NourishED Research Ambassador: Barbara Kalu

Barbara Kalu is a pivotal member of the Research Dissemination, Education & Outreach, Clinical Application, and Marketing, PR, & Social Media Teams at the NourishED Research Foundation. As the Research Ambassador & Dissemination Team Lead, Barbara manages NRFi's Instagram, Facebook, and X.com accounts and leads NRFi's educational outreach campaigns, engaging over 5,000 new individuals per post and achieving more than 500 interactions per post through likes, follows, shares, and comments. Barbara also serves as an invaluable Research Assistant and Contributor, and we eagerly anticipate her co-first author and co-author publications, which are scheduled for submission in Winter 2025 (citations below). Currently, Barbara is pursuing an MS in Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins School of Education, building on her BA in Psychology from Boston University. Additionally, she has extensive experience assisting underserved medical professionals through the JUMP program and managing the Community Ambassador Program at Boston University Spark!. Connect with Barbara Kalu on LinkedIn.