Dr Cut Novianti Rachmi

Dr Cut Novianti Rachmi is an Indonesian medical graduate and Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Padjadjaran in Bandung.

Cut received a medical doctor degree from Universitas Padjadjaran and a Master of International Public Health degree from the University of Sydney. From 2014 to 2018 she has been a full-time PhD student (LPDP scholarship) at the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Sydney.

Her PhD work focuses on the double burden of malnutrition – namely underweight, stunting, and overweight/obesity in Indonesian children. Her research is a mixed method approach which has resulted in publications in both internationally peer-reviewed journals and local Indonesian publications, transversing policy, research and practitioner levels.

She has received several awards, and was invited to present her research at the South East Asian Public Health Nutrition conference in May 2017. Cut has worked collaboratively in a joint research project with UNICEF Indonesia incorporating policy analysis and
adolescent health.