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 |
