Grace Wothaya Kihagi
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Grace Wothaya Kihagi
ORCID iD 0009-0005-6926-6696
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Affiliations
  • Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
  • ALIMUS project
  • Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) Sustainable Futures
Research topics
  • Climate Change and Health
  • Child Nutrition
  • Adolescent Health
  • Food Security
  • Nutrition and Behavior
Grace Wothaya Kihagi is a trained and practicing clinical nutritionist and dietitian. She holds both a Master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Since April 2024, she has been a junior researcher at ZEF at the University of Bonn. She is involved in the ALIMUS Trial Implementation for households with young children in sub-Saharan countries. Her research focuses on the effects of home gardening and nutrition counseling on climate-sensitive nutrients and undernutrition. Additionally, she contributes to the co-design of behavior-change strategies for adolescent health under the CHANGE MAKER project. Grace has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research and implementation science. She is also skilled in stakeholder engagement, knowledge transfer, and mentoring.
Selected publications

Kihagi GW, Mank I, Kurniawan AL, Osei BO, Stieglbauer G, Mbata M, Muok EMO, Sogho R & Danquah I (2026). Associations between dietary patterns and adequate intake of climate-sensitive micronutrients among young children living in Siaya County, Kenya: Findings from the ALIMUS study baseline data. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-026-01293-y

Kihagi, G.W., Kurniawan, A.L., Agure, E., Muok, E.M.O., Sorgho, R., & Danquah, I. (2026). Reduced regression-derived dietary patterns related to climate-sensitive micronutrients and their associations with child undernutrition among young children in rural Kenya: findings from the ALIMUS study. BMC Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26265-z

Agure A, Kihagi GW, Muok EMO;  Sorgho R &  Danquah I (2026) “My home garden is a peace maker”: perceived impact pathways of a home gardening intervention in rural Kenya: the ALIMUS study, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-026-01263-4

Kihagi, G.W., Hansen, L.S., Agure, E., Muok, E.M.O., Mank, I., Danquah, I., & Sorgho R. (2024). ‘Counselling is not just providing information’: perceptions of caregivers and stakeholders on the design of nutrition and health counselling interventions for families with young children in rural Kenya. BMC Health Serv Res. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10872-w

Hansen, L.S., Kihagi, G.W., Agure, E., Muok, E.M.O., Mank, I., Danquah, I., & Sorgho R. (2023). Sustainable home gardens in Western Kenya: A qualitative study for co-designing nutrition-sensitive interventions. Journal of Rural Studies.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103132

 

Grace Wothaya Kihagi
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Grace Wothaya Kihagi

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Junior Researcher

Nutrition and Planetary Health (ZEF HEALTH)