Sappho Gilbert

Postdoctoral Research Fellow @HarvardChanSPH @HKSArctic • @FulbrightArctic Scholar 2024-2026 • Alumna: BS @MIT, MPH @Dartmouth, PhD @YaleSPH • A nerd's nerd 🤓

[NunavutWatch @NunavutWatch]

Federal grocery benefit ‘not enough’; delayed Nutrition North report concerning, says Idlout

https://t.co/a0oo91JMXT

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

Grateful for these past 18+ months as a member of the 4th Cohort of the @FulbrightArctic Initiative and excited to share our groups' final policy briefs! White papers/manuscripts to be published (hopefully very!) soon... 🤓

https://t.co/4eNwohH9GC

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

New co-first authored open access article out today on the relationships between fruiting phenology, hunting behavior, and humans' taste preference for harvested species in the Makira Forest of Madagascar! 🇲🇬

https://t.co/fR7CDAmHZp

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

"[R]esearch — including analyses we conducted with Dr. @SapphoGilbert of the @HarvardChanSPH — showed that direct income supports such as the Inuit Child First Initiative had a meaningful impact on community food security." @Qajuqturvik & Right to Food 🇨🇦

https://t.co/YR67uaWBuH

[Nunatsiaq News @NunatsiaqNews]

POLITICS | Federal Liberal government to extend funding for Inuit Child First Iniative for another year, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says during Kuujjuaq visit
#Nunavik #Nunavut #Iqaluit @GCIndigenous @MandyGullMasty @KativikRegional
https://t.co/XpdtuJsYbF

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

New article (my last PhD publication) now out in Current Developments in Nutrition! 🎉

"Seasonal & Community Size-Related Patterns of Population Dietary Energy, Macronutrients, & Fiber Purchased in Grocery Stores across Nunavut, Canada"

https://t.co/1xMixSnpoj

[NunavutWatch @NunavutWatch]

"Food insecurity in Nunavut is on the scale of a natural disaster," says Sindu Govindapillai, executive director of the Inuit youth support organization Qupanuaq; Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit feeds at least 8% of the city https://t.co/8BDi6HIANf

[Nunatsiaq News @NunatsiaqNews]

Qajuqturvik director calls on governments to step up with more support to ensure people in the North have reliable access to good food
https://t.co/1mgcNYf559

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, executive director of the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre, said the centre served 639 lunches last Wednesday.

“In a town of 8,000 people, that represents eight per cent of the population and that's just for lunch,” he said.

https://t.co/T9vcKwD4tW

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

This past Friday, I presented data with @Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre at their press conference on the alarming state of food insecurity in Iqaluit: "a crisis within a crisis." 🚨

Article in ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ (Nunatsiaq News): https://t.co/A0b0CibYNk

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

Grocery & meat/meat product sales in 13 communities didn’t rise during short-term stretches of trail inaccessibility.

Govt NU payday & Canada Child Ben. day? Sales soared, pointing to immediacy of 💲 being spent on food. 🛒

Our paper's out now in ERFS: https://t.co/jgoZ1DJouF

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

@EnCheng23 @BelferCenter @HKSArctic @Kennedy_School Thanks so much, @EnCheng23! 😀

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

Delighted & honored to be newly affiliated with the @BelferCenter's Arctic Initiative (@HKSArctic) at the Harvard @Kennedy_School and contribute to its growing portfolio in Arctic health! 🎉

https://t.co/UMeaUGpmY2

[Salata Institute @HarvardSalata]

This morning, #HarvardClimateActionWeek began with a community networking session connecting Arctic researchers across Harvard. Speakers at the @BelferCenter event agreed: this region is the frontier of climate change.

Read more: https://t.co/4ozpVKWWHM

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

@yalediablo @FulbrightCanada @Harvard Thank you, Adam! 😊

[Fulbright Canada @FulbrightCanada]

Fulbright Canada Arctic Initiative Scholar Dr. Sappho Gilbert, a researcher at @Harvard, explores food security, nutrition, and public health in Arctic communities. 🌎

Dr. Gilbert's work examines environmental and community-driven solutions in the North.

[Sappho Gilbert @SapphoGilbert]

Honored to be a scholar in this @FulbrightArctic cohort. Cheers to the next 18 months learning & working together! ❄️

[Fulbright Canada @FulbrightCanada]

🌍❄️ The Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) has officially kicked off in Tromsø, Norway! Scholars from across the Arctic are collaborating on critical research addressing climate change, sustainable development, and community resilience. Here’s to 18 months of impactful work!

[Fulbright Canada @FulbrightCanada]

🌍❄️ The Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) has officially kicked off in Tromsø, Norway! Scholars from across the Arctic are collaborating on critical research addressing climate change, sustainable development, and community resilience. Here’s to 18 months of impactful work!

[Fulbright Canada @FulbrightCanada]

Twenty scholars have been announced for the fourth Fulbright Arctic Initiative! This initiative supports interdisciplinary research for scholars from Arctic countries. 💡

Learn more via our news release here: https://t.co/CfouatBQmb 📰

[Harvard C-CHANGE @HarvardCCHANGE]

Our global health, epidemiology, & infectious disease focus group will explore the intersection of epidemiology & climate at both a local & global level. #CCHANGESummit24