Diane Baik

Senior Technical Advisor, Nutrition

Diane is a Senior Technical Advisor and has over 15 years of experience in nutrition programme design, management, evaluation, and proposal writing for development and humanitarian contexts. She is an expert in behaviour change communication, information systems, implementation research (quantitative and qualitative), advocacy, evaluations, and multi-sectoral programming, as well as in technical leadership, project management, and technical assistance. She develops training curricula and builds capacity of local World Vision and Ministry of Health staff in various nutrition interventions, develops country strategies, rolls-out standardized monitoring systems, including Digital Health solutions for nutrition and is involved in external engagements with external partners. She has travelled to 60+ countries (mostly Africa and Asia).  

Diane has previously worked with the World Bank and Sprinkles Global Health Initiative. She holds an HBSc in three majors, including Nutrition from University of Toronto, Canada, and an MSc in Public Health from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. 

Areas of Expertise 

• Infant and Young Child Feeding 

• Positive Deviance Hearth  

• Project Design, Research and Evaluation      

• Multi-sectoral programming (integrating food security and nutrition) 

• Prevention of Acute Malnutrition using food-based approaches 

• Disability