Lauren Blacker

MSc ANutr | Student at Rush University Medical College | Former research coordinator in pediatrics | Passionate about child health! | All views are my own

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

Our study with @UCSF_IHPS & @UCnpi found that the Water First school water intervention shows promise in overweight prevention. Thanks to the schools, parents, students, advisors, & researchers who contributed. Video results/materials in English/Spanish: https://t.co/6xGHEOFmi0

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Inequalities in access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities are leaving vulnerable populations behind.

Read the latest joint report by WHO & @UNICEF https://t.co/PV4Sb57Oxo

[Andrea Pedroza @apedroz9]

Yesterday we presented our work about #AddedSugar in #SchoolMeals at the @StanfordPeds Research Retreat. We were honored to receive an outstanding poster presentation award. Congratulations team! @anishaipatelmd @lsblacker @vale1479 @UCnpi @DoloresHuertaFD @CultivaLaSalud @JTMD87

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

We're hiring!

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

We are looking for a Clinical Research Coordinator with interests in community-engaged research, public health, nutrition, policy, and child health equity to join our team at https://t.co/96WnimzTRK.
More information here: https://t.co/JrTov9mDif

[Andrea Pedroza @apedroz9]

@USDA Thank you for working to reduce #addedsugar in children’s school meals through your new proposed rule. Our brief explains why this is an urgent action to improve nutrition security in US children.
https://t.co/ffHkb8ypeV

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

Ready for flu season! 💉 #flubeforeboo 👻

[Stanford Pediatrics @StanfordPeds]

@StanfordOCHE and @StanfordMCHRI's @anishaipatelmd tells us how engaging a local community about their health concerns can lead to impactful discoveries and interventions.
https://t.co/9Hgsx6kvKw

[AHA California @AHACalifornia]

AB 2638 is signed! Children in California will now have water filling stations at school for their drinking bottles. Thank you Gov. @GavinNewsom and @AsmRichardBloom for supporting a healthy school environment!

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

Congratulations to Jeff Ezennia, medical student @UCRiverside for publishing this study funded by an @nih_nhlbi supplement he was awarded.

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

Shout out to Jeff Ezennia @UCRiverside on new paper "Association of park drinking water source characteristics and water intake in SF Bay Area parks." https://t.co/y0WyGGCtEl
@UCSF_IHPS @IGHSatUCSF @MySFPUC @RAVMPH

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

Rain🌧 or shine🌞, happy to be back in the field at schools in the San Joaquin Valley with Anisha Patel @anishaipatelmd and Valeria Ordonez @vale1479! Big thanks to all of our amazing study partners! @UCnpi @DoloresHuertaFD @CultivaLaSalud #fieldwork

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

Thanks to Valeria Ordonez @vale1479 for sharing her perspectives on working with @CultivaLaSalud @DoloresHuertaFD @UCnpi local schools and parents to address food insecurity in the San Joaquin Valley. https://t.co/5zesyKOfoc via @YouTube

[Ashley Jowell @ashley_jowell]

CA is 1st US state to institute Univ Free School Meals-it's more impt than ever to understand barriers & facilitators to school meal participation to reduce #foodinsecurity. Explore our research & recs: https://t.co/xl4ZjUG7yT @CultivaLaSalud @DoloresHuertaFD @StanfordMed @UCnpi

[Anisha Patel MD @anishaipatelmd]

Congratulations to Ashley Jowell for leading this important and timely study. Thanks to funders of this study and related research: @StanfordODME Stanford Office of Faculty Development and Diversity @Voices4HK @SHFCalifornia @NoKidHungryCA

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

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[Marianne "Vicky" Santoso, PhD @mvsantoso]

Our #phn paper about snap-tz's impact on women's mental health is selected as @NutritionSoc paper of the month and I wrote a blog post about it.

[Sera L. Young @ProfSeraYoung]

Our paper, w/ the first interventional evidence that reducing #foodinsecurity improves women's mental health, was selected as #paperofthemonth by @NutritionSoc!
Led by @NUAnthro & @CornellNutri's @mvsantoso & @WeinbergCollege & @NUGlobalHealth's @HCetrone 💗.
What an honor! 👑

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

Yes California! 🎉🎉🎉 #SchoolMealsforAll

[Center for Ecoliteracy @Ecoliteracy]

We did it! 🎉 🎉 🎉 California makes history as the first state to adopt free #SchoolMealsForAll!

We applaud @GavinNewsom and the State Legislature, especially @NancySkinnerCA @AsmKevinMcCarty @AsmLuzRivas for championing #UniversalMeals for our students.

[Healthy Eating Research @HEResearch]

A systematic review on Healthy School Meals for All highlights numerous benefits to students and schools, including to diet quality, academic performance, and school finances.

See all 7 key findings in our new infographic: https://t.co/TUCOq2JkP7

[Marianne "Vicky" Santoso, PhD @mvsantoso]

The result of our randomized trial of a participatory nutrition-sensitive agroecology intervention is finally published! Full article here: https://t.co/0EUvIlEb3K, thread for more info.
@ProfSeraYoung @rbeznerkerr @NM_AIST @elias_mtinda

[Lauren Blacker @lsblacker]

#CovidVaccines are very important for children too! Along with Monday's news re: upcoming expansion of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 12-15 year olds, this is very exciting to hear! 🎉

[AAP News @AAPNews]

Pfizer plans to request COVID-19 vaccine EUA for children ages 2-11 in September: https://t.co/laqZVHwrYC