Presentation at the United Nations
NGO Committee on the Status of Women Conference 61, New York, 2017
Kidist Foods Cookbook Presentation for
Economic Self-Sufficiency of Young Ethiopian Women
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Relevant Background
Research
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Kidist Paulos Asrat's relevant background and experiences summary:
- Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA, USA
- Field Assistant: Field to Table/Food Share, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Coordinating with local Ontario Farmers to deliver fresh pre-paid monthly vegetable boxes to low-income families
- Visit to the Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Visit and short study of various nutrition stations in southern India, Hyderabad, India
- Attendance in The International Food and Nutrition Conference, Atalanta, GA, USA
- Attendance in The National Nutrition Conference - INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ), Paris, France
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Kidist Paulos Asrat's relevant background and experiences summary:
- Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA, USA
Bachelor of Arts: Natural Sciences
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Master of Science: Nutrition Education
Research: Food Selection Routines of Low Income Urban Women in New Jersey
- The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Research: Food Selection Routines of Low Income Urban Women in New Jersey
- The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
PhD (ABD): Nutritional Sciences
Childhood Vitamin B12 deficiency, measuring Transcobalamin II, and dietary intake of animal products as a measure of dietary Vitamin B12 intake.
Information on cultural habits and backgrounds was an integral part of the data intake.
- Field research: The Solis Valley, Temascalcingo, State of Mexico, MX
--- Clinical analyses: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, State of Mexico, MX
--- Clinical analyses: Vitamin B12 blood analysis laboratories in Los Angeles, CA, and Boston MA, USA
--- Data analyses: The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- Field Assistant: Field to Table/Food Share, Toronto, Ontario, CA
Coordinating with local Ontario Farmers to deliver fresh pre-paid monthly vegetable boxes to low-income families
- Visit to the Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Visit and short study of various nutrition stations in southern India, Hyderabad, India
- Attendance in The International Food and Nutrition Conference, Atalanta, GA, USA
- Attendance in The National Nutrition Conference - INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ), Paris, France
- Interviews and discussions with INSERM nutritionists, Paris, France
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