Sustainable Food Systems & Diets
Land is where we spend nearly our entire lives and, as such, provides us with a plethora of environmental services, including food and energy. Yet, current land-use practices and food systems are contributing to ecosystem degradation and chronic diseases. Hopkins faculty across disciplines are working to shape policy and ecosystem landscape so that all people have access to nutritious, sustainable, and equitable diets.-
Daphene Altema-Johnson
Program Officer, Food Communities & Public HealthDaphene Altema-Johnson, MPH, MBA, RDN, LD, uses her expertise and experience as a nutritionist to support the Meatless Monday campaign. She’s especially interested in reaching young people with wellness messages through school programs and community outreach to effect generational change. -
Patti T. Anderson
Senior Program Officer, Food Systems Policy; Associate, Health Policy and ManagementPatti Truant Anderson, PhD, MPH, plays a central role in developing, implementing, and evaluating activities that engage the public health field in agriculture and food system policy at domestic and global levels. -
Karen Bassarab
Senior Program Officer, Food Communities & Public HealthKaren Bassarab manages research and practice focused on community-drive food systems policy, which includes the Food Policy Network project, a national network of local and regional food policy councils across the United States. -
Martin W. Bloem
ProfessorMartin W. Bloem, MD, PhD, has primarily focused on challenges that include blindness prevention, public health, nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, food security and food access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. -
Jamie Harding
GIS SpecialistJamie Harding, M.S., has worked in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) field for over 20 years and has helped develop the Maryland Food System Map. -
Darriel Harris
Research AssociateDarriel Harris, MA, is interested in faith-based health communications, neighborhood related health factors, social determinants of health, and community-based participatory research.
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