Category: Healthy Food Access
NC high school students co-publish research with HPDP Director Ammerman, community partner, and UNC doctoral student on food waste in NC food pantries
April 11, 2024Three local high school students—Abhinav Meduri, Arnav Meduri, and Siddharth Maruvada—collaborated with Dr. Alice Ammerman, one of her students, and a Food Bank partner to publish research about food … Read more
Haynes-Maslow and Ammerman receive grant from Humana Foundation to study social isolation among senior residents and home meal delivery
February 18, 2024The Humana Foundation awarded Drs. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, PhD, MHA, and Alice Ammerman, DrPH, MPH, a $250,000 health equity research grant. This grant will support a meal delivery program for low-inco … Read more
Dr. Erik Willis named as new Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group director
January 9, 2024Dr. Erik Willis, PhD, has been promoted to Director of the Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group at the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Dr. Willis received his Doctorate in Exer … Read more
Smith and Erinosho receives FRAC grant to study barriers of access to nutritious food in early childcare centers
January 2, 2024The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) awarded Drs. Falon Smith, PhD, MS and Temitope Erinosho, PhD a grant to understand disparities in access to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and … Read more
HPDP researchers Taillie and Ammerman receive EPA grant to rrevent household food waste
April 5, 2023HPDP Research Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD, and HPDP Director Alice Ammerman, DrPH, have received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help households, especially low-income … Read more
Berkowitz receives R01 grant to help advance health equity in type 2 diabetes care
November 8, 2021A research team led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH has received a five-year, nearly $3 million R01 award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to better understand how addressing health-related s … Read more
Blue Cross NC, UNC Health join forces to improve food security
September 23, 2021With $3.2 million in funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, a group of researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill is leading a new, large clinical study to address food insecurity among its at-ris … Read more
New Chatham Food Hub connects communities with access to local food during COVID-19 pandemic
August 17, 2020The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and UNC Health worked with Chatham County and N.C. State Extension partners to create a one-stop food hub at Bray Park in Siler City, which inclu … Read more
No Kid Hungry NC, Carolina Hunger Initiative support meals for children during COVID-19 school closures
July 21, 2020Nationwide, families who rely on school meals for breakfast and lunch are worried about feeding their children. In North Carolina, an organization at UNC-Chapel Hill is reducing that stress. No Kid Hu … Read more
Food for All Partnership convenes urgent meeting about COVID-19 impact on food systems
March 20, 2020UNC-Chapel Hill’s Food for All Partnership convened an urgent virtual meeting on March 18 to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on food systems in North Carolina and potential responses. The partnership i … Read more