The initiative aims to serve as the leading research entity for Food is Medicine in South Carolina by conducting rigorous studies on FiM programs, training the next generation of investigators, and fostering partnerships that improve health equity and nutrition-related outcomes. Through regional collaboration and scientific leadership, the initiative seeks to accelerate the translation of evidence into practice and inform healthcare systems and Food is Medicine initiatives nationwide.
Faculty
- Elizabeth Adams
- Christine Blake
- Edward Frongillo
- Danielle Krobath
- Angela Liese
- Caroline Rudisill
- Brie Turner-McGrievy
- Sara Wilcox
Recent/Current Projects
- Increasing Use of SNAP Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs for Families with Food Insecurity (Adams)
- Linkages between nutritional outcomes and food and nutrition security (Frongillo)
- Promoting Nutrition Security by Examining the Relationships between Food Insecurity and Nutrition and Health Indicators in Federal Data (Frongillo)
- What is the relationship of cross-program utilization of Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC with diet quality and weight status of low-income children? (Frongillo)
- Food is Medicine: Randomized Trial of Medically-Tailored Food Support for Diabetes Health (Frongillo)
- Intersection of Material-Need Insecurities and HIV and Cardiovascular Health (Frongillo)
- Improving WIC Services: Identifying Children at Risk for Obesity in the First 24 Months of Life (Frongillo)
- Revealing Multilevel Determinants of Zip Code Level Racial and Ethnic Coverage Rates in WIC (Krobath)
- DiCAYA: South Carolina Youth (Liese)
- Impact of Disparities in Food Security on Glycemic Control and Health Care Utilization Among Youth and Young Adults with Diabetes (Liese)
- Using CGM technology to assess acute impact of food insufficiency and food insecurity on glycemic control in persons with youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes (Liese)
- Disparities in cardiovascular health in young adults with type 1 diabetes (Liese)
- Using Data to Drive Implementation – Stakeholder Perspectives on Screening and Addressing Social Determinants of Health at Prisma Health (Rudisill)Improving Health Outcomes through Collaborations to Address Food Access and Food Insecurity in a Large Healthcare System (Rudisill)
- Utilizing Prisma Health’s PLACES (Providing Linkages And Connections to External Social Support Services) Hub to Improve Health in Communities (Rudisill)
- Ensuring the cultural relevance of Dietary Guidelines diet patterns among African Americans: Increasing dietary quality and reducing type 2 diabetes risk (Turner-McGrievy)
- Optimizing Lifestyles through Increased Vegetable-Rich Eating (OLIVE) (Turner-McGrievy)
- Expanding the reach of the Nutritious Eating with Soul (NEW Soul) program: A Type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial (Turner-McGrievy)
- Integrating a Healthy Lifestyle Curriculum into Midlands Healthy Start Program for Low-Income Pregnant and Postpartum Women in South Carolina (Wilcox)
- Optimizing and Projecting Lifestyle Behavioral Interventions to Sustain Long-term Health Behaviors and Outcomes in Focus Populations (Yang & Chen – CoI Wilcox)