Gissele Gajate Garrido received her PhD in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on June 2010. She also holds a Masters in Economics from UCLA and graduated with honors from Universidad del Pacífico (Peru). She has worked for leading research centers (GRADE and IPA) and multiple government agencies in Peru such as the Ministry of Economics and Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Peruvian Congress. Her research interests are in development and health economics. Currently, her research focuses on the determinants and consequences of poor health in the developing world. She examines both the incentives and constraints that households in developing countries face when making use of private and public goods and services that could potentially benefit them. She also investigates the mechanisms through which public interventions and environmental degradation impact child health and nutrition.

Awards:

• Graduate Division Award - UCLA (2007-2008) and (2010)
• “Unión Vida” Excellence Award, (Peru) 2002
• First place nationwide in the small research projects contest of the Economic and Social Research Consortium, (Peru) 2001
• “Special Robert Maes Award” First place of academic achievement of the 2001 graduating class, Universidad del Pacífico, 2002
• “Robert Maes Award” to Academic Achievement, Universidad del Pacífico, 2000
• Jan Tinbergen Scholarship given by Nuffic, 2000