Emily Faerber
Post Doctoral Fellow
PostDoctoral
Post Doctoral Fellow, Global Health
Dr. Faerber is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory University. She holds a Master of Public Health and is a Registered Dietitian. Dr. Faerber completed her Ph.D. in Nutrition and Health Sciences at Emory University in 2019, where her dissertation research explored novel measurement methods and behavior change approaches for infant and young child feeding in Malawi and Ethiopia. Her postdoctoral research focuses on social and behavior change approaches in nutrition-sensitive agriculture in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Faerber also currently teaches an 3-credit undergraduate course, HLTH 385-4: Special Topics in Human Health, Maternal & Child Nutrition.
Areas of Interest
- Behavior and Health
- Community Health & Development
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition
Education
- Bachelor of Science 2008, Western Washington University
- Master of Public Health 2012, University of Washington
- Doctor of Philosophy 2019, Emory University
Affiliations & Activities
Emory College of Arts and Sciences Instructor, HLTH 385-4: Special Topics in Health, Maternal & Child Nutrition (3 credits, Spring 2022)
American Society for Nutrition, member
Registered Dietitian (2013-present)
State of Georgia Licensed Dietitian (2020-present)
Publications
- Girard, Amy Webb, Brouwer, Anthony, Faerber, Emily, Grant, Frederick K. and Low, Jan W, 2021, Orange-fleshed sweetpotato: Strategies and lessons learned for achieving food security and health at scale in Sub-Saharan Africa, Open Agriculture, 6,
- Faerber EC, Stein AD, Webb Girard A, 2021, Portion size and consistency as indicators of complementary food energy intake, Maternal & Child Nutrition, 17,
- Faerber EC, Brouwer R, Low J, Webb-Girard A, 2020, Community-Based Nutrition Education Improves Caregivers’ Knowledge of Complementary Feeding in Southern Ethiopia., Current Developments in Nutrition (Supplement), 4,
- Kedera E, Anson M, Faerber E, Weiss J, Webb Girard A., 2016, Acceptability and feasibility of a child-feeding toolkit in Malawi., Field Exchange, ,