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Friedman Faculty
Beatrice L Rogers
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Program Director:
Food Policy & Applied Nutrition

Co-Chair, Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS) Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program
Adjunct Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics and Public Health, Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University

Curriculum Vitae:
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Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-3703
Fax: 
(617) 636-3781
Email: 
beatrice.rogers@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Economic determinants of household food consumption; consumption effects of economic and pricing policies; design and impacts of food assistance; determinants of intrahousehold allocation of food and other resources; determinants of program effectiveness. I am also interested in survey research methods and in how to design and implement interdisciplinary educational curricula.

Current Research: 

1. Effectiveness of exit strategies for US food assistance programs – a three country study to assess how food assistance programs under US PL480 Title II can assure the sustainability of their impacts after the programs themselves shut down. Study conducted in Bolivia and Honduras, and (by co-PI) in Kenya.

2. Assessing vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition in Latin America; developing a set of methods to be used by the World Food Program in Latin America to identify areas at high risk of food insecurity and malnutrition, to be used in designing and targeting food assistance and in developing an Atlas of Malnutrition for Latin America. This research builds on previous work applying Small Area Estimation to the prediction of malnutrition prevalence at geographically disaggregated levels.

3. Reviewing the quality, micronutrient content, and systems of procurement and delivery of fortified, enriched, and blended foods provided through US food assistance under Title II.

Past Research: 

Determinants of intrahousehold resource allocation; effect of female household headship on household food consumption and child nutritional status (Dominican Republic); impact of price policy on household food consumption and dietary quality and adequacy (Mali, Dominican Republic); design and effects of consumer food price subsidies (Pakistan); best uses of Title II food in MCH programs (Peru, Bolivia); effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of food versus cash in school feeding and MCH programs (Honduras). Application of Small Area Estimation to development of malnutrition maps in Latin America (Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama). Survey research on the education and career paths of graduates of international nutrition policy graduate programs in the US.

Select Recent Publications
Peterman JN, Silka L, Bermudez OI, Wilde PE, Rogers BL. Acculturation, education, nutrition education, and household composition are related to dietary practices among Cambodian refugee women in Lowell, MA. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2011;111:1369-74. Abstract
Kadiyala S, Rogers BL, Quisumbing A, Webb P. The effect of prime adult mortality on household composition and consumption in rural Ethiopia. Food Policy. 2011;36(5):646-54.
Ratcliffe MM, Merrigan KA, Rogers BL, Goldberg JP. The effects of school garden experiences on middle school-aged students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors associated with vegetable consumption. Health Promotion Practice. 2011;12:36-43. Abstract
Peterman JN, Wilde PE, Liang S, Bermudez OI, Silka L, Rogers BL. Relationship between past food deprivation and current dietary practices and weight status among Cambodian refugee women in Lowell, MA. American Journal of Public Health. 2010;100:1930-7. Abstract
Coates J, Webb P, Houser RF, Rogers BL, Wilde PE. “He said, she said”: who should speak for households about experiences of food insecurity in Bangladesh? Food Security. 2010;2:81–95.
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