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.-
Raychel Santo
Senior Program Coordinator, Food Production & Public Health, Food Communities & Public HealthRaychel Santo, MSc, works on a variety of projects related to local/regional food policy councils and governance (through the Food Policy Networks project), the relationship between diet and climate change, urban agriculture, and institutional food procurement. -
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, MPH, PhD, is a public health practitioner with expertise in effective public health communication, with a particular focus on food systems, risk, and environmental health. -
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. -
Benjamin Zaitchik
ProfessorBenjamin Zaitchik, PhD, aims to understand and manage climatic and hydrologic variability.
If you would like to be added to the directory, please email sustainability@jhu.edu.