The LIFT Lab is excited to welcome Dr. Grace Peters, a visiting Post-Doc, to our team! Dr. Peters is a seasoned public health expert and educator with over two decades of experience in global health, reproductive care, and implementation research. She holds a PhD in Family Medicine from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa; an MPH in Health Promotion; and a BS in Human Nutrition from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Throughout her career, she has led community-driven health initiatives, developed educational curricula, facilitated national capacity-building programs, and published on malaria prevention, healthcare access, and family health. Having worked with Save the Children UK, UNICEF, the Chaplaincy of the Nigerian Army (The Protestant Church), and Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Peters has helped implement scalable health interventions across the country. We are thrilled to have Dr. Peters with us for the summer!