About Us

Source: Countries Where Faculty and Staff Have Experience

Who We Are

The Food Security and Resilience Group (FSRG) is based at Tulane University’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (WSPH), which has earned a world-class reputation for its leadership in capacity building, sustainable development, and resilience, and for its capabilities to conduct high-quality research.  Our team combines a wide range of technical expertise, advanced research skills, and practical experience critical to evaluating complex global challenges related to food, health, nutrition, and livelihoods that affect vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. 

Our Expertise and Approach

• We work across different regions of the world and sectors to address challenges related to food, health, and nutrition in fragile contexts.
• Our team has a unique history of fostering sustainable development and resilience goals, focusing on populations living in poverty and experiencing food insecurity. 
• We maintain deep, long-standing partnerships with research institutions and specialists in the countries where we work, prioritizing capacity strengthening and collaborative solutions to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations worldwide. 

What We Do

• We employ advanced quantitative and qualitative analytical capabilities to carry out impact, performance, and formative evaluations of resilience, food security, livelihood, and nutrition programs.
• We use evidence-based research findings to inform program design and implementation, policy development, and operational improvements for humanitarian assistance and sustainable development activities in food-deficient countries. 
• Our team collaborates with governments, non-governmental organizations, private-sector institutions, and communities to identify and implement innovative, contextually relevant solutions that build community and institutional capacity.