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Friedman Faculty
Jennifer Coates
Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Education:

Ph.D. in Nutrition, Tufts University

Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-3677
Email: 
jennifer.coates@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Food security and livelihoods (measurement, assessment, and programming); Risk management and disaster risk reduction; Social protection programs; HIV and malnutrition; Global nutrition programs; Program evaluation and information systems; "Delivery Science"; national food security and nutrition policy development

Current Research: 

Study of Exit Strategies and Sustainability of Title II Programs (Kenya, Honduras, Bolivia); Assessment of WFP Approaches to Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping in LAC Region; Study of Tailored Food Basket and Nutrition Education Impacts on Household Nutrition and Clinical Outcomes in HIV Treatment Programs (Haiti); Longitudinal study of livelihoods change in protracted or repeated humanitarian emergencies (Bangladesh, Ethiopia)

Professional Affiliations

Member, Editorial Board of Food Security Journal; Member, American Society for Nutrition

Select Recent Publications
Maxwell DG, Webb P, Coates J, Wirth J. Fit for purpose? Rethinking food security responses in protracted humanitarian crises. Food Policy. 2010;35:91-7.
Coates J, Webb P, Houser RF, Rogers BL, Wilde PE. “He said, she said”: who should speak for households about experiences of food insecurity in Bangladesh? Food Security. 2010;2:81–95.
Ivers LC, Cullen KA, Freedberg KA, Block SA, Coates J, Webb P, et al. HIV/AIDS, undernutrition, and food insecurity. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009;49:1096.
Fuster M, Mutonyi M, Houser RF, Coates J. Factors Associated with Food Security Optimism in Bangladesh. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 2008;3:84-99.
Maxwell DG, Webb P, Coates J, Wirth J. Rethinking Food Security in Humanitarian Response. In: Food Security Forum.; 2008.
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