ABOUT Linda Oloo

Linda is a Research Officer whose work mostly focuses on the neurological and developmental outcomes of young children living in resource-poor urban settings and pastoral communities in rural Kenya. She has also successfully supported the conceptualization, design, and implementation of projects that improved the quality of childcare and women’s economic outcomes in these settings. She is skilled in the codesign of practical and scalable intervention models and has also offered technical support to county governments in reviewing legislation and policies on childcare in Kenya. 

On a day-to-day basis, she manages the routine activities of research projects within the unit, such as developing study tools, obtaining ethical approvals, recruiting, training, and supervising field teams, data analysis, and writing project reports and outputs such as blogs, policy briefs, and manuscripts.