Dr. Helena Duch is the Head of the Evidence Solutions Subprogramme of the Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme (Prevent CSA) at Oak Foundation. Prevent CSA works to end child sexual abuse and exploitation online and offline. The team promotes evidence-based solutions and advances actions to strengthen prevention, end impunity and create strong accountability for child sexual abuse where it occurs.

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Prior to joining the Oak Foundation, Helena was an Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University in New York City. Her work focused on the evaluation of early childhood policies and programmes to reduce developmental disparities. Helena holds master’s degrees in Developmental Psychology and Biostatistics from Teachers College and Columbia University and a Doctoral degree in child/ school psychology from New York University. She is originally form Barcelona, Spain.