Healthy Food for All
Tackling Hunger and Disparities
According to the World Health Organization, most of the world’s population live in countries where being overweight and obese kills more people than being underweight. This, in a world where 795 million people do not have enough food to lead a healthy, active life (World Food Programme), is a shocking statistic that demands immediate action. We have developed goals that will address both hunger and obesity through focus on the burdens of both conditions, inequities experienced by different populations, and research and interventions that produce appreciable change for those in need. No one should be undernourished and we are working to ensure there is healthy food for all.
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Associated Goals
Goal I: Reduce the double burdens of hunger and obesity in the United States and internationally.
Recruit new faculty with expertise in global chronic disease and global nutrition.
Build capacity and expertise around innovative metrics for assessing global issues central to food security and obesity.
Leverage our research and advocacy work to engage with governments, NGOs, and the media to achieve change.
Goal II: Reduce nutrition-related health inequities.
Recruit new faculty with expertise in health disparities and health inequities.
Leverage novel technologies to reduce nutrition-related health disparities.
Promote research and advocacy efforts that focus on urban food issues, taking advantage of our downtown Boston location, urban-based agriculture, food, and environment work, urban school and worksite wellness research, and the global work of the Feinstein International Center.
Goal III: Unite research and interventions that focus on families, households, and communities.
Bring together the complementary expertise of the Friedman School, HNRCA, and Feinstein International Center faculty to catalyze new projects across different ages, populations, and community settings.
Establish expertise in innovative methodology in multigenerational work.
Expand expertise in community-based participatory research.
Goal IV: Expand our leadership in the science and practice of scale.
Establish resources to allow faculty to leverage funding streams that support scaling work.
Encourage cross-collaboration and sharing of experiences and knowledge among researchers around scaling efforts, for instance, in global hunger, childhood obesity, and longevity and vitality.
Cultivate expertise in the science of scale through hiring new faculty or providing special grants.
Goal V: Integrate principles of social justice, inclusion, and diversity in the School's teaching, research, student experiences, partnerships, and advocacy.
Actively promote a culture of social justice, equity, and advocacy among faculty, staff, and students.
Identify academic and social support systems that serve the unique needs of diverse student populations.
Enhance expertise and capacity for communicating with racially, culturally, socioeconomically, and geographically diverse audiences.
Continue to support research and advocacy work focused on those in greatest need.
Goal VI: Catalyze interdisciplinary, collaborative, and translational science.
Promote, support, and reward interdisciplinary collaborations across biological and human sciences within the Friedman School, HNRCA, other Tufts schools, and beyond.
Develop a network of expert partners outside Tufts to catalyze interdisciplinary, translational projects.
Build faculty capacity to work in interdisciplinary teams to be competitive in pursuing multidisciplinary funding opportunities.
Enhance resources specifically dedicated to the translation of research, including funds, partnerships, incentives to researchers, and staff time.
Expert Faculty
Lynne M. Ausman
Professor
Andy Catley
Professor
Jennifer Coates
Associate Professor
John Field
Professor Emeritus
Paul Howe
Professor of the Practice
Karen Jacobsen
Associate Professor, Secondary Faculty
Karen Jacobsen
Associate Professor, Secondary Faculty
Eileen Kennedy
Professor
Anastasia Marshak
Research Assistant Professor
William A. Masters
Professor
Daniel Maxwell
Professor
Ellen Messer
Visiting Faculty
Dariush Mozaffarian
Professor
Elena N. Naumova
Professor
Susan Roberts
Professor
Beatrice Lorge Rogers
Professor
Irwin H. Rosenberg
Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Stites
Research Associate Professor
Patrick Webb
Professor
