Research done

• Prevalence and determinants of the dual burden of malnutrition and lifestyle diseases among people living with disability in Nakuru County, Kenya funded by KU/VC grant/2015 (ongoing)
• Resilience and economic growth in the arid lands (REGAL-IR) project –improving nutritional resilience in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALS) funded by USAID/REGAL IR/ GAIN
• Enhancement of the nutritional content of complementary foods through agricultural interventions in rural Kenya Funded by USAID/GAIN
• Utilization of local foods to enhance nutrients adequacy among children aged 6-23 months. A case study of Central Kenya using Optifood analysis. Ongoing
• Opportunities and Limitations of Using Food Composition Tables in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics in Kenya; Experience of Nutritionists
• Expressing breast milk; opportunities and constraint among working lactating mothers in Nairobi, Kenya
• Prevalence and determinants of exclusive breast feeding in Nyeri County, Kenya
• Food security and nutrition trends in Kenya. A meta-analysis of arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya. Ongoing
• Resilience and economic growth in the arid lands (REGAL-IR) project –improving nutritional resilience in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALS). Ethnographic and Optifood study on complementary feeding among Children 6-23 Months in ASAL Kenya (USAID / GAIN / Kenyatta University)
• Strategic management practices and performance of large dairy firms in Kenya” (MBA research).
• Efficacy of Dried Amaranth Leaves on Micronutrient Status of Children Under Five Years in Kajiado County, Kenya ( PhD Research)
• Thesis on “Dietary Practices, Health and Nutrition Status of HIV/AIDS Infected Pre-School Children in Kibera Slum, Nairobi (Msc research)
• Food security and nutritional status of children under-five in households affected by HIV and AIDS in Kiandutu informal settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya
  Workshops

1. E-Learning Training Workshop by ELEFANS at Makerere University Uganda 2015.
2. Use of Optifood and Propan tools- Geneva, Switzerland, 2014
3. Contribution of neglected and underutilized species (NUS) of plants to food security, income generation, better nutrition and climate change resilience - Nairobi University, Kenya
4. Ethnographic and Optifood workshop on complementary feeding among Children 6-23 Months in ASAL Kenya (USAID / GAIN) - Nairobi University, Kenya
5. Food and nutrition in children- department of Paediatrics, Kenyatta University
6. Training of trainers course on use of smart board in teaching - Kenyatta University
7. Use of GIS in nutrition survey - Nairobi University, Kenya
8. Climate change, food security, disaster reduction and resilience - Nairobi University, Kenya
9. Nutritional data management – Makerere University, Uganda
10. SMART for ENA methodology - United Nations
11. Child rights and protection course - United Nations
12. Human Resource Management - United Nations
13. Positive Deviance Hearth concept - World Vision Canada
14. Disaster preparedness, response and mitigation - World Vision Kenya
15. Nutrition management in HIV - Ministry of Health, Kenya
16. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) - Egerton University

Organising Conference/seminars

• Member of organising committee - World under 18 athletics championship pre-games symposium to be held on July 2017 at Kenyatta University
• Member of the organising committee for SUN Academia Network Symposium (2016) Held in Nairobi – Kenya in November, 2016
• Coopted in the organising committee for FANUS conference (2015) in Arusha – Tanzania-participated as chair and rappoteur of sessions
• Organised a workshop on Operational research as a guide to effective policy formulation and program design at national and county levels using innovative tools and methods: Sharing of Best Practices on 21st October 2014, at Silver Springs Hotel Nairobi; Funded by USAID
• 2014 ,Chairman of organising commitee Optifood conference ,University of Nairobi
• 2014,Chairman of organising commitee ,CSPRO conference, Kenyattta University

Ongoing Research
• Utilization of local foods to enhance nutrients adequacy among children aged 6-23 months. A case study of Central Kenya using Optifood analysis. Ongoing
• Food security and nutrition trends in Kenya. A meta-analysis of arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya. Ongoing
• Resilience and economic growth in the arid lands (REGAL-IR) project –improving nutritional resilience in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALS). Ethnographic and Optifood study on complementary feeding among Children 6-23 Months in ASAL Kenya (USAID / GAIN / Kenyatta University)

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