Senior Associate

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Abby Cannon is a Senior Associate at Iris Group. She has spent fifteen years working internationally in culturally-responsive research and evaluation, with expertise in gender equality, gender-based violence, global health, sexual and reproductive health, health information systems, and improving data use. Abby is an experienced thought leader, researcher, trainer, and manager, having developed curriculum and gender integration plans, implementation tools, and managed a clinical trial on adolescent health and social support in Tanzania. She enjoys merging qualitative and quantitative data to share the full picture of a program with stakeholders, funders, and practitioners. She specializes in developing and implementing evaluation plans, using data for decision making, and translating results into actionable steps.