Maleka Abdi
Undergraduate Student: Bachelors of Biological Sciences and Public Health
Email: mabdi4@asu.edu
Macy Young
Undergraduate Student: Bachelors of Science in Public Health, Minor in Biology
Email: mayoun31@asu.edu
Past Team Members
Doctoral Students
Robin DeWeese, PhD, RD (2015)
Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ PhD Dissertation: Designing a short-form survey instrument to evaluate the healthfulness of corner stores
Cori Lorts, PhD, RD (2017)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
PhD Dissertation: The community food environment’s influence on dietary behaviors
Jessie Gruner, PhD, RD (2017)
Current Position: Director of Community Innovations, Pinnacle Prevention, Phoenix, AZ
PhD Dissertation: Finding Winnable Strategies to Expand the Reach of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Beyond School Settings
Andrea Berry, MS, RD (2012)
MS Thesis: Determinants of the home food environment
Alan Brown, MS, RD (2013)
Current Position: Arizona WIC, AZ Department of Health
MS Thesis: Association between self-perception of health and diet, and awareness and use of calorie menu labeling.
Sarah Martinelli, MS, RD (2013)
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Health Solutions, ASU, Phoenix, AZ
MS Thesis: The association between the moral foundations theory, ethical concern and fast food consumption.
Elizabeth Dachenhaus, MS (2015)
Current Position: PAC, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
MS Thesis: Associations between Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and students’ home food environment and family food shopping practices: A student’s perspective.
Nicole Vaudrin, MS, RD (2017)
Current Position: WIC Supervisor, Native Health, Phoenix, AZ
Project: Impact of the 2010 US Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act: A longitudinal analysis of school breakfast and lunch participation rates between 2008-2015.
Marina Acosta, MS (2018)
Current Position: University of Arizona Extension, Phoenix AZ
MS Thesis: The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program’s influence on the home food environment and shopping practices.
Clinton Stevens, MS, RD (2021)
MS Thesis: WIC Community Spill-Over: Access to WIC-authorized Stores and Child Consumption Behaviors.
Adam Thompson, MS (2021)
MS Thesis: Farm to School Prevalence: Do school characteristics matter?
Jessie Green, MS, RD (2013)
Current Position: Director of Community Innovations, Pinnacle Prevention, Phoenix, AZ
MS Thesis: Association between demographic characteristics and fast food menu labeling use and awareness in a Southwest population of adults
Xuang Tang, PhD (2013)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tennessee-Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
MS Thesis: Food Environment around Schools and Students’ Weight Status: A Study of Four New Jersey Low-Income Communities
Wendy Bader, MS, RD (2013)
MS Thesis: Factors Associated with the Accuracy of Parental Perception of their Child’s Body Weight Status: The New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study
Kristi Mollner, MS, RD (2015)
Current Position: Maricopa County Department of Health
MS Thesis: Associations between Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and students’ home food environment and family food shopping practices: A parent’s perspective.
Stephanie Steeves, MS, RD (2018)
MS Thesis: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Spillover Effect: Do Siblings Reap the Benefits?
Jessica Eliason, MS (2019)
Current Position: Research Assistant, College of Health Solutions, ASU
MS Thesis: How Well Do Parents Assess Their Children’s Diet? Results from the New Jersey Child Health Study.
Naomi Reyes, MS (2021)
MS Thesis: A Longitudinal Analysis of School Garden Prevalence.
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