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NPI presents at Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference on conducting research to inform policy

September 6, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nutrition Policy Institute director Lorrene Ritchie will present at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2022 Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo. The conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, October 8-11. Ritchie will be co-presenting a session on October 9, 1:30-3:00 p.m.

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NPI researchers present at National WIC Association 2022 Nutrition Education and Breastfeeding Conference

September 1, 2022

By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers will present at the National WIC Association 2022 Nutrition Education & Breastfeeding Conference in Orlando, Florida, September 6-9, 2022.

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NPI welcomes Katherine Lanca as UC Global Food Initiative fellow to support communications

September 1, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Katherine Lanca joined the Nutrition Policy Institute on Aug. 30, 2022 as a 2022-23 University of California Global Food Initiative student fellow. Katherine is a UC Berkeley School of Public Health master's student in the Public Health Nutrition program.

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NPI job openings: Assistant Project Scientist

August 31, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner

Two Assistant Project Scientist positions are available at the Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

An employee-centered framework for healthy workplaces modeled through a third-party certification program for improving farmworker conditions

August 24, 2022

By Ron Strochlic, Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee

Case studies from five farms certified by the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) inform a worker-centered framework for workplace health promotion in a new article published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.