Marie-Claire is a Doctoral Researcher at the Chair of Development Economics and Global Health at the Faculty of Economics. Her research focuses on Global Health and Nutrition. In her doctoral project, she examines the role of minimum dietary diversity, inflammation and gut health on catch-up growth and development in stunted children.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Marie-Claire has worked for the UNOPS-hosted Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in Geneva. She holds a master’s degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Copenhagen. Her thesis analyzed changes in the gut microbiome of stunted children in response to different food supplements. She previously earned a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition medicine. Her bachelor’s thesis, a narrative review of alternative ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) formulas for treating severe acute malnutrition in children, was published in Nutrition Reviews (Oxford University Press). While her previous work focused on sub-Saharan Africa, her upcoming research will be set in Indonesia, broadening her geographic focus to Southeast Asia.