Khristopher is an interdisciplinary food systems researcher interested in how human experiences and behaviors affect environment-health relationships. Currently a Yerby Postdoctoral Fellow and originally from Trinidad and Tobago, he is especially passionate about planetary health in island ecosystems. Ultimately, he aims to create better informed interventions targeted at improving human and environmental health by embedding these interventions in local knowledge and belief systems for the communities they serve. He also loves kittens, bicycles, Black science fiction, and peanut butter.
Khristopher’s project has two goals: (1) building local research capacity to include mixed methods training, (2) working with Malagasy community members to identify best practices to inform interventions aimed at improving both livelihood and food security.