Core Team
Karen Austrian GIRL Center Director
Angel Del Valle Country Representative
Nicole Haberland Senior Associate
Evalin Karijo Associate Director, Policy, Partnerships, and Engagement, GIRL Center
Meredith Kozak EGER Project Manager
Mame Soukeye Mbaye Research and Program Officer
Brian Medina Project Coordinator, GIRL Center Regional Hub
Dela Nai Associate I
Arindam Nandi Associate II
Sharon Nashipae Coordinator, GIRL Center
Sangram Kishor Patel Senior Program Officer II
Miriam Temin Lead, Evidence Based Practice
Fatima Zahra Associate I
The GIRL Center brings together the Council’s foremost thinkers on adolescent girls across 50 countries with expertise in diverse research methodologies and issues.
External Research Collaborators
- Emma Chikovore, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Jeremiah Chikovore, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
- Justin Dansou, University of Parakou, Benin
- Kelly Hallman, Indigenous Justice Circle, United States
- Caroline Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
- Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Tia Palermo, University at Buffalo, Policy Research Solutions (PRESTO) LLC, United States
- Zewdneh Sabe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and based in Ethiopia
- Simona Simona, University of Zambia
- Aditya Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India
- Oluwaseyi Somefun (Seyi), University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Learn more about our External Research Collaborators.
