Our Work

Current Research and Evaluation Activities

Somalia Empowering Marginalized Groups through Economic Graduation in Somalia (EMERGE) Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) Program –Learning Partner

Long-Term Agreement, World Food Program –Research Partner

Evaluation of the Ayiti pi Djanm Resilience Food Security Activity in Haiti, Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) Activities – Evaluator

Courses Offered

Our faculty lead a number of classes, including:

    • Public Health Nutrition in Complex Emergencies – Fall 
    • Public Health Leadership for Sustainable Development in the Age of Disruption –  Wyoming Summer Intensive: Click here for more info
    • Food Security and Resilience in Italy –              Italy Summer Intensive: Click here for more info

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Examples of Research and Evaluation Activities (since 2020)

Mid-Term Evaluation of the Albarka Resilience Food Security Activity in Mali (2024)

Evaluation of BHA’s FY21 COVID-19 Response (2024)

A Review of WV Disaster Risk Reduction Programming in Asia and the Pacific (2024 & 2023)

Mid-Term Evaluation of Feed the Future Sugu Yiriwa Activity in Mali (2023)

Midterm Evaluations of Three Resilience Food Security Activities in Niger (2023)

HINDSIGHT 2020: Key Lessons and Reflections from BHA’s FY20 Response to COVID-19

Performance (2022) and Mid-Term (2020) Evaluations of Three RFSAs in DRC

Final Performance Evaluation of the Kore Lavi Development Food Assistance Project in Haiti (2020)

Notable Achievements

Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET): Dr. Nancy Mock co-designed this innovative initiative aimed at early detection and monitoring of famine conditions, enhancing proactive responses to food insecurity. 

Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART): Dr. Mock played a pivotal role in developing this framework, which standardizes methodologies for assessing humanitarian interventions, ensuring consistency and reliability in data collection. 

Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy: As a co-founder and inaugural co-director, Dr. Mock established this academy at Tulane University to cultivate leadership in disaster resilience, focusing on equipping professionals with the skills to manage and mitigate disaster impacts effectively. 

NASA-Funded Research on Environmental Justice: Dr. Nathan Morrow is currently leading a project that leverages open science to advance environmental justice in the Gulf South, utilizing geospatial tools to address policy-relevant environmental challenges.

Award-Winning Research on Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM): Dr. Mock and Dr. Morrow contributed to the development of mVAM, a project utilizing mobile technologies to collect food security data remotely. Their work was recognized with a “Best Paper” award at the Humanitarian Technology 2016 Conference.