🚨New article alert! 🚨 Exciting research + getting to work with two of my favorite people (Shauna Downs @jessfanzo) = 1 happy camper

Announcing the 2022 Rutgers Global Grants! These modest seed grants are offered yearly to all tenured, tenure-track, clinical, or NTT faculty with Rutgers appointments. Deadline: 1/28/22. Visit: global.rutgers.edu/rutgers-global… #RUGlobal Rutgers Global Health Institute Rutgers University Rutgers Climate Institute

“People are just hungry, and we have to feed them...This can’t be buried in bureaucratic morasses. We have to be able to respond to a need — these are life-or-death issues.” Feed the Hungry? You’ll Need a Permit for That. nytimes.com/2021/12/14/nyr…

Our new paper is out in the The Bulletin of the World Health Organization describing how to build nutrition programs that are more climate-sensitive. Such a pleasure working on this with the amazing Hannah Nissan and Will Simmons! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

A nice collaboration with Shauna Downs on some of our work on women’s individual factors and their interactions with the #foodenvironment and food choice decisions #driversoffoodchoice

"Food security is essential for a nation’s security. Throughout history, we have seen conflict disrupt food supplies and, even more troubling, turn food into a weapon of war." What the War in Ukraine Means for the World’s Food Supply nytimes.com/2022/03/01/opi…

This Manifesto for #leadership for achieving a well nourished world is fantastic! Such good vibes! #nextgenDerationleaders

Congratulations Elizabeth Fox!! So well deserved!! You are such a thoughtful mentor — your students (and everyone else who works with you!) are so lucky to have you! 🤗

Paper just out looking at food environment dimensions in informal settlements in Nairobi. I’m grateful for the wonderful team of researchers (including Elizabeth Fox), partners (Gthamini org ), students, and funding from Rutgers Global that made this happen! mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/1…

Today the UN launches #SOFI2022 centering on the Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet, our indicators from #FoodPricesforNutrition. Overjoyed to hear the world talking about how to "repurpose food and ag policies to make healthy diets more affordable"! fao.org/webcast/home/e…

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 3 year post doc with skills in evaluation, and preferably strong interest in food, diet, food systems, health and sustainability. We're going to be evaluating a range of food system interventions at/in different levels and sectors jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/36393/

We're hiring! Searches are underway for these tenure-track/tenured faculty positions at Rutgers Global Health Institute: ✅ Cancer Care & Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa ✅ Global Health ✅ Health Equity, Social Justice & Population Health 🔁 Retweet to spread the word! globalhealth.rutgers.edu/faculty-openin…

Wow: "The SNAP-Ed program, which aims to educate food insecure individuals about healthy eating on a budget, pays its employees poorly — so poorly that they often experience food insecurity themselves or work second jobs." Great reporting Dana Cronin: kcur.org/2022-09-30/sna…

Fascinating!!

Climate change is impacting food systems in so many ways…”[freezers] hold a winter’s supply of wild food to offset the high cost of groceries flown in by plane. Freezers preserve generations-old harvest practices and underpin delicate village economies.” nytimes.com/2022/10/04/din…

I already knew feeding a 5y healthy food at school was hard, but I never accounted for the time factor. She gets so little time to eat, and she can't open packages well or chew quickly. n/1

“PepsiCo, whose prices for its drinks and chips were up 17 percent in the latest quarter from year-earlier levels, reported that its third-quarter profit grew more than 20 percent…Coca-Cola reported profit up 14 percent from a year earlier.” nytimes.com/2022/11/01/bus…

🚨OUT NOW! The #UNNJournal on #TransformingNutrition looks at the challenges affecting #nutrition & identifies possible solutions by sharing insights on how to unlock 🔓 the full potential of nutrition to support sustainable development. Check it out👉bit.ly/3u05bED