Stuart Gillespie is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, and was formerly a Senior Research Fellow. During his time with IFPRI, he initiated the Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL), the CGIAR’s Agriculture and Health Research Platform (AHRP), the TANDI project, Stories of Change in Nutrition, and the Transform Nutrition Research Program Consortium. He was also Research Director of the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) consortium, Leader of the SPEAR flagship (Supporting Policies, Programs and Enabling Action through Research) of the CGIAR Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) research program, and Director of the Transform Nutrition West Africa program.

Prior to joining IFPRI in 1999, he worked with UNICEF, the World Bank, WFP, FAO, WHO, UNSCN, ADB, the Micronutrient Initiative, and other agencies on nutrition policy analysis and program support.

He has written 170 publications, including 9 books, 14 monographs, and 21 book chapters, and holds a PhD in Human Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.