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   Research We're Doing

 

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From One City to Many: Scaling Best Practices for Healthy Corner Stores 

Principal Investigator: William Dietz, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator: Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, ScD, MPA
Collaborators: Daniel Chen, DrPH; Caitlin Grady, PhD

This GFI-led research project, funded by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, collaborates with DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) and Partnership for a Healthier America to evaluate DCCK’s Healthy Corners program, a leading national model to advance healthier food choices in urban corner stores.

   GFI-Supported Research

GFI supports and conducts research that examines the food system from global, domestic, and local perspectives. The following projects are funded by the institute’s pilot grant program and led by GFI affiliate faculty and staff or are led by GFI directly.

 

 

 

Gardening the Earth: Indigenous Food and Land Management Systems - An Annotated Bibliography

 

Gardening the Earth: Indigenous Food and Land Management Systems - An Annotated Bibliography

In partnership with Lyla June Johnston and the Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation, GFI’s Tara Scully helped launch the Indigenous Website Annotated Bibliography—a collaborative space dedicated to uplifting Indigenous voices, preserving cultural wisdom, and advancing food sovereignty initiatives. Got references to share? Use our submission form to add your suggestions and help grow this collaborative platform

 

GFI Food System Collaborative

Dive into this interdisciplinary seminar series where GW faculty and staff apply systems thinking and modeling to tackle complex challenges in food and agriculture. Building Systems Dynamic Connections (BSDC) fosters collaboration, sparks new ideas, and provides a platform to share innovative research and approaches across the university community.

Dr Sydney Pryor and Team after Seminar series 1

 

 

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GFI Awards Prizes for 2025 GWSPH Research Day

Congratulations to the Milken Institute School of Public Health's students and staff who were recognized with Global Food Institute prizes for their outstanding research at the GWSPH Research Day 2025!

 

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Where Was Climate Change at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health? (Long Opinion Piece)

Authored by: Rachel G. Clark, JD, Sydney Pryor, MPH, and William H. Dietz, MD, PhD