AH Young Scholar of the month is Boluwatito Awe from Nigeria!
Boluwatito Awe works with communities in rural Nigeria to address social development issues through Behavior Change with a special focus on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Gender, Equity and Non-discrimination. Her research has been in social and development issues as well as behaviour change.
She has worked with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as a researcher on a handwashing promotion study in Nigeria, conducted a study with other independent researchers to test a method for analysing and assessing the risks associated with sanitation, using the sanitation situation around the Nile Valley in Egypt. She had also embarked on a study into nutrition and health and is currently conducting a study on how nutrition knowledge impacts food choices among young adults in Nigeria.
“Research is enlightening and fulfilling. It exposes me to issues I did not know existed and it brings me joy when I see the results of the research I have embarked upon being used to inform the creation of programmes for social development”. – Boluwatito Awe.
Boluwatito Awe can be reached on LinkedIn
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