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2007 Food Assistance Research Conference : Agenda

Agenda

Tuesday, February 13

7:30 am

Check-in and Continental Breakfast

8:15 am

Welcome

 

  • Kitty Smith, Economic Research Service, USDA
Food Stamp Program

8:30 am

Emerging Issues and Research Priorities, Panel I

 

  • Kitty Smith, ERS, USDA, moderator
  • Jessica Shahin, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
  • Larry Goolsby, Senior Policy Analyst, APHSA
  • Stacy Dean, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

9:30 am

Emerging Issues and Research Priorities, Panel II

 

  • Betsey Kuhn, ERS,USDA, moderator
  • Michael Wiseman, George Washington University
  • Helen Jensen, Iowa State University
  • Joel Berg, NYC Coalition Against Hunger

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Recent Findings

 

  • Margaret Andrews, ERS, USDA, moderator
  • Participation Effects of Food Stamp Program and TANF Policy Changes, Caroline Ratcliffe, Urban Institute
  • Determinants of the Food Stamp Program Caseload, Jacob Klerman, Rand Corporation
  • Food Stamps and Obesity, Shelly Ver Ploeg, Economic Research Service

12:00 noon

Lunch at ERS

Child Nutrition, WIC, and Obesity

1:00 pm

Emerging Issues and Research Priorities, Panel I

 

  • Victor Oliveira, ERS, USDA, moderator
  • Kate Houston, Food and Nutrition Service
  • Doug Greenaway, National WIC Association
  • Mary Story, University of Minnesota

2:00 pm

Emerging Issues and Research Priorities, Panel II

 

  • Betsy Frazao, ERS, USDA, moderator
  • Virginia Stallings, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ed Maibach, George Washington University
  • Terry O’Toole, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Recent Findings from Child Nutrition Research

 

  • Joanne Guthrie, ERS, USDA, moderator
  • A Re-Examination of the Dietary Reference Intakes, Barbara Devaney, Mathematica Policy Research
  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Participation and Administration, Ken Finegold, Urban Institute
  • Seasonal Food Insecurity and the National School Lunch and Summer Food Service Programs, Mark Nord, ERS, USDA

4:30 pm

Adjournment



 

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Updated date: January 9, 2007