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Miss Indira Bose

Res. Fel. in Agri.-Food Syst. for Nutr.

United Kingdom

Indira Bose is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Her research focuses on inter-relationships between water security, food security and health, with a particular focus on the impacts of climate. Indira is experienced in epidemiological methods, qualitative research and systematic reviews. Her PhD thesis takes a mixed-methods approach to understand the effects of rainfall on health in The Gambia.

Prior to joining LSHTM Indira worked at the World Food Programme (WFP) in Cambodia, leading the analytics, nutrition and social protection teams. She also worked at WFP Headquarters on the development of the "Fill the Nutrient Gap", an analytical approach aimed to support governments to design evidence-based strategies to improve affordability and accessibility of nutritious diets. Indira holds a MPA from Columbia University and a BSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Teaching

Co-Module Organiser for DL Module on Nutrition and Infection 2023-24; Tutor on DL Module 2021-2024

Tutor on Statisitcs for Epidemiology and Public Health 2022

Tutor on Economic Analysis for Health Policy Assessment and Environmental Health Policy 2023

 

 

Research

 Food Security; Water Security; Nutrition; Water-related Diseases; Climate Change; Rainfall; Mental Health; Food Environment; Diets and affordability of nutritious diets

Selected Publications

Mental health, water, and food: Relationships between water and food insecurity and probable depression amongst adults in Mexico.
BOSE, I; Bethancourt, HJ; Shamah-Levy, T; Mundo-Rosas, V; Muñoz-Espinosa, A; Ginsberg, T; Kadiyala, S; Frongillo, EA; Gaitán-Rossi, P; Young, SL;
2024
Journal of affective disorders
Data collection tools for: "Changing rainfall patterns, household water use and health: risks and household responses in rural Gambia"
BOSE, I; DREIBELBIS, R; GREEN, R; MURRAY, K; Ceesay, O; KOVATS, S;
2024
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The difficulty of meeting recommended nutrient intakes for adolescent girls
BOSE, I; Baldi, G; Kiess, L; Klemm, J; Deptford, A; De Pee, S;
2020
Global food security
Tools to improve planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of complementary feeding programmes.
Untoro, J; Childs, R; BOSE, I; Winichagoon, P; Rudert, C; Hall, A; De Pee, S;
2017
Maternal & child nutrition
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