Hello! We are Emily Moore, Meredith Pinto, and Sam Cruise. We are evaluators supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) Monitoring and Evaluation Team, led by Anja Minnick. Emily and Meredith are Public Health Analysts from RTI International, and Sam is a CDC Evaluation Fellow. We work …

DEME TIG Week: Addressing Public Health Emergencies with Monitoring and Evaluation by Emily Moore, Meredith Pinto, Samantha Cruise, and Anja Minnick Read More »

Greetings!  My name is Phung Pham and I am currently serving as the Chair of the Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation (DEME) TIG.  You may have heard and seen the words disaster, emergency, and crisis a lot since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and even before that.  The definitions of these words come from …

DEME TIG Week: Disaster, Emergency, and Crisis Definitions by Phung Pham Read More »

Hi, we are Minji Cho and Ann Marie Castleman, independent evaluation consultants and PhD students studying evaluation at Claremont Graduate University, and Scott Chaplowe, evaluation, strategy and capacity development specialist. We recently collaborated on a project with the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP) to understand past, present, and future challenges in the …

DEME TIG Week: Lessons Learned from Evolving Evaluation Practice in the Evaluation of Humanitarian Action by Minji Cho, Ann Marie Castleman and Scott Chaplowe Read More »

Hello!  We are Sue Ann Sarpy and Phung Pham, Co-Chairs of the DEME-TIG.  One of the most important functions of our DEME-TIG is to support the evaluation activities of new and emerging evaluators.  We would like to highlight Eric Persaud, who recently received his DrPH and is now focusing his efforts on evaluation of various …

DEME TIG Week: Lessons Learned from Evaluating an Opioids and Workplace Training Program by Eric Persaud Read More »

Hello! We are Alex Tran, Piva Bell, David Okutu, Hanna Camp, and Amy Joce from Mercy Corps! We are a team of MEL professionals working on enhancing data-driven decision making in humanitarian response programs. Lessons Learned We’ve seen that comprehensive and timely data can improve a humanitarian response team’s ability to adaptively manage programs. But …

DEME TIG Week: Enhancing Humanitarian Response Data-Driven Decision-Making Using Technology and Adaptive Management Frameworks by Alex Tran, Piva Bell, David Okutu, Hanna Camp, and Amy Joce Read More »

Hello!  My name is Sue Ann Sarpy, Principal of Sarpy and Associates, LLC, and Co-Chair of the DEME TIG.  During the pandemic, I was part of a COVID-19 Working Group for Public Health and Social Sciences Research, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University …

DEME TIG Week: Assessing Adaptive Capacity of Organizations During Dual Disasters: Lessons Learned from Evaluating Effectiveness in Addressing Emerging Needs of Vulnerable Populations by Sue Ann Sarpy Read More »