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Kate Schneider

Kate Schneider

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About

I am a researcher in food policy, food systems, nutrition, equity and ethics as part of the Global Food Policy and Ethics program at Johns Hopkins University, led by Dr. Jessica Fanzo. I recently completed my PhD in Food Policy and Applied nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. I focus on food policy and economics related to poverty, nutrition, and welfare outcomes.

Prior to my PhD, I spent five years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a program officer in agricultural development. My work there involved a wide range of issues including gender, food systems, nutrition, environment, data, policy research, evaluation, and measurement. I hold a Master of Public Administration and a Certificate in International Development from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington where I also conducted food, agriculture, and development policy research. I completed a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at McGill University.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Schneider, K. … Rosero Moncayo, J. (2021). Viewpoint: Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to the 2030 global goals. Food Policy 104(102163). doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102163.

Schneider, K., Fanzo, J., Haddad, L., Rosero Moncayo, J. (2021). Global health has a stake in the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit. Lancet S0140-6736(21)02047-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02047-X.

Schneider, K., Webb, P., Christiaensen, L., & Masters, W. (2021) Assessing diet quality when families share their meals: Evidence from Malawi. Journal of Nutrition nxab287. doi:10.1093/jn/nxab287

Schneider, K., Oslund, J., & Liu, T. (2021). The impact of the Community Eligibility Provision on School Meal Participation in Texas. Public Health Nutrition, 1-9. doi:10.1017/S1368980021003712

Schneider, K. & Masters, W. 2019. Orange Fanta vs orange fruit: A novel measure of nutrition knowledge in Malawi. Maternal and Child Nutrition 15:e12656.https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12656

Seymour, G., Masuda, Y., Williams, J., Schneider, K. 2019. Maternal and child nutritional outcomes among the time and income poor in rural Bangladesh. Global Food Security, (20), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GFS.2019.01.004

DATA & SOFTWARE

Schneider, K. & Herforth, A. 2020. Software tools for practical application of human nutrient requirements in food-based social science research [version 1; peer review: in revisions]. Gates Open Res 2020, 4:179 (https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13207.1)

BOOK CHAPTERS

Pingali, P., Schneider, K., Zurek, M. (2014). Poverty, agriculture and the environment: the case of sub-Saharan Africa. Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology. New York: Springer.

Expertise

Regions

  • Low and Middle Income Countries
  • United States
  • Global

Topics

  • Food Policy
  • Agricultural and Development Microeconomics
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Research Methods

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

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