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Education
• PhD Candidate, 2020, Food and Nutrition Policy and Programs & Humanitarian Assistance, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
• MA, 2007, Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University
• BS, 2006, Quantitative Economics and International Relations, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University
Research Interests
• Understanding the drivers of child malnutrition in humanitarian contexts with consideration for temporal variability
• The long-term impact of human rights violations on livelihoods in humanitarian contexts
• Evidence generation and methodological approaches in the humanitarian field
Research Highlights
Technical Series on the Conceptual Framework for Addressing Acute Malnutrition in Africa’s Drylands, Panelist, October 2020 (Virtual)
Marshak A, Young H, Radday A, Naumova EN (2020 – Accepted). Sustained Impact of a Multi-Sectoral Intervention on Child Nutrition Two Years after Program Completion. Maternal and Child Nutrition.
Marshak A (2019). Twin Peaks: the seasonality of acute malnutrition, conflict, and environmental factors in Chad, South Sudan, and the Sudan.
Atim A, Marshak A, Mazurana D, Farrar J (2018). The Effects of the Lord’s Resistance Army’s Violence on Victims from Northern Uganda in Prosecution vs. Dominic Ongwan. Feinstein International Center.
Young H, Marshak A (2018). Persistent Global Acute Malnutrition: A discussion paper on the scope of the problem, its drivers, and strategies for moving forward for policy, practice, and research. Feinstein International Center.
Marshak A, Young H, Radday A (2016). Water, Livestock, and Malnutrition: Findings from an Impact Assessment. Feinstein International Center.
State of the Humanitarian System, Panelist, December 2018, Boston, USA