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.-
Elizabeth Reilly
Senior Staff ScientistElizabeth P. Reilly, PhD, focuses on graph theoretic analysis of intelligent systems. Her recent work includes studying the brain to revolutionize the future of computing, developing theory for understanding and effecting emergent behavior in complex networks, and modeling the complex relationship between food security and civil conflict. -
Brian Schwartz
ProfessorBrian Schwartz, MD, MS, GME ’90, uses environmental epidemiology to evaluate the drivers of sustainability health impacts, such as energy, agriculture, and built environments -
Richard Semba
ProfessorRichard D. Semba, MD, MA, MPH, conducts research on major conditions affecting human health, including age-related macular degeneration, child malnutrition and growth failure, and loss of muscle mass and strength with older age using proteomics, metabolomics, and mass spectrometry. -
Adam Sheingate
ProfessorAdam Sheingate, PhD, is a professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His research explores the politics of food and agriculture policy in the United States. -
William Swartz
Associate ProfessorWilliam Swartz, PhD, is a research scientist studying atmospheric chemistry and physics, with broad research experience in modeling/analysis, technology development, space mission development, field measurement, and laboratory experimentation. -
Andrew Thorne-Lyman
Associate Research ProfessorAndrew Thorne-Lyman, ScD, MHS ’97, is currently interested in exploring the role of fish in meeting the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries, particularly of young children; studying links between food systems, diet and nutrition and health outcomes; and the development and validation of indicators to measure the effectiveness of nutrition programs.
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