Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
NSP
June 12, 2020
Anne-Marie Gloster recognized for communicating public health
Anne-Marie Gloster, a lecturer and core faculty member in the Nutritional Sciences Program has been awarded the 2020 Communicating Public Health to the Public Award by the University of Washington School of Public Health. Gloster shares this honor with four other faculty members in the School of Public Health this year. The annual award recognizes…
Students honored with SPH Excellence Awards
Congratulations to our two Nutritional Science Program recipients, Emily Kwong and Anna Mowell who were honored with 2020 School of Public Health Excellence Awards, and annual recognition that spotlights exemplary faculty, staff and students. Winners were announced June 11 by the School in a congratulatory video. This year’s Nutritional Sciences student recipients have each demonstrated…
June 9, 2020
Celebrate UW Nutritional Sciences graduates at the SPH Graduation Celebration June 14
We invite all Nutritional Sciences Program students and their family and friends to join us this Sunday, June 14 at the University of Washington School of Public Health Virtual Ceremony to celebrate our graduates in the Class of 2020. Event at a Glance Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020 Times: Facebook watch party: 10:30 a.m. PDT…
June 5, 2020
It’s time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up
Jennifer Otten and Sarah Collier, discuss a key vulnerability at the very foundation of the food system: soil. On farms and ranches across the U.S., the health of soil is seriously compromised today. The article covers what’s at stake if we don’t begin addressing this soil health as a key resource, and how we should…
June 4, 2020
Experts across campus discuss future of food supply system
A review of a UW experts panel discussing impacts on the food supply featuring core faculty members Jennifer Otten and Adam Drewnowski.
June 2, 2020
Food Systems senior to be SPH gonfaloniere, alumni honored as Guardians of the Gonfalon
Esther Nguyen, a graduating senior of the Food Systems, Nutrition, a Health Major and Nutritional Sciences Program alumnae June Bartell (’79) and Kathy Kingen (’79) will be honored at the 2020 UW Commencement celebration.
June 1, 2020
Faculty and students present at Nutrition Live Online 2020
Four members from the Nutritional Sciences Program will present this week at a free online event this week called Nutrition Live Online 2020, an event sponsored by the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). Adam Drewnowski, director for Nutritional Sciences and the Center for Public Health Nutrition will participate in a panel on sustainable food systems,…
May 28, 2020
Student projects help local food resilience
This spring quarter, University of Washington undergraduates majoring in Food Systems, Nutrition and Health are putting systems-thinking into action by teaming up with a dozen Seattle-King County organizations on various community projects for their capstone focused on the theme of food system resilience. The forty-five students completing projects includes the first group of students to…
May 26, 2020
Students recognized for leadership and service
Congratulations to Nutritional Sciences Program graduate students Divya Pahwa and Kelsey Kinderknecht for being recognized this year for awards given to students exhibiting excellence in leadership and service. Divya Pahwa Recipient of the 2020 Carrie Cheney Student Leadership Award Divya Pahwa, an MPH student and dietetic intern in the Graduate Coordinated Program in Dietetics is…
May 4, 2020
New study to evaluate COVID-19 impacts on Washington State food security
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, how and to what extent households are able to access food continues to change in the U.S. and across the globe. What are the impacts to our food supply and food security in Washington state? A new UW study funded by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative and the…
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