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Biography
Bea Rogers is Professor of Economics and Food Policy and Chair of Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs, which draws on the multidisciplinary expertise of the School, and focuses on the economic, political, and social science dimensions of global nutrition challenges.
Dr. Rogers is an economist whose research focuses on economic determinants of household food consumption, including price policy and food aid. Her current research assesses the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative supplementary foods for the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition in children, based on field studies in three sub-Saharan African countries. She recently completed a multi-country study in Bolivia, Honduras, and India, on how the benefits of food assistance programs can be made sustainable after the programs are closed – research that should inform the design of future development projects to ensure that interventions produce lasting change without creating dependence on external support. She has conducted research on the determinants of intra-household allocation of resources, focusing on the role of female household headship among other factors. She works primarily in low-income countries, and has worked in South and East Asia, Central and South America, and North and Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a leader in the development of interdisciplinary graduate education in food and nutrition, and has conducted funded research on appropriate graduate training for global nutrition and food policy professionals.
Dr. Rogers received her PhD from the Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare Policy at Brandeis University. She received the Friedman School’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 2008 and the Dannon Mentorship Award from the American Society for Nutrition in 2014, both honoring her mentorship of doctoral students. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition and received the ASN Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition Research in 2017.