Dr. Allison Daniel is a Consultant in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at World Health Organization. She was involved in the WHO guideline for prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema and is now working on research priorities and other activities linked to the guideline. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences with a Collaborative Specialization in Global Health from the University of Toronto. Her research has focused on developmental and nutritional outcomes in children with severe wasting and nutritional oedema.