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October State-of-the-Science Webinar


Health Services Research​ - Pediatric Obesity Care Coverage: A Review of State Medicaid Health Plans


Date: October 21st @ 9am PT/12pm ET


Presenters: Kali Autrey, PharmD, PhC, BCPS, NCP

Passcode: 610909
Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229

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Anti-Obesity Medication Trials in Children and AdolescentsPediatric Obesity Health Services Research


Indigenous Foodways and Knowledge for Food Systems Resiliency & Nutrition and Climate Approaches for Resilient Food Systems: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, Resilient Food Systems and Nutrition


WIC Research in Progress, WIC Learning Collaborative


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NOPREN HER Resource Digest
The bi-weekly digest is a joint product of NOPREN and HER.*
PUBLICATIONS

Food Insecurity

Bruening, M., & Ellison, B. (2024). New evidence on college food insecurity comparing Minority Serving Institutions and Predominantly White Institutions: An invited editorial. Journal of Nutrition, 154(10).


Healthy Food Retail

Reimold, A. E., Hall, M. G., Ng, S. W., Taillie, L. S., Ribisl, K. M., Charles, E. L., & Golden, S. D. (2024). “The dollar store got it going on”: Understanding Food Shopping Patterns and Policy Preferences Among Dollar Store Shoppers with Low Incomes. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(10), 104457–104457.


Pediatric Obesity

Armstrong, S. C., Ihuoma Eneli, Osganian, S. K., Wagner, B. E., Waldrop, S. W., & Kelly, A. S. (2024). Pediatric Obesity Pharmacotherapy: State of the Science, Research Gaps, and Opportunities. PEDIATRICS.


School Wellness

Zuercher, M. D., Juliana, Hecht, C. A., Hecht, K., Orta-Aleman, D., Olarte, D. A., Chapman, L. E., Read, M., Ritchie, L. D., & Gosliner, W. (2024). Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Parental Perceptions of and Student Participation in School Meals. Nutrients, 16(19), 3375–3375.

NEWS & UPDATES

Center for Nutrition and Health Impact - Foundational Participatory Research to Inform Measurement and Guidance for Addressing Food Security Among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) 

RESOURCES

ChangeLab Solutions - Justice on the Menu: Legal & policy strategies to address structural discrimination in the US food system

WEBINARS & EVENTS

APHA - Annual Meeting, 10/27-10/30 in Minneapolis


ASPHN - Putting the "Farm" in Farm to ECE: Cultivating and Strengthening Collaboration with Food Systems Partners, 10/24 @ 2pm ET


CAIANDTR - ’Zines: A Collaborative, Participatory Method for Sharing Community Members’ Lived Experiences with Health and Diabetes (Webinar), 12/11 @ 2pm ET


CCOR, Department of Nutritional Sciences, and TRANSCEND Program in MCH Nutrition - Innovations to Impact Nutrition Security and Health in Rural Communities, 10/28 @ 1pm ET


CHOICES - Creating Healthier Spaces for Kids: Promoting Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, & Health Equity in Out-of-School Time (Webinar), 10/24 @ 1pm ET


Food Policy Networks - Shaping Policy for a Shifting Climate: The Role of Food Policy Councils, 10/24 @ 2pm ET


FRAC - Benefit Breakfast: The Future of School Meals, 12/17 in Washington, DC

International Food Policy Research Institute - Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence, 10/30 at 10am ET


Mountain West Prevention Research Center - Community Experiences with Implementing Building Healthy Families, a Family Healthy Weight Program (Webinar), 11/4 @ 2pm ET


Nemours Children's Health - Healthy Eating Made Simple: The USDA's MyPlate Blueprint (recording)


Newman's Own Foundation - Farm To School Roundtable with Newman's Own Foundation Grantee Partners and USDA, 10/21 @ 3pm ET


NFSN and ASPHN - Farm to ECE Local Food Purchasing Incentive Program Flash Talk 1, 11/12 @ 2pm ET


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Global Food Research Program PhD Recruitment Webinar, 11/7 @ 12:30pm ET


USDA NIFA - Addressing Critical Shortages in Nutritional Professionals, 10/22 @ 3pm ET

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

HHS - Food Is Medicine



USDA

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Research Nutritionist


Arizona State University - Research Specialist Sr, Indigenous Food Systems


Cornell University - Associate or Full Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences


Cornell University - Research Associate


Duke University (World Food Policy Center) - Research Scientist


Food and Nutrition Service, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion - Nutritionist, deadline 10/28


NourishedRx - Wellness Associate


NourishedRx - Registered Dietitian


NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy - Policy Advisor


Oklahoma State University - Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences


Share Our Strength - Associate, Health Systems


University of Arkansas - Associate Professor, Nutrition

University of Arkansas - Nutrition & Food Specialist


University of California Davis - Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Immunology


University of Michigan, Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation - Assistant Professor


University of Missouri - Nutrition & Exercise Physiology Researcher


University of Texas at Austin - Department Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences


USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) -Supervisory Biologist


USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Supervisory Biological Science/Social Science Specialist


USDA Office of Tribal Relations - Program Specialist

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Call for Abstracts for NUTRITION 2025, deadline 1/13/25

STUDENTS & EARLY CAREER

Congressional Hunger Center (Zero Hunger) - Summer Internship 2025, application deadline 1/13/25


Vital Village Networks at Boston Medical Center - Community Food Systems Fellowship 2025 Fellowship Applications, deadline 11/8

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*This digest is based on a compilation of news services and listservs developed by Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN during her time as co-chair of the HER NOPREN COVID-19 Food & Nutrition Work Group and operationalized on a weekly basis by HER. The new bi-weekly digest is created by NOPREN and reviewed by Dr. Fleischhacker. The digest is jointly supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER) and the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). HER is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NOPREN is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U48DP006864 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of HER, CDC, DHHS, or the USDA.