Presentations

  • April 8-9, 2013
    The National Academies: Committe on National Statistics, Food and Nutrition Board 
    Deborah A. Frank, MD and John Cook, PhD, MAed
    Founder, Principal Investigator of Children's HealthWatch, and Co-Principal Investigator Children's HealthWatch Boston
    Presented at the Workshop on Research Gaps and Opportunities in Child Hunger and Food Insecurity.
    • Washington, DC

  • April 3, 2013
    2013 Massachusetts Family Impact Seminar: Youth at Risk Part 2: Children in Need
    Deborah A. Frank, MD
    Founder, Principal Investigator of Children's HealthWatch
    Presented to State Legislators at Family Impact Seminar.  Click here to access the presentation; Food Insecurity Among Children in Massachusetts: Dislocation and Pathways to Legislators.
    Boston, MA 
      
  • September 19, 2012
    Child Hunger: The Impact of Education and Health
    Maureen Black, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Baltimore
    Presented at a Congressional Briefing hosted by Feeding America and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
    Washington, DC


  • March 28, 2012

    • The Institute of Medicine (IOM)/Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE
    Amanda Breen, PhD 
    Site Coordinator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the IOM Workshop on the Adequacy of Food Resources and SNAP Allotment. Click here to access the presentation.
    Washington, DC

  • February 3, 2012
    Voices of Temple Sinai
    Deborah Frank, MD
    Principal Investigator and Founder, Children's HealthWatch Boston
    Presented to the Congregation of the Voices of the Temple Sinai on hunger and poverty. Click here to access the presentation.
    Boston, MA

  • July 28, 2011
    University of Minnesota
    Diana Becker Cutts, MD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Minneapolis
    Presented to the National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course on food insecurity in minority and immigrant populations.
    Minneapolis, MN
     
  • July 26, 2011
    Wheelock College
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH
    Research and Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented to international students in the Study of the United States Institute on food insecurity and advocacy in the US.
    Boston, MA

  • July 14, 2011
    National Alliance to End Homelessness
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH
    Research and Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented at the National Conference on Ending Homelessness during the What's New in Homelessness Research? session on housing insecurity, budget trade-offs, and young children's health.
    Washington, DC

  • July 11, 2011
    Arkansas Children's Hospital
    Patrick Casey, MD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Little Rock
    Presented at the Psychosocial Grand Rounds on "Food Insecurity & other Household Insecurities: Implications for Child Health."
    Little Rock, AR

  • June 7, 2011
    The Center for Housing Policy
    Elizabeth L. March, MCP
    former Executive Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Participated in a webinar and spoke about housing insecurity, trade-offs, and child health.
    Boston, MA

  • May 22, 2011
    Musuem of Science
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH
    Research and Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented at the "Setting the Table: From Seed to Plate" event.
    Boston, MA

  • May 18, 2011
    St. Christopher's Hospital
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the Sesame Street GROW Clinic graduation ceremony.
    Philadelphia, PA

  • May 17, 2011
    Boston Medical Center
    Deborah A. Frank, MD, Founder and Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH, Research & Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, Research Scientist, Children's HealthWatch
    Gave a site visit and several presentations to the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Housing.
    Boston, MA

  • May 6, 2011
    National Conference of State Legislatures- Hunger and Nutrition Partnership
    Deborah A. Frank, MD
    Founder and Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented at the Spring Executive Committee Meeting on the benefits of the WIC, SNAP and other nutrition programs.
    Boston, MA

  • April 18, 2011
    North Carolina Dietetic Association
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the 78th Annual Conference entitled "Fusion: Blending the Past, Present, and Future of Dietetics!" on the Witnesses to Hunger project.
    Winston-Salem, NC

  • April 14, 2011
    Drexel University
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the Inauguration Festival for President Fry on "Early Challenges, Urban Solutions."
    Philadelphia, PA

  • April 7, 2011
    Oregon Health & Science University
    Diana Becker Cutts, MD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Minneapolis
    Presented to the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) graduate program on food insecurity, growth, and developmental abilities.
    Portland, OR

  • April 5, 2011
    University of Minnesota
    Diana Becker Cutts, MD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Minneapolis
    Presented at the School of Public Health's film festival "Food Stamped" on low-income families' struggle to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget.
    Minneapolis, MN

  • March 27-30, 2011
    National Low-Income Housing Coalition's Annual Conference
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH
    Research and Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented on Children's HealthWatch research regarding housing insecurity in low-income families.
    Washington, DC

  • March 24, 2011
    Drexel University
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented to the College of Medicine's Class of 2011.
    Philadelphia, PA

  • March 22, 2011
    The Shipley School
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Participated in their "Empty Bowls" event.
    Bryn Mawr, PA     

  • March 18, 2011
    University of Pennsylvania
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the Sparer Symposium on "Partnering against poverty: Examining disciplinary approaches to public interest lawyering."
    Philadelphia, PA

  • March 6, 2011
    Brown University
    Deborah A. Frank, MD
    Founder and Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch
    Was the Keynote Speaker at Brown University's "Hungry For Answers: Addressing Barriers to Better Nutrition in the United States and Around the World" event.
    Providence, RI

  • February 24, 2011
    Haverford College
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented to students who were studying human rights.
    Haverford, PA

  • February 23, 2011
    Drexel University
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees of Drexel University.
    Philadelphia, PA

  • February 18, 2011
    Museum of Science
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, MPH
    Research and Policy Director, Children's HealthWatch
    Presented at the Food Security Forum on US food insecurity and young children's health and development.
    Boston, MA 

