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The co-leaders for the Food, Hunger and Nutrition Partnership
are Nancy Fey-Yensan and Kathleen
Gorman.
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Professor and Chair,
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences.
Expertise/Research: Clinical nutrition, nutrition assessment,
international nutrition, obesity and weight control.
Teaching: Human nutrition, clinical nutrition, methods of nutrition
assessment.
Experience in mentoring graduate and undergraduate student research
projects, working with a multidisciplinary Health Promotion Partnership
on behavior change to improve health and control body weight, and
teaching pharmacy and medical students. Previous international
experience included five years in South East Asia, and less extensive
time in nutrition-related work in Brazil, West Africa, and the
Azores.
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Professor and Director, URI Program in
Gerontology; Director, Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center (Health
resources and Administration, DHHS); Principal Investigator, SENIOR
Project: Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders
(NIA, National Institutes of Health).
Expertise/Research: Interdisciplinary education
in the health professions; health promotion with older adults;
comparative geriatric health care policy; ethical issues in health
care.
Teaching: Gerontology, interdisciplinary teamwork.
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Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
and Food Sciences, Director of undergraduate Dietetics Program (Approved
by the American Dietetic Association)
Expertise/Research: Undergraduate education;
student internship coordination; research design and statistical
analysis; Co-Investigator, USDA NE-172 Regional Project on Aging
(AES Project)
Outreach: Co-Collaborator on the USDA/URI Senior
Nutrition Awareness Project (low-income senior outreach)
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Co-leader
for the Food, Hunger and Nutrition Partnership. Associate
Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, and Director and Principal
Investigator, the USDA/URI Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
and the Senior Nutrition Awareness Project.
Expertise/Research: Aging /
gerontological nutrition; urban and clinical/community health assessment;
public health nutrition/community-based nutrition education; graduate
and undergraduate student training and mentoring; survey instrument
development, effect of food stamp participation on diet quality
in aging, food behavior in aging, health promotion in low-income
populations
Teaching: NFS 276, NFS 395,
NFS 451/452, NFS 506
Outreach: 26 years working with medically underserved, low-income, urban
populations
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Co- leader of the
Food, Hunger and Nutrition Partnership. Director, URI Feinstein
Center for a Hunger Free America, and Associate Professor of Psychology.
Expertise/Research: Infancy and early childhood developmental processes;
longitudinal development. The effects of malnutrition and specific nutrient
deficiencies on cognitive and social development. The relationship between
poverty, hunger, and malnutrition; the effects of participation in nutritional
assistance programs on family and child well-being.
Teaching: Developmental psychology; hunger studies; poverty and public
policy; Anti-hunger leadership training program;
Outreach: Collaborative work with state government: Department of Human
Services, Health Department. PI on the USDA/URI Food Stamp Outreach Program;
Vice President of the Board of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank; Chair, Food
Stamp Advisory Committee of the RI Department of Human Services.
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Associate Professor,
Adjunct Faculty, University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing and
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Expertise/Research: Community
health nursing, development of health planning projects, university/community
partnerships, health care for vulnerable populations; health care
experiences of homeless people, strategies used by homeless people
to obtain health care and food; older adults and homelessness. Extensive
university, professional and community-related service experience.
Outstanding volunteer awards including Travelers' Aide Society Medical
Van for the Homeless.
Teaching: Courses in nursing professional
practice, nursing research, vulnerable populations, community health
nursing. Clinical
experience in multiple community settings including clinics and outreach
services for the homeless. Advisement activities for graduate and
undergraduate experience.
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Professor, College of
Nursing, Core Faculty, Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center
Expertise/Research: Clinical expertise specific
to adult and older adult health alterations and health promotion;
extensive knowledge of health delivery systems; research in interdisciplinary
teams; clinical nursing research; interdisciplinary student training;
Co-Investigator, NINR R15 AREA Grant; Research Faculty, SENIOR
Project: Study of Exercise and Nutrition in Older Rhode Islanders
(NIA, National Institutes of Health).
Teaching: Experience teaching various courses
in the undergraduate program, with specific expertise in the areas
of acute medical-surgical nursing; chronic disease management;
health promotion and older adults; gerontological nursing. Clinical
experience in acute care nursing, home care, and adult day care.
Responsible for teaching NUR 500 at the graduate level. Advisement
activities for graduate and undergraduate experience. Extensive
CON, University, professional, and community-related service experience.
Research experience including individually funded research and
as member of interdisciplinary research team.
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Nutrition Specialist, Expanded Food
and Nutrition Education Program Statewide Coordinator and Administrator
Expertise/Research: Maternal and child health;
curriculum development; nutrition education and training; adolescent
and adult weight management; assessment of attitude, knowledge
and behavior associated with health promotion and nutrition issues
specific to low-income populations.
Teaching: NFS 395, NFS 458, NSF 451/542
Outreach: 30 years of working with low-income,
urban populations; nutrition promotion through broadcast and print
media
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