Past Grant Recipients

2008 Recipients

  • PI: Kristen F. Butcher, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The impact of school and school food on children’s obesity
    Amount Funded: $32,949.95
    Institution: Wellesley College
  • PI: Daphne C. Hernandez, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Trends in food assistance program participation on childhood weight trajectories
    Amount Funded: $35,000
    Institution: Pennsylvania State University
  • PI: Jung Sun Lee, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The longitudinal impact of food assistance program participation on food insecurity and nutritional risk in low-income community-dwelling older adults in Georgia
    Amount Funded: $34,969
    Institution: University of Georgia
  • PI: Maximilian Schmeiser, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The impact of food stamp participation on adult obesity and child overweight status
    Amount Funded: $29,745
    Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • PI: Christopher A. Taylor, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.
    Title of Project: Assessing the link between food assistance program utilization and obesity, metabolic syndrome and risk for chronic disease in U.S. children
    Amount Funded: $34,444
    Institution: Ohio State University Medical Center
  • PI: Janet Wojcicki, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    Title of Project: Maternal knowledge, pediatric overweight and participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
    Amount Funded: $33,850
    Institution: University of California, San Francisco

2007 Recipients

  • PI:  Kathryn Dewey, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The use of new World Health Organization growth standards to identify trends and determinants of over weight in WIC infants and children  
    Amount Funded: $ 32,554.17
    Institution: University of California, Davis
  • PI: Angela Odoms Young, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: WIC vendor access and fruit and vegetable availability in northern Illinois
    Amount Funded:  $34,874
    Institution: Northern Illinois University
  • PI:  Karen Spears, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: The impact of the School Breakfast Program on the National School Lunch Program in an elementary school
    Amount Funded:  $ 32,039
    Institution: University of Nevada, Reno

2006 Recipients

  • PI: Karen Jetter, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The direct economic effects of a policy to provide government subsidized price discounts for the purchase of fruit and vegetables by Food Stamp recipients.
    Amount Funded: $ 29,031
    Institution: University of California, Davis
  • PI: Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: A longitudinal study of food insecurity/insufficiency on overweight in preschool children
    Amount Funded: $34,245
    Institution: Simmons College
  • PI: Claire Zizza Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Dietary behaviors that promote over consumption: Are food insecurity and food assistance program participation associated with energy imbalance?
    Amount Funded: $33,945
    Institution: Auburn University

2005 Recipients

  • PI: Helen H. Jensen, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Intra-household allocation and consumption of WIC approved foods
    Amount Funded: $ 34,182
    Institution: Iowa State University
  • PI: Sibylle Kranz, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The effects of Federal food program participation on diet quality, body weight status, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children 2-18 years old: NHANES 1999-2002
    Amount Funded: $35,000
    Institution: Pennsylvania State University
  • PI: Madeleine Sigman-Grant, Ph.D., RD
    Title of Project: Feeding practices of childcare staff in CACFP-funded centers
    Amount Funded: $25,312
    Institution: University of Nevada, Reno

2004 Recipients

  • PI: Kathryn G. Dewey, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Bottle-emptying behavior among formula feeding mothers in the WIC Program: impact on infant formula intake, weight
    Amount Funded: $ 44,818
    Institution: University of California, Davis
  • PI: Craig Hadley, PhD
    Title of Project: Household Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Obesity Among a Sample of Recently Arrived Liberian Refugees Receiving Food Assistance
    Amount Funded: $27,738
    Institution: Brown University
  • PI: Beth Rabinovich, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Validation Study of a Screening Tool for Measuring the Diet Adequacy of Participants in Older Americans Act Funded Nutrition Programs
    Amount Funded: $44,948
    Institution: WESTAT

