Angelica Ponguta
Dr. Ponguta obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pathology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters in Public Health (with a concentration in Health Policy) from Yale University. Through her work she has contributed to the fields of basic science, epidemiology and population health, and international early childhood development (ECD) policy. Her past work has included the study of growth factors in the progression of disease at the molecular level. She also led the collection of epidemiological data from subjects in the Bronx for the Hispanic Community Health Study to assess risk factors associated with metabolic diseases in the Latino population.
Currently, she is a fellow at the Yale Child Study Center where she uses her research background to drive policy analysis and development. She is currently developing and implementing a national study of the ECD sector in Ethiopia. In collaboration with UNICEF she is also conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of ECD parenting programs in low and middle-income countries. Her international experience in ECD policy includes supporting the development of the Laos National ECD Plan of Action and the Angola National ECD Policy. She has also conducted a national analysis of the ECD sector in Kosovo to generate a set of programmatic and policy recommendations. She participated in the development and implementation of a study protocol to elucidate the governance and finance mechanisms of ECD in Kenya, Laos, and Cambodia.
Dr. Ponguta uses a multidisciplinary approach in the Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health course to explore the biological, epidemiological, programmatic and policy dimensions of reproduction in the global context.
|
66 West 12th St Office 620 1 (212) 206 3524 Tuesday 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm pongutal@newschool.edu |
|