Jambalmaa Khainzan

Areas of Expertise

Women’s Health, Food Safety; Nutrition Education and Research

Email: jambalma@brandeis.edu

Current Project

A woman-centered food safety education model for adaptation and use in developing countries. It is based on analysis of women’s “life contact points” in the food production, processing, storage and preparation of common foods. A  “Women and Safe Food” exhibition intends to raise the importance of food safety and nutrition education for small business women  entrepreneurs in the developing world  who are trying to improve  their livelihood and further the health of their communities by preventing food-borne diseases.

Biography

I was born and raised in Mongolia, and received my MD degree from Irkutsk Medical University, Russia and a doctoral degree in food safety (1996) from the Nutrition Academy in Kazakhstan. I worked with the Mongolian Government in food safety, nutrition and water and sanitation programs. In 2002-06, I coordinated the Asian Development Bank Project: “Improving Nutrition for poor mothers and children in Central Asia and Mongolia JFPR 9005,” a micronutrient initiative in fortified flour and iodized salt. My scientific research includes food safety, nutrition education, micronutrients, and prevention of food-borne diseases, risk management, and food quality assurance.

After almost ten years of working in the public health sector, I returned to graduate school and I have completed Master’s degrees in International Health Policy and Management (Brandeis University, 2007) and Humanitarian Assistance (Tufts University, 2008). My experience, research and advanced study have taught me that policy advocacy combined with education can lead to significant changes at the local level. So I am focusing on improving the social awareness of food safety issues for women’s health and nutrition.

Education

PhD., Kazakhstan Nutrition Academy

M.S., Brandeis University

M.A., Tufts University

Representative Publications

Khainzan, Jambalmaa. The role of social mobilization as a key to sustainable food fortification programs. “The future of Food and Nutrition” A Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference, TUFTS, Boston 2008.

Jambalmaa Kh, Nansalmaa D.  Reasons for foodborne diseases and their consequences in the food safety situation in Mongolia. 5th World Congress on Food borne Infections and Intoxications, Berlin 2004.

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