different GUILD-ARUA cluster of excellence collaborations , bringing together over 20 African and European academic institutions towards addressing issues around migration, food environments and Health.