Regional Nutrition Adviser
UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office
Roland Kupka, ScD is the UNICEF Regional Nutrition Adviser for East Asia and Pacific. In this Bangkok-based role, he provides strategic support to UNICEF’s nutrition programs operating 14 countries throughout East Asia and Pacific. Dr Kupka previously served as Senior Nutrition Adviser at UNICEF Headquarters, New York and as Nutrition Specialist and acting Regional Nutrition Adviser in the UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal, as well as Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. He has assumed various organizational leadership roles, including as a member of Board of Trustees of the Micronutrient Forum, Board of Directors of the Iodine Global Network, and Executive Management Team of the Food Fortification Initiative. Over the last 20 years, Dr Kupka’s work has focused on studying the role of nutrition in maternal and child health and on devising effective intervention strategies. He has documented these experiences through 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals. A German national, Dr Kupka completed his doctoral training in Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard University.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
5:00 AM – 6:30 AM EST
Friday, November 13, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
