Food Safety

Biography

Dr Clare Narrod leads the Risk Analysis Program at the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at University of Maryland. She received her Ph.D. in Energy Management and Environmental Policy in 1997 and a Master's Degree in International Development and Appropriate Technology both from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1998-2000 she served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Risk Analysis Fellow at USDA. Prior to coming to JIFSAN, she worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis at United States Department of Agriculture and at the Food and Agriculture Organization. She has consulted for the World Bank and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. She has field experience in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand, Mali, Mexico, Vietnam, and Zambia.

Research Interest

Monitoring and impact evaluation of food safety capacity building efforts, identifying cost-effective food safety risk reduction measures for different size producers in developing countries, and understanding the role of public-private partnerships in improving food safety in developing countries