Current work

Catalyzing Communities develops deep and meaningful relationships with community partners, using facilitation and evaluation techniques grounded in systems science to help them mobilize a core group of multisector leaders to improve the health of their community.

Through this project, ChildObesity180 has begun development of a sophisticated, responsive, and innovative technological platform that will give communities power to generate, integrate, analyze, share, interpret, and communicate their own data to drive lasting improvements in community health.

The HEART at Head Start is a randomized controlled trial to support Early Childhood Educators in achieving health and wellness goals through personalized guidance and resources, with findings that could inform future programs and policies nationally.

i-DINE: Improving Digital Imaging for Nutrient Evaluation is a study to develop a novel method of dietary assessment, both easing the process and providing quick and accurate nutritional information.

The Kansas Food Policy Council Project is a state-wide evaluation of councils across Kansas. The main goals are to assess the effect that the provision of technical assistance by KC Healthy Kids has on councils and to assess the impact that council-led initiatives are having on community food systems in Kansas.

This cross-disciplinary initiative, co-led by Dr. Economos, is harnessing Tufts’ strengths in wide-ranging domains (e.g., nutrition, social sciences, medicine, data science, economics, and others) to define common aspirations and identify ways to create collaborative, high impact projects that help solve the global obesity crisis.