  • February 3, 2011
    Rotary of Wilmington, DE
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Wilmington, DE

  • January 24, 2011
    United Way of Southeast Michigan
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Detroit, MI

  • January 18, 2011
    Drexel University
    Mariana Chilton, PhD
    Co-Principal Investigator, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia
    Presented at the Symposium with Under Secretary Kevin Concannon.
    Philadelphia, PA

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Presentations and Posters from Scientific Meetings

  • April 1, 2011
    Food Insecurity: Threats to Young Children's Health & Development
    Maureen Black, PhD
    Presentation at the SRCD Biennial Conference of 2011 in the "Hunger in North America" Risky Environments for Children & Their Families" session.
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • April 1, 2011
    Double Vulnerability: How the Stress of Hunger and the Stress of Advocacy Can Impact the Lives of Children
    Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH
    Presentation at the SRCD Biennial Conference of 2011 in the "Hunger in North America" Risky Environments for Children & Their Families" session.
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • November 9, 2010
    Methods to develop a 2-item food security screen
    Sharon Coleman, Anna Quigg, Erin Hager, Maureen Black, and The Children's HealthWatch Research Group
    Presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association.
    Denver, CO

  • November 8. 2010
    Healthcare cost "trade-offs" with basic needs: Impact on maternal and child health in five cities
    Karen Jeng, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Sharon Coleman, Alan F. Meyers, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Deborah A. Frank, Patrick H. Casey, Diana B. Cutts, Mariana Chilton, Maureen Black, John T. Cook
    Presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association
    Denver, CO     

  • May 2, 2010
    Health Care Costs, Child Health and Development, and Household Expense Trade-offs
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Sharon Coleman, Karen Jeng, John T. Cook, Mariana Chilton, Diana B. Cutts, Patrick H. Casey, Alan F. Meyers, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Deborah A. Frank.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Socieites.
    Vancouver, Canada     

  • May 2, 2010
    Perinatal Hardships and Low Birth Weight
    Christina Coleman, Sharon Coleman, Mariana Chilton, Diana B. Cutts, Patrick H. Casey, Maureen Black, Alan F. Meyers, Deborah A. Frank.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Socieites
    Vancouver, Canada

  • May 1, 2010
    Childcare Settings for Low-Income Children
    Diana B .Cutts, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Sharon Coleman, Mariana Chilton, Patrick H. Casey, Maureen Black, Alan F. Meyers, John T. Cook, Deborah A. Frank. 
    Poster Session at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
    Vancouver, Canada

  • May 1, 2010
    Increasing Prevalence of Food Insecurity in the U.S. Economic Depression
    Patrick H. Casey, Deborah A. Frank, Maureen Black, Mariana Chilton, Diana B. Cutts, Alan F. Meyers, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, John T. Cook.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Socieites
    Vancouver, Canada

  • May 5, 2009
    Increasing Energy and Food Process and Their Impacts on Child Health and Development
    John T. Cook, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Deborah A. Frank, Jeremy Hess.
    Hot Topic Session at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
    Baltimore, MD

  • May 2, 2009
    Health and Development among WIC Participants.
    Maureen Black, Sharon Coleman, John T. Cook, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Patrick H. Casey, Bethany Bradshaw, Deborah A. Frank, Children's HealthWatch Research Group.
    Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
    Baltimore, MD

  • May 2, 2009
    Cumulative Hardship and Wellness in Young Children.
    Deborah A. Frank, Patrick H. Casey, John T. Cook, Sharon Coleman, Children's HealthWatch Research Group, Ruth Rose-Jacobs.
    Presentation at the Annual COnference of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
    Baltimore, MD

  • May 6, 2007
    Maternal Depressive Symptoms: Associations with Food Insecurity and Developmental Risk among Children under Age 3.
    Maureen M. Black, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Danielle P. Appugliese, Timothy Heeren, Patrick H. Casey, Diana B. Cutts, Mariana Chilton, Alan F. Meyers, John T. Cook, Deborah A. Frank.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Societies
    Toronto, Canada

  • May 6, 2007
    Energy Insecurity, Food Insecurity and Health Risks in Children under 3 Years Old.
    Mindy Ju, John T. Cook, Danielle P. Appugliese, Alan F. Meyers, Timothy Heeran, Maureen M. Black, Patrick H. Casey, Diana B. Cutts, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Mariana Chilton, Deborah A. Frank.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Pediatric Academic Societies
    Toronto, Canada

  • November 7, 2007
    Linking food insecurity and child development: The development effects of food insecurity in young, low-income Black and Latino children.
    Madina Agénor, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Deborah A. Frank, Suzette Levenson.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association.
    Boston, MA

  • November 7, 2007
    Food insecurity among the youngest US citizens born to immigrants of the Americas: Implications for policy and human rights.
    Mariana Chilton, Diana B. Cutts, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Carol Berkowitz, Patrick H. Casey, John T. Cook, Deborah A. Frank, Maureen Black, Timothy Heeren, Suzette Levenson.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of American Public Health Association.
    Boston, MA

  • November 7, 2007
    Subsidized Housing and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Are Linked to Improved Growth Outcomes for Young Children of Color
    Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Deborah A. Frank, Nicole Neault, Mariana Chilton, John T. Cook, Carol Berkowitz, Maureen M. Black, Patrick H. Casey, Diana B. Cutts, Alan F. Meyers, Nieves Zaldivar, Suzette Levenson, Timothy Heeren, Zhaoyan Yang.
    Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association.
    Boston, MA

 

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