Juliana FW Cohen

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Biography

Dr. Juliana Cohen is an Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Nutrition and Public Health at Merrimack College. Dr. Cohen has broad research interests in pediatric nutrition, including school-based interventions, child/adolescent health and development, health disparities, and nutrition policies. Her research centers on the identification, evaluation, and dissemination of effective nutrition policies and initiatives to promote nutrition equity and reduce the risk of obesity among children. Dr. Cohen has multiple grants to examine school-based policies and interventions to improve children’s school meal participation and consumption both in the United States and internationally, including Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) policies, stronger school nutrition standards, and competitive food standards for snacks and beverages sold in schools. Dr. Cohen is also Director of the NOURISH Lab. Previously she was an ORISE Policy and Science fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Education and Training

• ScM, Society, Human Development, and Health
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• ScD, Nutrition
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Awards and Honors

• Obesity Society Fellow, 2016
  The Obesity Society (TOS)
• Nutritional Epidemiology of Cancer Education and Career Development Fellowship, 2012 - 2015
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Donald and Sue Pritzker Nutrition and Fitness Fellowship, 2010 - 2011
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Policy and Science Fellowship, 2004 - 2005
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications

• Perceived Influence of a State-Level Universal Free School Meal Policy on Households With Varying Income Levels: An Analysis of Parental Perspectives.

  Cohen JFW, Chapman LE, Olarte DA, Hecht CA, Hecht K, Minc L, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Orta-Aleman D, Patel AI, Polacsek M, Ritchie LD, Zuercher MD, Gosliner W. J Acad Nutr Diet 2024 Oct 09

• Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Parental Perceptions of and Student Participation in School Meals.

  Zuercher MD, Cohen JFW, Hecht CA, Hecht K, Orta-Aleman D, Olarte DA, Chapman LE, Read M, Ritchie LD, Gosliner W. Nutrients 2024 Oct 04

• Students' Perspectives on the Benefits and Challenges of Universal School Meals Related to Food Accessibility, Stigma, Participation, and Waste.

  Orta-Aleman D, Zuercher MD, Bacon KA, Chelius C, Hecht CE, Hecht K, Ritchie LD, Cohen JFW, Gosliner W. J Nutr Educ Behav 2024

• The Benefits and Challenges of Providing School Meals during the First Year of California's Universal School Meal Policy as Reported by School Foodservice Professionals.

  Zuercher MD, Orta-Aleman D, Cohen JFW, Hecht CA, Hecht K, Polacsek M, Patel AI, Ritchie LD, Gosliner W. Nutrients 2024 Jun 08

• Universal School Meals During the Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Parent Perceptions From California and Maine.

  Chapman LE, Gosliner W, Olarte DA, Ritchie LD, Schwartz MB, Polacsek M, Hecht CE, Hecht K, Turner L, Patel AI, Zuercher MD, Read M, Daly TP, Cohen JFW. J Acad Nutr Diet 2024 May 11