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Friedman Faculty - Webb
Patrick Webb
Dean for Academic Affairs, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Education:

Ph.D. in Economic Geography, University of Birmingham

Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-3779
Email: 
patrick.webb@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Food security, humanitarian policy and practice, development policy, agriculture and food systems, micronutrient deficiencies and methods of delivery.

Current Research: 

Policy responses to the world food, fuel and financial crises; cost and benefits of ready-to-use foods in nutrition programming; evaluation of nutrition programming in Burkina Faso and North Korea; optimal nutrient formulation of food aid commodities; measures of diet diversity in emergencies.

Past Research: 

Household experiences of famine in Ethiopia; tobacco use as displacing food expenditure in Indonesia; optimal design of public works projects in Niger; tools for assessing household food insecurity in Bangladesh.

Professional Affiliations

Former Chief of Nutrition of the World Food Programme of the United Nations; a first-responder to the Asian tsumani disaster in Aceh; member of the International External Evaluation of FAO, mandated by the FAO Council (sector lead on FAO's early warning and emergency operations); former member of the UN Millennium Project's Hunger Task Force; former member of the steering committee of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition; Honorary Professor to the Ministry of Education, Research and Culture of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (attached to Hohenheim University).

Select Recent Publications
Kadiyala S, Rogers BL, Quisumbing A, Webb P. The effect of prime adult mortality on household composition and consumption in rural Ethiopia. Food Policy. 2011;36(5):646-54.
Kennedy ET, Webb P, Walker P, Saltzman E, Maxwell DG, Nelson ME, et al. The Evolving Food and Nutrition Agenda: Policy and Research Priorities for the Coming Decade. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2011;32(1).
Maxwell DG, Webb P, Coates J, Wirth J. Fit for purpose? Rethinking food security responses in protracted humanitarian crises. Food Policy. 2010;35:91-7.
De Pee S, Brinkman HJ, Webb P, Godfrey S, Darnton-Hill I, Alderman H, et al. How to ensure nutrition security in the global economic crisis to protect and enhance development of young children and our common future. The Journal of nutrition. 2010;140:138S.
Webb P. Medium-to long-run implications of high food prices for global nutrition. The Journal of nutrition. 2010;140:143S.
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