Kesso Gabrielle is a nutrition scientist with more than a decade of experience translating scientific evidence into nutrition and public health programs. She cares deeply about data quality and research methods. At Sight and Life, her work bridges applied research, implementation science, and thought leadership to advance evidence-based practical solutions to address real-world health challenges. At Sight and Life, she has played a central role in expanding the Foundation’s presence in Switzerland and in shaping its strategic focus on adolescent nutrition, fermentation, research and technology, and monitoring and evaluation. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Global Human Nutrition at Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands) in collaboration with ETH Zurich (Switzerland).

· Core functions: Nutrition science, research, epidemiology, statistics, public health, science translation and popularization, scientific writing.

· Core areas of interest: Randomized controlled trials, adolescent nutrition, anemia, iron deficiency, infection and inflammation, program evaluation, monitoring & evaluation and nutrition leadership.

· Core areas of research: Anemia, iron deficiency, adolescent nutrition, menstrual blood loss, sexual and reproductive health, stable isotopes, programme evaluations.

· Approach to work: Rigorous study design, evidence-based thinking, and interdisciplinary approaches to accelerate impact.

· Core qualifications: Currently pursuing a PhD in global human nutrition at Wageningen University and is a Research and Academic Guest at ETH Zurich. Holds a master’s degree in global health and public policy from Edinburgh University, a 1st class honors degree in International Health from Maastricht University, a bachelor’s degree in science from Maastricht University, and is a certified nutritional therapist trained in Geneva, Switzerland.

· Past organizations: European Public Health Alliance, World Vision International, DSM-Firmenich, Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition.

· Global footprint: Kesso Gabrielle is currently based in Montreux, Switzerland. She studied in the Netherlands (Maastricht University and Wageningen University), the UK (Edinburgh), and in Switzerland (Geneva and Zürich). She has lived and worked across Africa, Asia and Europe, including the Gambia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kenya, Malawi, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. She speaks French, English, Dutch, and German.