2003 Recipients

  • PI: Jamie Dollahite, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: Adapting EFNEP to Meet the Changing Needs of Food-Assistance Eligible Families: Investigating the Results of Program Responses to Welfare Reform
    Amount Funded: $ 42,346
    Institution: Cornell University
  • PI: Dena Herman, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
    Title of Project: Are Economic Incentives Useful for Improving Dietary Quality Among WIC Participants and their Families
    Amount Funded: $ 35,000
    Institution: UCLA School of Public Health and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • PI: Donald Rose, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The Links Between Food Insecurity, Food Program Participation, and Overweight Status in Children: Evidence from Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey
    Amount Funded: $ 39,942
    Institution: Tulane University School of Public Health

2002 Recipients

  • PI: Gail G. Harrison, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Household Food Insecurity, Food Assistance Program Participation, and the Use of Preventative Medical Care
    Amount Funded: $39,520
    Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
  • PI: Christine M. Olson, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: The Food Insecurity – Obesity Paradox in Women
    Amount Funded: $38,706
    Institution: Cornell University
  • PI: Francene Steinberg, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: Use of a “Contract of Change” and Biochemical Markers to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Nutrition Education to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Low Income Women
    Amount Funded: $34,109
    Institution: University of California, Davis

2001 Recipients

  • PI: Edward A. Frongillo, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Impact of Home Delivered Meals on Nutrition Status and Food Security of Elderly Persons in New York State
    Amount Funded: $31,369
    Institution: Cornell University
  • PI: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N.
    Title of Project: Development of a Diet Quality Index for Preschool Children and its APPLICATION in Examining Dietary Trends in the United States
    Amount Funded: $38,062
    Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • PI: Marilyn Townsend, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: Hunger, Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity
    Amount Funded: $29,893.72
    Institution: University of California, Davis

2000 Recipients

  • PI: Steven Yen, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The Effects of Food Stamps and WIC Programs on Food and Nutrition Intakes by Low Income Women, Children and the Elderly
    Amount Funded: $40,000
    Institution: University of Nevada, Reno
  • PI: Joda Derrickson, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: The Evaluation of the “Spend Less. Eat Well. Feel Better.” Project
    Amount Funded: $29,985
    Institution: The Salvation Army Family Services Office
  • PI: Lucia Kaiser, Ph.D., R.D.
    Title of Project: Validation of Food Security Instruments in Hispanic Households
    Amount Funded: $32,213
    Institution: University of California, Davis

1999 Recipients

  • P.I.:Grace Marquis, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Factors mediating the use of food assistance programs and coping strategies to improve food security and nutritional well-being among a low income Hispanic population
    Amount Funded: $21,695
    Institution: Iowa State University
  • P.I.:Debra Palmer-Keenan, Ph.D., and Sylvia Ridlen, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Unsafe food acquisition practices used by limited resources individuals
    Amount Funded: $8,245
    Institution: Rutgers University
  • P.I.: David Pelletier, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Food stamps, ethnicity, and nutrient supplements: associations with food intake and knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about nutrient supplement use
    Amount Funded: $35,000
    Institution: Cornell University
  • P.I.: Rafael Perez-Escamilla
    Title of Project: Do food stamps, food label use and nutrition knowledge affect dietary quality among low-income adults?: Results from the 1994-96
    CSFII/DHKS
    Amount Funded: $29,610
    Institution: University of Connecticut
  • P.I.: Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Etiology of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia among children aged 12-36 months
    Amount Funded: $33,405
    Institution: University of California, Davis

1998 Recipients

  • PI: Edward Frongillo, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Impact of Food Insecurity and Food Assistance Program Participation on Nutritional Risk and Functional Impairment in Elderly
    Amount Funded: $ 32,512
    Institution: Cornell University
  • PI: Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: Influence of Food Stamps on the Nutritional Status of Inner-city Preschoolers from Hartford, CT, Who Receive WIC Benefits
    Amount Funded: $ 49,966
    Institution: University of Connecticut
  • PI: May Choo-Wang, Ph.D.
    Title of Project: The Relationship Between Participation in Food Assistance Programs and Skeletal Health
    Amount Funded: $ 34,272
    Institution: San Jose State University