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.-
Adam Sheingate
ProfessorAdam Sheingate is a professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His research explores the politics of food and agriculture policy in the United States. -
Bryan Sobel
Senior Program OfficerBryan Sobel, M.S, focuses on the public health impacts of food systems including food safety, integrated pest management, innovative communication technologies, micronutrients, and agroecology. -
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 ScientistAndrew Thorne-Lyman's current research interests include 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. -
Collin Timm
Senior Staff ScientistCollin Timm, PhD, is a senior staff scientist interested in environmental and human microbiomes, as well as plant biology and the effects of environmental conditions on organisms within an ecosystem. -
Polly Walker
Research AssociatePolly Walker, MPH, MD, studies the environment, sustainable agriculture, food security and ecology.
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