Last year at work we conducted an incredibly complex and interesting research project which studied the effects of a fortified food product on the health of young children and adults with TB living in Alexandra—a township in Johannesburg. I managed the research project and it was hands down the most complicated, problematic, taxing, fascinating, and eye-opening work I have done. I got a greater cultural education in the first month of working on this project than in my previous 11 months in the South Africa. This project made me feel like I finally was gaining a deep understanding of the complicated South African social context, and at the same time that I had no real grasp of it at all. 

Data collection concluded in December and we will soon have results of the research to share with the world. In the meantime, we recently released a video about the research project. Take a look if you have some minutes to spare.