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Ms Grace Heymsfield

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health

United Kingdom

Grace is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with ten years of experience in nutrition assessments and research. In her current role as a Nutrition Researcher at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), she supports planning, implementation, and analysis of the IRC’s global malnutrition research portfolio. Prior to this she oversaw quantitative surveys to measure treatment of acute malnutrition as part of IRC’s GiveWell funded CMAM Avancé project. She has also worked with the US Centers for Disease Control for Prevention on global COVID-19 response and Action Against Hunger UK as a nutrition assessment specialist. In 2018-2019, Grace supported preparation of the ComPAS analyses as a Leland Hunger Fellow. She has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Research

Grace's research interests include:

  • Wasting/Acute Malnutrition
  • Mixed Methods Research
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 
  • Micronutrients

Selected Publications

Applying WHO Prioritization Criteria for Moderate Wasting: Programmatic Implications.
Potani, I; Tausanovitch, Z; HEYMSFIELD, G; Ritz, C; Cazes, C; James, PT; Briend, A; Coulibaly, IN; Khaki, JJ; Manda, G; Potani, O; Berkley, JA; Bailey, J; Kangas, ST;
2025
Maternal & child nutrition
Distance From Treatment Is Associated With Poorer Admission Status and Worse Outcomes Among Acutely Malnourished Children.
Kangas, ST; Khisa, A; Tausanovitch, Z; Ouologuem, B; Coulibaly, IN; Diassana, K; Haidara, A; HEYMSFIELD, G; Ritz, C; Briend, A; Bailey, J;
2025
Maternal & child nutrition
Estimating program coverage in the treatment of acute malnutrition using population-based cluster survey methods: results from surveys in Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Niger.
HEYMSFIELD, G; Radin, E; Biotteau, M; Kangas, S; Tausanovitch, Z; Tesfai, C; Kiema, L; Ouedraogo, WT; Mamoudou, BS; Issa, MG; Bangali, L; Wa Ngboloko, MC A; Chaïbou, B; Maman, MB; Leidman, E; Bilukha, O;
2025
Frontiers in public health
Linear Growth During Treatment With a Simplified, Combined Protocol: Secondary Analyses of Severely Wasted Children 6-59 Months in the ComPAS Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
HEYMSFIELD, G; Stephenson, K; Tausanovitch, Z; Briend, A; KERAC, M; Stobaugh, H; Bailey, J; Kangas, ST;
2024
Maternal & child nutrition
Perceptions of stakeholders on the use of a simplified, combined protocol for treatment of acute malnutrition in Central African Republic.
Ngure, FM; Tausanovitch, Z; HEYMSFIELD, GA; Bebelou, SM; Seboulo, P; Tabiojongmbeng, B; Dembele, AM; Coulibaly, IN; Nikièma, V; Bailey, J; Kangas, ST;
2024
Maternal & child nutrition
Effectiveness of acute malnutrition treatment with a simplified, combined protocol in Central African Republic: An observational cohort study.
HEYMSFIELD, G; Tausanovitch, Z; Christian, LG; Bebelou, MS M; Mbeng, BT; Dembele, AM; Fossi, A; Bansimba, T; Coulibaly, IN; Nikièma, V; Kangas, ST;
2024
Maternal & child nutrition
Factors associated with acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Madagascar: A pooled analysis.
Nassur, A-M; Daanouni, O; Luc, G; Humphreys, A; Blanarova, L; HEYMSFIELD, G; Kouassi, F; Kangas, ST; N'Diaye, DS;
2022
PloS one
Risk factors for hospitalisation and death from COVID-19: a prospective cohort study in South Sudan and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Leidman, E; Doocy, S; HEYMSFIELD, G; Sebushishe, A; Mbong, EN; Majer, J; IMC-CDC COVID-19 Research Team,; Bollemeijer, I;
2022
BMJ open
Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Death From COVID-19 in South Sudan and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Leidman, E; Doocy, S; HEYMSFIELD, G; Sebushishe, A; Ngole, ME; Majer, J; Team, TI M C-C D C; Bollemeijer, I;
2021
SSRN
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