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Appendix C: Speaker and Moderator Biographies
Pages 89-96

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... Her research interests include the effects of the environment on individual dietary behavior, measurement of the community and consumer food environment, and policies intended to improve access to healthy foods. She coordinates the State Food Environment Workgroup, a forum for states and researchers to share food 89
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... In addition, he teaches in the Food Executive Program, United Fresh Executive Leadership Program, and FIMP's various international food executive programs. Prior to ­Cornell, Mr.
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From page 91...
... Ms. Gallagher authored Examining the Impact of Food Deserts on Public Health in Chicago, a breakthrough study that popularized the term "food desert" nationally and encouraged Congressman Bobby Rush to enter food desert language into the Farm Bill.
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... He conducted postdoctoral studies at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Monell Chemical Senses Center. Cathy Nonas is director of Physical Activity and Nutrition Programs for the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.
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... Jill Reedy is a program director at the National Cancer Institute in the Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch in the Applied Research Program. She is a program lead for the Diet and Physical Activity Program of NIH's Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative -- this program aims to develop innovative technologies to measure diet and physical activity in large-scale population studies.
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... Andrew currently works with Sustainable Food Center in Austin, Texas, as farm projects director, which includes management of several farm marketing and food systems education initiatives, including Sprouting Healthy Kids -- SFC's farm-to-school pilot project. Yan Song is assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina.
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... Leeds food deserts study provided one of the first attempts to assess the consequences of the amelioration of access problems in an unsupportive local food environment following the opening of one of the UK's initial urban regeneration-focused supermarkets.
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  • monell chemical

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