Nicky Dent

Nicky Dent is a nutritionist with more than 20 years of experience working in public health nutrition in a diverse range of emergency and development contexts. 

From community to global level, she has experience in programme design, implementation, and evaluation; policy and operational research; training and knowledge management. 

Over the years, she has concentrated on the prevention and treatment of malnourished infants and children and their mothers, including operational research with early community-based approaches. 

Nicky has an MSc in Nutrition and a post-graduate Diploma in Dietetics from King’s College, London. She has spent over 10 years living and working in various African countries, most recently in Ethiopia. She is currently a member of the WHO Wasting Guideline Development Group.