Dr Philip James

Philip is an ENN Senior Technical Associate working across ENN's portfolio, with specific focus on wasting and stunting, maternal nutrition, micronutrients, adolescent nutrition, and management of acute malnutrition in infants. 

Over the past 21 years Philip has split his time between humanitarian and academic work in the maternal and child health and nutrition fields. He holds a PhD and MSc. in public health nutrition from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Prior to joining ENN Philip was an Assistant Professor at LSHTM, where his research focussed on the prevention of undernutrition. His doctoral work with MRC Gambia included the design and testing of a novel maternal micronutrient supplement. During his post-doctorate studies he supported clinical trials in India (nutrition-related behaviour change communication) and Nepal (maternal anaemia prevention). He co-organised LSHTM's Nutrition in Emergencies MSc. module, and continues to be a guest lecturer on Masters courses at LSHTM, Buckingham and Nagasaki University. 

Prior to his LSHTM work, Philip spent 10 years working on projects spanning community development, agricultural, environmental, disaster management and food security with various NGOs, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. During this time, he worked as an emergency nutrition coordinator for Action Against Hunger, a Country Representative for Valid International's research on acute malnutrition in Ethiopia, and a disaster management officer for Tearfund. 

Philip's ongoing research interests with ENN include how best to prevent undernutrition by focussing on maternal nutrition status across the life cycle.