BIO
Chris is a renowned public health dietitian with expertise connecting the dots between agriculture, nutrition, and health, aiming to foster sustainable diets. He is a co-founder and director of global resarch of the non-profit Food + Planet and a former Technical Advisor with USAID Advancing Nutrition. Chris collaborated with Harvard University and Gallup on the Global Diet Quality Project, pioneering diet quality monitoring system in over 100 countries. He has led significant research on Indigenous Food Systems for the UN FAO, aiding the development of the Solomon Islands National Dietary Guidelines. A dedicated advocate for sustainable food systems, Chris has created practical tools to enhance nutrition for vulnerable groups, contributed to high-level conferences, and conducted research linking food security with environmental sustainability. In his leisure, he enjoys hiking and biking, actively engaging with nature.
At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Chris is involved in the “The Future of Food: Power and Biodiversity” program. He will join us in the spring term of 2025.
PUBLICATIONS
Assessing the Performance of National Sentinel Food Lists at Subnational Levels in Six Countries, in Health Nutrition, 2023
Dietary Agrobiodiversity for Improved Nutrition and Health Outcomes Within a Transitioning Indigenous Solomon Island Food System, Food Security, 2021.
Progress Towards SDB 2: Zero Hunger in Melanesia-A State of Data Scoping Review, Global Food Security, 2021
Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems: Insights on Sustainability and Resilience from the Front Line of Climate Change. Chapter 4: From the Ocean to the Mountains: Storytelling in the Pacific Islands, FAO and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, 2021
Leveraging Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Diets, Highlighting Pacific Small Island Developing States, in Barling D. & Fanzo. J. (Vol.4), Advances in food Security and Sustainability (pp.133-173) Academic Press, 2019