Biosketch
Jessica Fanzo, Ph.D., is the James Anderson Professor of Food Policy and Climate at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna Italy.
She has participated in various collective endeavors, including the Food Systems Economic Commission, the Global Panel of Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Foresight 2.0 report, the Lancet Commission on Anaemia, and the EAT-Lancet Commissions 1 and 2. She was also the Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report and Team Leader for the UN High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Systems and Nutrition. Fanzo serves on the International Livestock Research Institute and the Alliance for Bioversity and CIAT boards and is the co-Chair of the Executive Committee for the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. She currently leads the development of the Food Systems Dashboard and the Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative. She currently leads the development of the Food Systems Dashboard and the Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative. She became an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2024.
Research Interests
With twenty years of research and program experience working in the field in sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia, Professor Fanzo's research focuses on how climate change is impacting sustainable food systems and access to healthy and equitable diets in resource-constrained contexts.
Her research is concentrated in three areas: (1) on the linkages between climate, environment agriculture, food security and diets to improve nutrition of communities in low-income rural communities, (2) the importance of regaining livelihoods in post-conflict regions through better food systems governance (3) metrics of food systems and climate science for better decision-making.
Membership Type
Member
Election Year
2024
Primary Section
Section 64: Human Environmental Sciences
Secondary Section
Section 61: Animal, Nutritional, and Applied Microbial Sciences