Tia Palermo

About Tia Palermo

Accomplished research manager working to generate evidence and translate complex data…

Experience

1. President

   Policy Research Solutions Presto

   Aug 2021 — Present · Buffalo, NY, US

   Lead a growing organization dedicated to improving people’s lives through providing the highest quality research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, dissemination, and knowledge management activities- Manage all aspects of PRESTO\'s global operations- Translate complex data into actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners- Oversee projects on social protection, economic strengthening, gender equality, social and behavioral change communication, child and adolescent health, food security and nutrition, and gender-based violence. Types of projects- Impact evaluation- Survey design and data analysis- Evidence synthesis, systematic reviews- Advocacy framework & strategy development- Mixed method research- Training development & capacity buildingSample projects include: • Led team that revised TRANSFORM social protection training modules to make them more gender- responsive and disability-inclusive. • Co-principal investigator of longitudinal, mixed-method impact evaluation of the Stawisha Maisha (Nourishing Life) cash plus intervention to improve child nutrition in Tanzania, in collaboration with national researchers (EDI Global and Empathea), UNICEF, and the Tanzania Social Action Fund. • Led team synthesizing impacts of cash transfers in Africa on domains including poverty and resilience, education, health, adolescents, and gender equality for project commissioned by UNICEF Western and Central Africa Regional Office. • Led systematic review on cash plus programming to reduce adolescents’ risk of HIV. • Co-principal investigator of mixed-method study commissioned by UNICEF examining how gender norms influence gender-based violence experiences among children and adolescents. • Long-term agreements with World Food Programme on 1) Social Protection Research and 2) Impact

Education

• Universidad de Playa Ancha

  Study Abroad

  2000

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

  Study Abroad

  2001

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Ph.D., Public Policy

  2009

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  M.S., Economics

  2005

• SUNY Geneseo

  B.A., Economics, Spanish

  2002

Skills

• Gender-Based Violence
• Maternal and Child Health
• Social Policy
• Latin America
• Africa
• United States
• Stata
• Data Analysis
• Public Health
• Research
• Statistics
• Research Design
• Program Evaluation
• Quantitative Research
• Qualitative Research