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Public Health seminar series—Developing Community-Engaged Solutions to Address Disparities in Food Insecurity 

Thursday, October 22, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Online
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This talk will review recent research on disparities in cardiometabolic health linked to food insecurity and the role of community-engaged research in supporting community resources and developing interventions to promote health equity in households facing food insecurity.

Featuring:
Jenny Jia, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

Dr. Jia's research focuses on prevention of chronic diseases in vulnerable communities through environmental and lifestyle changes to support healthy diets. Her work particularly centers on food-insecure households, including health disparities and interventions to enable healthy eating. She studies how different types of interventions, such as community-based programs, public policy, and Food is Medicine models, affect how people eat. Her intervention work incorporates community-engaged methods to create programs that are appropriate and effective for different settings.

Cost: Free

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

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Interest

  • Academic (general)
  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences

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