What does it mean to know about food policy? New article by our team member Carol Ramos-Gerena conceptualized critical food policy literacy for municipal food policy transformations.
https://t.co/3mo25GStsN
This work has been some of my favorite during my PhD with such an amazing team. Exciting to see it all rollout and to share stakeholder generated recommendations to further strengthen SNAP.
From one of our COVID rapid-response studies, this new brief examines SNAP implementation during the first year of the pandemic and offers recommendations from SNAP administrators about how to improve program administration & prepare for future emergencies https://t.co/e8yn5viLTh
SNAP Covid-19 waivers and flexibilities provide a roadmap to possible solutions reduce administrative burden and create a more human-centered social benefit program. We describe the perspectives of agency leaders on the matter here: https://t.co/HNiz0DpAvz
Very grateful for this incredible opportunity provided by the American Society for Nutrition. An amazing experience and wonderful couple days away from the desk.
ASN’s Science Policy Fellows, @gabbyheadrick and @ElderGVarela1, participated in the “Rally for Medical Research Hill Day” on Wednesday, September 14th seeking increased support for medical research. (1/2)
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My first dissertation article, “Community solutions to food apartheid” is a spatial analysis of community food-growing spaces and neighborhood demographics in Philadelphia. https://t.co/69KQY3S80I #AcademicTwitter #socialepi
Are you a postdoc or <10 yrs from your degree, and focused on improving nutrition equity and diet quality, and reducing obesity among children and families? Join @ChelseaKracht and me in @HEResearch's Early Stage Investigator group! Apply by Wed 8/10: https://t.co/4rO5dO9amL
"Structural" racism..."institutional" racism..."systemic" racism: how are they different? Read a recounting of these terms, and what @rolandjthorpe and I recommend to the epi community, in our new @AmJEpi article: What Structural Racism Is (or Is Not) https://t.co/TWvC0wTsRu
Freedom Gardens in Buffalo, NY "are about liberation and independence", Gail Wells says. In learning to grow food, she says, “You learn to take care of yourself.
Our lab is honored to work alongside Ms. Wells. @MSAAHC
https://t.co/hIYCSItcnz
The House has a BUSY morning. They need to tackle both the school meal waivers (again) & gun reform bills the Senate sent late last night. Both should pass. Congress is on the verge of passing two major laws.
On meals: https://t.co/JT0V683fap
On guns: https://t.co/Lwke0qeuPJ
We celebrate(d) Juneteenth by honoring Black women who strive for freedom through just food systems in Buffalo. We share a brief thread from our Juneteenth exhibit here. 1/n
Online grocery retailers use dynamic and customizable marketing strategies. Future work is needed to leverage these strategies to further promote staple and nutrient dense foods. @clperez_1@lindseypsmith@LauraZatz@EricRimm@DrBleich
https://t.co/cMuLEj5VPF