Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
NSP
October 21, 2019
Road Map to Achieving a Sustainable, Equitable Food System in Washington
Members of the Washington State Food System Roundtable, including a researcher from the University of Washington School of Public Health, address these food issues and others in a report released online this summer. Called a “prospectus,” the report presents goals and strategies to achieve a 25-year vision for the state’s food system. This article quotes…
Communities Cash in on Better Health, Lower Obesity Rates
Research by Jesse Jones-Smith, Associate Professor and core faculty of the Nutritional Sciences Program, found that adding or expanding a tribal casino reduced the prevalence of Native American babies born large for gestational age, which is a risk factor for being overweight later in life.
New Initiative Led by School of Public Health Researchers Expands Food Environment Research in Developing Countries
A new initiative by researchers at SPH is accelerating food environment research in developing countries to address food insecurity and malnutrition. Nutritional Sciences Program Director Adam Drewnowski and Acting Assistant Professor Anju Aggarwal are quoted in this article on food environment research.
Beth Ogata
Beth Ogata’s interests include pediatric nutrition, with an emphasis on children with genetic metabolic disorders and other special health care needs.
October 17, 2019
Natalia Groat, MS, RD, CD
Natalia Groat is a clinical dietitian at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) and currently works in the neuro-ICU. Over the past decade, she has precepted 1-3 Nutritional Sciences Program graduate students annually through their clinical rotations. Demonstrating her long-time commitment to training our students, she also guest lectures each year in Acute Care Nutrition (NUTR 563).
Amy Ellings, MPH
Amy Ellings is the lead for public health nutrition rotations at the Washington Department of Health Healthy Eating Active Living Program (HEAL). She shares their expertise with UW Nutritional Sciences Program students by mentoring class projects (NUTR 531) and through practicum rotation mentorship. HEAL manages several areas of projects that provide opportunities for NSP graduate…
Alysun Deckert, MSRD, CD, MHA
Ms. Alysun Deckert has been a clinical dietitian at UWMC since 1993, focusing primarily on solid organ transplant, specifically liver, kidney, and pancreas. She also has clinical dietetic expertise in the areas of renal, general surgery (including gastric bypass, whipple, and esophageal surgeries), otolaryngology, medical ICU, general medicine, obstetrics, and psychiatry. In 2011, she became…
Cheryl Davis, RDN, CD, CNSC
Cheryl Davis is a pediatric dietitian working in the areas of GI, intestinal rehabilitation, and liver transplant. She has published work in the areas of glycemic control, growth hormone treatment, selenium deficiency, and pediatric nutrition assessment. As the Inpatient Clinical Manager, she oversees a staff of 25 registered dietitians and coordinates clinical placements of our…
Scott Ickes
Dr. Scott Ickes’s areas of interest include maternal and child nutrition; implementation science; qualitative methods; and social epidemiology. His current research focuses on social and cultural influences of poor diet and health among mothers and children in low-resource contexts, particularly focusing on East Africa. A second aim of his research is to evaluate large-scale and…
Joseph (Chris) Delaney
Dr. Joseph Delaney’s research interests include nutrition/exercise and cardiovascular disease, exposure measurement and misclassification in food frequency questionnaires, epidemiological methods for complex exposures, and ethnic disparities in diet.
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