PhDBA/BEd(Hons1) GradDipArts(Phil) CertIV TAE40110 CertIV 10280NAT
Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, Food and Nutrition Action in Health Systems at World Health Organization
Dr Nina Chad is an interdisciplinary health social scientist, focused on prevention of infectious disease and malnutrition in children. Her research centers on developing effective behaviour change communication to improve vaccine acceptance and infant and young child feeding practices. She developed a communication package to support parents’ vaccination decisions. Her professional experiences in education, behaviour change counselling, and mother-to-mother breastfeeding support in the community inform her approach to child health research. She is the Infant and Young Child Feeding Consultant to the World Health Organization’s Food and Nutrition Actions in Health Systems Unit. She has worked with the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and as Infant and Young Child Feeding Consultant to Save the Children in Myanmar in 2008. She also volunteers with ABA.