Our interdisciplinary team has expertise approaching food system questions via lenses of environmental health, epidemiology, environmental engineering, social and behavioral health, and policy.
We collect, analyze, and generate data, as well as we perform modeling that will allow to understand the local food system dynamics. The work builds on partnerships with local food recovery and redistribution organizations, as well as with the Johns Hopkins University and the State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC).
Research Team and Partners
UAlbany team:
Beth J Feingold, Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (PI)
Xiaobo X Romeiko, Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences (co-PI)
Christine Bozlak, Associate Professor, Health Policy, Management and Behavior (co-I)
Akiko Hosler, Associate Professor, Epidemiology (co-I)
Yetunde Sorunmu, Postdoctoral Associate, Environmental Health Sciences (co-I)
Mariana Torres, PhD Student, Environmental Health Sciences (PhD Student)
Zhijian Guo, Department of Mathematics and Statistics (PhD Student)
Interns:
Naw EhKu (Summer 2020)
Elizabeth Dickerson (Spring 2019)
Brittany Pysadee (Summer 2019)
Melanie Mongillo (Summer 2018)
Volunteers:
Gwyn Frederick (fall 2018)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:
Roni Neff, Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Center for a livable Future (co-I)
Community Partners:
Natasha Pernicka and Angie Pender Fox:
Food Pantries for the Capital District
Stacy Pettigrew and Scott Kellogg:
Radix Center
Gary Feinland:
Office of Composting and Organic Materials Management
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York
Amy Klein, Cheryl Whilby, and Marissa Peck:
Capital Roots
Other partners:
Ted Wong:
Bellwether Collaboratory
Financial support:
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
University at Albany Foundation