Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Project: Optimizing the Effectiveness and Impact of the Healthy School Recognized Campus and Strong Teens for Healthy Schools Change Club Programs
Partners with Extension educators to empower middle school teachers, administrators, and students to create transformative change in their school’s food systems and/or nutrition environments, improve food equity, and increase the school’s capacity to deliver evidence-informed programming. This study uses a sophisticated scientific research process, the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to test combinations of interventions and support strategies and identify the most efficient and effective approaches for reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors – a process that will ensure a scalable solution that can be disseminated to promote healthy trajectories for youth across Texas.