Supporting and Shaping the Global Nutrition Agenda with Evidence

30 October 2024. Supporting and Shaping the Global Nutrition Agenda with Evidence: A Three-Decade Journey of Research and Partnerships for Impact by IFPRI

This year’s Forman Lecture was delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996.

Dr. Ruel reflected on the role of research in supporting and shaping the evolution of the global nutrition agenda over the last three decades. Drawing on examples from her journey in research leadership, she presented the case for how investments in rigorous research and partnerships with development actors around the world have supported this evolution.

Reflections and Tributes from Panelists

• Shawn K. Baker, MPH, Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller International
• Namukolo Covic, Director General’s Representative to Ethiopia, CGIAR Ethiopia Country Convenor and CGIAR Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• Omar Dary, Senior Nutrition Science Specialist, Bureau of Global Health, MCHN, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Patrick Webb, Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)