Symposium Speaker: Darcy A. Freedman, PhD, MPH

Dr. Freedman is Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Associate Professor in the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, and Associate Director of the Prevention Research Center for Health Neighborhoods (PRC) at CWRU where she also serves as Affiliated Faculty in the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.  Dr. Freedman is a population health and social scientist with expertise in food access interventions in food insecure communities.  She is currently co-PI of the R01 NIDDK-funded Future of Food in Your Neighborhood (foodNEST) study, a three-year quasi-experimental pragmatic trial assessing fruit and vegetable intake among participants with access to Hub 55, a new food venue opening in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood in Cleveland, a known food desert.  Additionally, Dr. Freedman is PI of the FreshLink Study, the core research of the CDC-funded Prevention Research Center at CWRU and leads the Building Capacity for Obesity Prevention study in partnership with collaborators at the Ohio Department of Health and The Ohio State University, Cooperative Extension. Dr. Freedman’s latest research includes the development of evaluation technology to support nationwide implementation of healthy food incentive interventions. Dr. Freedman has extensive experience in nutrition-related community interventions and measuring outcomes through research collaborations with a range of community partners including federally qualified health centers, public housing authorities, Boys and Girls Clubs, and neighborhood associations. Dr. Freedman serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health and Social Work Research, is a merit-based member of the American Academy of Health Behavior, and is a past awardee (2011) of the NIH Loan Repayment Program in Health Disparities Research.

Recent Publications

  1. Ogland-Hand, C, Schulte, J, Osborn, LM, Yamoah, O, Bebo, P, Freedman, DA. Healthy Eating in K-12 Schools: Assessing Readiness and Capacity to Guide SNAP-Ed Programming in Ohio. J Nutr Educ Behav 2024; : . PubMed PMID:39340491 .
  2. Ogland-Hand, CM, Ciesielski, TH, Bensken, WP, Poppe, KI, Love, TE, Freedman, DA. The Impact of Gardening on Dietary Inflammation: Mixed-Effect Models and Propensity Score Analyses. AJPM Focus 2024; 3 (5): 100264. PubMed PMID:39224790 PubMed Central PMC11367025.
  3. HEALing Communities Study Consortium, Samet, JH, El-Bassel, N, Winhusen, TJ, Jackson, RD, Oga, EA, Chandler, RK, Villani, J, Freisthler, B, Adams, J et al.. Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths. N Engl J Med 2024; 391 (11): 989-1001. PubMed PMID:38884347 .
  4. Yamoah, O, Schulte, J, Osborn, L, Ogland-Hand, C, Zubieta, AC, Freedman, DA. Pantry clients and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education practitioners' perspectives on factors influencing healthy eating policy, system and environmental interventions in food pantries. J Nutr Sci 2023; 12 : e81. PubMed PMID:37528826 PubMed Central PMC10388411.
  5. Chen, S, Walt, G, Aldrich, A, McAlearney, AS, Linas, B, Amuchi, B, Freedman, DA, Goddard-Eckrich, D, Gibson, E, Hartman Ms, J et al.. A Qualitative Study of Health Equity's Role in Community Coalition Development. Health Educ Behav 2024; 51 (4): 613-624. PubMed PMID:37376998 .
  6. Lee, EK, Donley, G, Ciesielski, TH, Freedman, DA, Cole, MB. Spatial availability of federally qualified health centers and disparities in health services utilization in medically underserved areas. Soc Sci Med 2023; 328 : 116009. PubMed PMID:37301106 .
  7. Lloyd, M, Amos, ME, Milfred-Laforest, S, Motairek, IK, Pascuzzi, K, Petermann-Rocha, F, Elgudin, Y, Nasir, K, Freedman, D, Al-Kindi, S et al.. Residing in a Food Desert and Adverse Cardiovascular Events in US Veterans With Established Cardiovascular Disease. Am J Cardiol 2023; 196 : 70-76. PubMed PMID:37094491 .
  8. Dong, W, Motairek, I, Nasir, K, Chen, Z, Kim, U, Khalifa, Y, Freedman, D, Griggs, S, Rajagopalan, S, Al-Kindi, SG et al.. Author Correction: Risk factors and geographic disparities in premature cardiovascular mortality in US counties: a machine learning approach. Sci Rep 2023; 13 (1): 4946. PubMed PMID:36973373 PubMed Central PMC10042810.
  9. Dong, W, Motairek, I, Nasir, K, Chen, Z, Kim, U, Khalifa, Y, Freedman, D, Griggs, S, Rajagopalan, S, Al-Kindi, SG et al.. Risk factors and geographic disparities in premature cardiovascular mortality in US counties: a machine learning approach. Sci Rep 2023; 13 (1): 2978. PubMed PMID:36808141 PubMed Central PMC9941082.
  10. Freedman, DA, Ciesielski, TH, Yamoah, O, Borawski, EA, Ross, KR, Nock, NL, Lee, EK, Dimitropoulos, A, Minnes, S, Burkhart, K et al.. Improving Surveillance and Epidemic Response in Ohio Childcare Settings. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19 (24): . PubMed PMID:36554817 PubMed Central PMC9779310.
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