1.0 Personal particulars
Full Name: Akwilina Wendelin Mwanri
Address: Department of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, P.O Box 3006, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro
Telephone: Office: +255 23 260 3511 ext 4422. Mobile: +255 754 336650
E-mail: akwmwanri@hotmail.com OR akwmwanri@sua.ac.tz
Google Scholar (Link): https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yrEKHncAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate (Link): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akwilina-Mwanri
2.0 Academic Qualifications and Professional Qualification
| Qualification | Institution/School | Country | Year |
| PhD
Postgraduate Diploma (Food and Nutrition Security) MSc (Applied Human Nutrition) BSc (Food Science and Technology)
Secondary Education (ACSEE) Secondary Education (OCSEE) Certificate of Primary Education |
Wageningen university
Wageningen International
Nairobi University Sokoine University
Weruweru High School Weruweru Sec School Chanjale Pr. School |
Netherlands
Netherlands
Kenya Tanzania
Tanzania Tanzania Tanzania
|
2015 2008
2003 1995
1990 1987 1983 |
Area of Expertise: Food and Nutritional Sciences; Nutritional Assessment; Food and Nutrition Security; Nutritional Epidemiology
RESEARCH
Research Interests: Non-Communicable diet related diseases; Maternal and Child Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Security, Food composition
Funded Research Projects
| 2010 – 2014 | Food security, environmental quality and adequate care in the context of climate change: Development and testing of eco-nutrition guidelines for community actions in the context of climate change in Malawi & Tanzania (Eco-Health Project): Research project funded by IDRC– Team Member |
| 2015-2017 | Building Strong Nutrition Systems: Assessment of Capacity to Deliver & Curriculum Development for Nutrition-Relevant Community Programs in Tanzania. Working in collaboration with Cornel University, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University (KCMU+; supported by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Team Member |
| 2014 – 2018 | Improving Nutrition Outcomes through Optimized Agricultural Investments (ATONU); A project lead by the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Team member |
| 2016 – 2018 | Understanding the drivers of diet change and food choice among Tanzanian pastoralists to inform policy and practice. A project funded through “Drivers of Food Choice” from UKAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – Team Member |
| 2018 – 2020 | Plasma Leptin Levels among primary school students in Chamwino District research project in collaboration with Giessen University, German – Principal Investigator |
| 2018 – 2019 | Supporting five African countries in evidence development for development of food based dietary guidelines funded by FAO – Team Member |
| 2019 – 2020 | Mapping of food outlets and green spaces in Ilala and Kinondoni districts, Dar es Salaam – Consultancy research work funded by FAO and GAIN – Team member. |
| 2020 – 2023 | FSNet Africa Project Food Systems and Research Network for Africa (FSNet-Africa). A project awarded under African Research Universities Allience (ARUA)and UK research Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenge Fund: Institution champions, a mentor and a member of review board: https://fsnetafrica.com/people/dr-akwilina-mwanri/ |
| 2021- 2024 | Food Agriculture and Nutritional Diversity (FoodLAND) project a four years project funded by European Commission. The project is implemented in a consortium of six African countries and European collaborators; Funded by European Commission – Co-Principal Investigator: https://foodland-africa.eu/ |
| 2020 to 2022 | Use of community peer educators in prevention of type 2 diabetes in Tanzania. The project is funded by Sokoine University of Agriculture – SUARIS – (Mentor) |
| April, 2022 to October, 2023 | Quantitative Risk Assessment of Antimicrobial Residues (AR) and Quality In Complementary: Food A project funded by European Union and FAO under Agri-connect project – Co-Investigator. |
| 2023 – 2025 | Shaping food environments in transitioning economies for sustainable and healthy diets (FETE). The project is implemented in collaboration with Thunen Insitute for Market Analysis and other institutions in Ghana, South Africa and Malaysia and funded by the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE). The overall aim of the project is to study food environments and nutrition transition of the urban poor and devise policy recommendations and interventions – Co-PI |
| 2023 – 2026 | ECOFOOD – Creating Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems in Refugee Hosting Contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ECOFOOD – funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) implemented in Tanzania and Uganda – Co-PI |
PUBLICATIONS
Akwilina Wendelin Mwanri and Safiness Simon Msollo (2020). Selective screening for gestational diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa. In: Gestational Diabetes: From Diagnosis to Treatment. (Edited by Hasan Aydin.) Nova Science Publishers. pp. 179 – 187
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD