Elena is the Senior Research and Evaluation Manager at Food Insight Group, where she supports data collection, management, analysis, and reporting for mixed methods research and evaluations. She is a food economist and public health nutritionist with interdisciplinary training in the science and policy of agriculture, nutrition, public health, gender, and the environment. Prior to joining FIG, Elena worked on food systems and nutrition research from the local to global levels, including work with Tufts University, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and multiple United Nations agencies. She brings enthusiasm for digging into the data to understand the economic, environmental, and social impacts of what we eat and build evidence-based solutions for food systems transformation. She holds a PhD and MS in food economics and nutrition and an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from Tufts University, and an AB in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University.