Widya Indriani, S.T.P., M.Sc.

Research Interest

  • Maternal and Child Nutrition
  • Public Health Nutrition and Eating Behavior
  • Health and Wellness Product Development

Biography

Widya Indriani was born and grew up in Bandung, Indonesia. She completed her undergraduate study majoring in Food Technology at Padjadjaran University. Afterward, she started her professional career in the food and beverage industry as Quality Assurance for a restaurant chain in Indonesia. Due to her interest in food science and its association with human health, she continued to study human nutrition in 2018 at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She received a scholarship from the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP).

Before joining i3L, Widya worked at a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, as a research assistant. She worked on a collaborative research project between the NGO and World Health Organization (WHO) on antenatal care during pregnancy.

Her research interests are in Maternal and Child Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition and Eating Behavior, and Health and Wellness Product Development. She conducted a study on Validation in Translation of the Universal Feeding Scale for Children Aged 6-24 Months in Indonesia for her master’s final project. During her master’s study, she took Public Health Nutrition as her specialization. She believes that along with nutrition education, a synergy between governmental, industrial, and community sectors can contribute significantly to the public’s health and wellbeing.

Award

Year

Award

Source

2022

I3L Internal Research Grant 

I3L

2021

I3L Internal Research Grant 

I3L

2018

LPDP Scholarship Awardee

LPDP

Research Activity and Highlighted Project

Year

Title

Partners

2022

Brown Rice and Oyster Mushroom Food Product Development for Blood Glucose Control

 

2021

Improving the Nutritional and Quality Characteristics of Plant-Based Nugget Through Addition of Tempeh, Fats, and Binding Agents

 

2020-2021

Child Growth Monitoring Guidance and Module for Indonesian Health Workers, as a consultant for the Directorate of Public Health

Ministry of Health, Indonesia

 

Selected Publication

Wright, C. M., Gurney, J. M., Mutoro, A. N., Shum, C., Khan, A., Milligan, B., Indriani, W., … & Garcia, A. L. (2021). Development of a scale to measure infant eating behaviour worldwide. Nutrients13(8), 2495. 

Wright, C., Gurney, M. J., Garcia, A., Mutoro, A., Shum, C., Khan, A., Indriani, W., … & Bryant-Waugh, R. (2020). Is Infant Eating Behavior a Universal Characteristic? Development of a Scale to Measure Infant Eating Behavior Worldwide. Current Developments in Nutrition4(Supplement_2), 925-925. 

 

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