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.

The Delta GREENS FIM Project collaborates with community partners to strengthen local food systems and improve health outcomes, using innovative, research-based strategies to empower multisector leaders in addressing nutrition insecurity and chronic disease in the Mississippi Delta.

ChildObesity180 is partnering with the Harlem Children’s Zone to replicate Healthy Ways, a program empowering youth, families, and the broader community to adopt lifelong, healthy habits.

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 study applies a healthy equity lens to determine whether complete streets policies lead to multiple levels of community change, including in the built environment, economic environment, social environment, and health.