Dr Edwina Prayogo

Dr. Edwina Prayogo currently serves as the Impact & Research Manager at Your Place, a role held since November 2018. Previously, Dr. Prayogo was the Lead Consultant for The Trussell Trust from 2016 to April 2018, where efforts focused on enhancing the nutritional quality of emergency food parcels. As a doctoral researcher at UCL from 2014 to 2018, research concentrated on the drivers of foodbank use and their implications for health and diet quality, which informed future interventions for food security. Additionally, Dr. Prayogo worked as a consultant for the Department of Health and Social Care, advising on the Healthy Start scheme's uptake in London foodbanks. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Public Health & Nutrition and an MSc in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from UCL, alongside a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the Management Development Institute of Singapore and studies in Theology from CHC School of Theology Singapore.