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NPI Brown Bag Event: How Low-Income Parents Use Food to Create Meaningful Social Experience, February 6, 12pm

February 5th, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Caitlin Daniel, a postdoctoral researcher with the Nutrition Policy Institute and University of California, Berkeley Sociology Department will present at the next NPI Brown Bag on Thursday, February 6 at 12:00 noon on "How Low-Income Parents Use Food to Create Meaningful Social Experience".

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Free online professional development class: Healthy Beverages in Early Care & Education

February 4th, 2020

By Danielle Lee

The University of California is providing a free online course, Healthy Beverages in Early Care & Education, in English and Spanish for child care providers in California.

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Nutrition Policy Institute receives two grants from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program

February 3rd, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute is collaborating with The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. and Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE), Inc. on two projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research Program, as announced today.

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Nutrition Policy Institute receives grant to study Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income California families

January 29th, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Professor Lia Fernald at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant to understand the reaso...

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UC Nutrition Policy Institute is seeking to hire a chief business officer

January 24th, 2020

By Danielle Lee

The chief business officer manages the administrative operations of the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), a research institute with a staff of approximately 30-40 academic, staff and student positions funded predominately by grants from large foundations, health care institutions or government agenc...

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