Nahom Tefera

• Nutrition researcher Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Nahom Tefera is a nutrition researcher at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) with over seven years of comprehensive experience in the field as a PI or Co-PI. He is skilled in designing and conducting independent studies, training data collectors, coordinating large-scale fieldwork, and analyzing data.

He has contributed to several research projects at EPHI, including the update of the Ethiopian Food Composition Data (FCD), national food and nutrition strategy baseline surveys, adolescent healthy diet survey, and randomized control trial study to improve school meals within Ethiopia’s school feeding program. His experiences primarily focuses on healthy diets, dietary assessment, and food fortification. Currently, he is working on the localization of the Intake24 dietary assessment system with his colleagues.