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Meet the team who is dedicated to strengthening food and nutrition policies.

Director

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Kate Bauer, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
U-M School of Public Health

Co-Director

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Eric Brandt, MD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine
Medical School

Investigators

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Cem Akin MD, PhD

Kenneth P Mathews M.D.
Legacy Professor of Allergy and Immunology
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Samuel Bagenstos

Frank G. Millard Professor of Law
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James Buszkiewicz PhD, MPH

Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
U-M School of Public Health
Tammy Chang

Tammy Chang, MD, MPH, MS

Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Medical School
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Grace Chen, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Amanda Edmonds

Lecturer III, Program in the Environment
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Jennifer Garner

John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
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Ashley Gearhardt, PhD

Clinical Science Area Chair
Professor of Psychology
U-M College of Literature, Science & the Arts
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Dina H Griauzde, MD, MSc, DABOM

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Program Director, Caswell Diabetes Institute
Medical School
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Lesli Hoey

Director of Doctoral Studies in Urban and Regional Planning, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Pamela Herd, PhD

Pamela Herd, PhD

Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy
Scott Hummel

Scott L Hummel, MD, MS

Professor of Internal Medicine and Service Chief
Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Noura Insolera

Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
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Julie Simmons Ivy

Department Chair, Vivian L Carpenter Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Andy Jones

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Joyce Lee, MD, MPH

Joyce M Lee, MD, MPH

Robert P Kelch M. D. Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer of MiChart Pediatric Research
Ambulatory Care Clinical Chief
UMMG Faculty Benefits
Associate Chair, Health Metrics and Learning Health Systems, Department of Pediatrics
Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
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Helen Levy, PhD

Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Health Management and Policy
Mary H Weiser Food Allergy Center
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Annelise Madison

Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Tara Maudrie

Assistant Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD

Sofia D Merajver

GreaterGood Breast Cancer Research Professor
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Haley Mertens

Haley Mertens

Gastroenterology Fellowship, 3rd Year Fellow
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Briana Mezuk, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology
Director of Masters Studies, Epidemiology
Co-Director, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health
U-M School of Public Health
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Alison Miller, PhD

Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education
U-M School of Public Health
Don Moynihan, PhD

Don Moynihan, PhD

J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy
Lauren Oshman

Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Program Director
Family Medicine
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Medical School
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Crystal Patil

Associate Dean for Research and Rackham Graduate Studies
Natasha Pilkauskas

Natasha Pilkauskas

Associate Professor of Public Policy
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Greg Rybarczyk

Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, College of Innovation and Technology, The University of Michigan-Flint
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Laura Saslow, PhD

Associate Professor of Nursing
U-M School of Nursing
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Laura Scott

Research Professor, Biostatistics
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Kendrin Sonneville, ScD, RD

Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Associate Chair, Nutritional Sciences
U-M School of Public Health
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Emily Treleaven

Research Assistant Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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Francesca A Williamson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Susan Woolford, MD, MPH

Susan J Woolford, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
Suzy Zick

Suzie M Zick

Research Professor, Family Medicine, Integrative Medicine Fellowship Co-Director, Lead of Department FDI 2.0
Family Medicine, Medical School and Research Professor
Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health

Trainee Members

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Ayat Al-Tamimi

Alumni
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Hayley Falk

Research Fellow, Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Genevieve Fischer

Public Health Student
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Muqi Guo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health
Nina Hill, MD

Nina Hill, MD, MSc

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School
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Aurianna Lajaunie

Resident, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
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Hannah Lang

Doctoral Student, School of Public Health
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Maricruz Moya

Doctoral Student, Department of Learning Health Sciences (HILS)
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Karina Munshi

Student, School of Public Health
Vandya Nedle

Vandya Nedle

Student, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Shravya Rao

Student, Neuroscience
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Jessica Ruikka

Pediatric Nephrology Fellow
Sameeksha Sampath

Sameeksha Sampath

Student, School of Public Health
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Shreya Sokhal

Student, School of Public Health
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Gabby Young

Doctoral Student, School of Public Health