Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH

#PublicHealth polymath (policy, comms, food/nutrition). Working to make the healthiest choice the easiest. Lifelong musician, perfectionist, NYer, @mets fan.

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

I am so excited to be leading #FoodForHealth, the 1st RCT of a home delivery #ProducePrescriptionProgram for kids, and so grateful for amazing partners @NYCHealthSystem Queens, @FarmToPeople + support from @NYHFoundation, @NYCMayorsFund

#FoodAsMedicine #HealthyFood #nutrition

[NYC Health + Hospitals @NYCHealthSystem]

We launched “Food for Health” – the first of its kind in the U.S. that will provide families at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens with free home delivery of locally grown fruits & vegetables. Thanks to partners @NYHFoundation, @NYCMayorsFund & @FarmtoPeople: https://t.co/LT7PUNsZB7

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

Whoever wrote this job description for the @nycgov #RatCzar deserves a raise. https://t.co/kPSbSeynKF

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

If you're at @APHAAnnualMtg #APHA2022, catch a sneak peek of part of my @JohnsHopkinsSPH #DrPH dissertation at 10:30 today! I'm talking about a #HealthyBeverageInitiative at a safety net hospital system and staff perspectives on how the food environment fits into #HealthEquity.

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

To get my kids into the #Halloween mood, I played them Schubert's Erlkönig and accidentally scarred them for life. Thanks, @WQXR, for the terrifying Halloween playlist! 🎃💀👻👹☠️ 🧡🖤

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

I just revisited Julia Wolfe's Fire in My Mouth - about the women who died in the #TriangleShirtwaistFactory fire - and it's even better & more moving than I remember it being. Give it a listen. https://t.co/NXl7mOSVEs https://t.co/IBuDIQHABg

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

Why is Ron DeSantis' campaign sending my family mailers? This isn't the first one we've gotten. This is the first one in Spanish, though. 😳

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

@violincase @nyphil I was at the Saturday night performance! I was a sophomore in high school and working on the Bruch myself. 💜

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

Well, at least I got a selfie with @mrsmet. And my kids learned for themselves (instead of through my boring mom stories) that being a @Mets fan is tough - but worth it. #LGM 💙🧡

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

It is! 💯 🍕(hold the peps)

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

@agounardes Don't sleep on F & F too! Your new district may legitimately be the pizza capital of Brooklyn.

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

There are few things that are better than a free concert at one of your favorite places in NYC (@LincolnCenter) featuring one of your favorite pianists (@conradtao) at twilight on a hot summer night.

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

The only non-family exposures I had these two days were two airports, a cross-country flight, and @mta. I guess it's a good thing I had my mask on the whole time I was in transit, right?

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Here’s a plan for airline masking that won’t ruin your flight: Just put your face in “airplane mode.” @Saahil_Desai provides a cheat code for summer travel: https://t.co/zew4kmLymf

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

I'm on a flight back to NYC from Seattle; less than half of the people on this nearly full flight are wearing a mask and about 1/3 of the unmasked are coughing, sneezing, and/or nose blowing. 😬 Don't fail me, @3M Aura mask! 😷🙏🏽

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

What a privilege it was to attend ⁦⁦@NYCMayor⁩'s convening on the ⁦@WhiteHouse⁩ Conference on #Hunger, #Nutrition & #Health and to facilitate a thoughtful, rich discussion on how #healthcare systems can support #HealthyFood access. https://t.co/6sMx71WTI1

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

Thank you @NY1 @RoccoNY1 @ShannanFerry for having me and @FarmToPeople on this morning to talk about the #FoodForHealth #ProducePrescriptionProgram study at @NYCHealthSystem!

[Spectrum News NY1 @NY1]

The city is launching a "Food for Health" study that will prescribe fresh fruits and vegetables to more than 250 Queens families.

@RoopaMPH and @FarmToPeople joined @RoccoNY1 and @ShannanFerry Saturday to detail the program and what they hope to learn.

https://t.co/eDVUacC9L3

[Michael Mina @michaelmina_lab]

FYI:

Symptoms are NOT required to be infectious

Symptom-free spread is MAJOR contributor to spread in this pandemic

High virus load (rapid Test Pos) is good indicator of infectivity

If you or your child no Longer has symptoms but Still Pos on rapid test -> Assume Infectious

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

I am far from what you'd call a @Yankees fan (I was born in Flushing so...#LGM @mets) but I so appreciate and admire their tweets this evening on #GunViolence, particularly the explicit citations from @CDCgov's WONDER + @Everytown. Thank you, @yankees and @RaysBaseball.

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

I just got an exposure alert from @HealthNYGov's #Covid Alert app. Which I appreciate. But...

The app definitely needs some updates to its quarantine guidance 😕

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

@sona_here Fireworks

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

Thanks also to @NYHFoundation for supporting this study and @FarmToPeople for partnering on delivering #local #sustainable #FruitsAndVegetables

#FoodAsMedicine #FoodForHealth

[Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello, DrPH, MPH @DrRoopaKM]

The☀️ weather is making this day even better: it's launch day for #FoodForHealth, the 1st RCT of a home delivery #ProducePrescriptionProgram for children.

So grateful to my colleagues @NYCHealthSystem Queens & #PopulationHealth for their partnership on & support of this work.