Hi, I'm Marie
I am an expert in public health nutrition and sustainable food systems. I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where I am a core faculty member in the Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health major within the Nutritional Sciences Program. I am also affiliated with the UW Department of Epidemiology, UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS), the UW Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE), the UW Center for One Health Research, and the UW Food Systems Research and Education Network.
I approach public health nutrition research through a food systems lens that recognizes the need for transdisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration. My research focuses on food systems policy and governance, mapping and modeling food systems as complex systems, value chains for nutrition, food loss and waste, food and nutrition security, and capacity building within public health and nutrition. To explore these topics, I draw from training in quantitative and qualitative research and systems science, as well as my training as a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN).
Previously, I have conducted research as a Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Lerner Fellow, as a Senior Analyst at the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins, and as an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Fellow. I have received the Mary P. Huddleson Award, the Abell Award in Urban Policy, and the Gordis Teaching Fellowship. I'm a graduate of the University of Washington (BS/BA) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (PhD, MSPH, and dietetics training).
I conduct research on food systems, nutrition, and health
Including research on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected food systems
How did Washington State WIC clinics adapt in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what lessons can be learned going forward?