Our Team

Research Investigators

The City University of New York, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy (CUNY SPH)

• Nevin Cohen (PI/PD), PhD, Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

• Rositsa T. Ilieva (Co-I), PhD, Director of Policy, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

• Yvette Ng (RA), PhD Student, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy and Research Assistant, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

• Bruce Lee (Co-I)​​, MD, MBA, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health (CATCH), CUNY SPH

• Andrew Maroko (Co-I)​, PhD, Associate Professor, Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences, CUNY SPH

• P. Christopher Palmedo​, PhD, Clinical Professor, Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY SPH

• Craig Willingham, Managing Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

• Julia Greene (RA), MS, CUNY SPH and Project Manager, Point Sur Consulting

• Juliette Walle (RA), MPH, CUNY SPH, Health Promotion Program Manager, MVP Healthcare

• Erica-Rowe Owen (RA), MS, CUNY SPH and Administrative Manager Health & Human Services Programs at CUNY Central

• Eli Mattern, Dietetic Intern, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and Chef Educator, The Sylvia Center

Johns Hopkins University

• Rebecca McLaren (Co-I)​, MD, MPH, Affiliate Faculty and a Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics in the Global Food Ethics and Policy Program

• Jessica Fanzo, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA

Cross-CUNY Partners

• Huy T. Vo (Co-I), PhD, Associate Professor in Computer Science, CUNY, City College of New York

• Xueqi (Claire) Huang (RA), CUNY Graduate Center

• Sandeep Junnarkar, MS, Professor, Director of Data Journalism Program, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

• Victoria Lawson, PhD, Research Project Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Government

Government Partners

New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

• Kate MacKenzie, MS, RD, Executive Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

New York City Council

• Alaa Moussawi, PhD, Chief Data Scientist for the New York City Council

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• Aldo Crossa, MS,  Evaluation Specialist at the Bureau of Epidemiology Services

Community Partners

Community Food Advocates

• Liz Accles, Executive Director at Community Food Advocates

• Anna Lilia Araiza, Director of Youth Leadership at Community Food Advocates

• Abbie Watts​, Director of Research and School Partnerships at Community Food Advocates NYC

Hunger Free America

• Joel Berg​, Executive Director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH)

GrowNYC

• ​Marcel Van Ooyen, Executive Director of GrowNYC and former Legislative Director for the New York City Council

West Side Campaign Against Hunger

• Greg Silverman, Chief Executive Officer at West Side Campaign Against Hunger

Food Bank For NYC / Plentiful

• Camesha Grant, PhD, Vice President, Community Impact and Investment, Food Bank for New York City

• Bryan Moran, Director of Partner Integrations, Plentiful

New York State Health Foundation

• Julia McCarthy, JD, Senior Program Officer, New York State Health Foundation 

In-kind Tableau Consultant

• Nicholas Hara