Healthy Eating Research

08/27/2025

New rapid-response funding is available from RWJFoundation. The Foundation will be awarding up to $5 million to support timely actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

Application Deadline: October 01, 2025 2:00 p.m. CT

The purpose of this call for proposals is to meet the current moment by supporting timely, actionable health equity research that has been interrupted by shifts in federal funding.

08/25/2025

This Wednesday, August 27, join investigators from RWJFoundation research programs as they break down hot topics, from healthcare and immigration to Medicaid and SNAP.

Learn more about:
• Key policy shifts and what they signal
• Potential impacts on funding, data, and program implementation
• Opportunities for cross-sector collaboration and advocacy
• Actionable insights for practitioners working at the intersection of policy and population health

Join investigators from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "For Action" research programs as they break down hot topics, from healthcare and immigration to Medicaid and SNAP. This webinar will explore how researchers committed to health equity are navigating the new political landscape. Panelists:...

08/22/2025

Civil Eats launched their Food Policy Tracker in January to follow federal actions that impact the U.S. food system. Take a look at their top food policy changes of 2025 so far:

We launched the Food Policy Tracker in January to follow federal policies that impact the US food system. Of 100 stories, these matter most.

08/20/2025

Join us for tomorrow's webinar on Communicating Research for Impact. Communications experts from Burness will provide essential strategies for effective communication, crafting clear and compelling messaging, and choosing the right tactics for getting your message out. https://bit.ly/44IBhqg

08/12/2025

Join the final session of the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students and Early Career Professionals, this Wednesday from 4-5pm ET.

The August 13 session will feature student presentations.

https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/mSXvBJlbRl-NI5EnO_uE5w #/registration

08/06/2025

Join Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) this Thursday, August 7th from 3-4 PM ET for a webinar to discuss the upcoming MAHA strategy report.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wB5Mtj08S5uMmgtkOkmkzw #/registration

08/05/2025

Join the next session of the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students and Early Career Professionals, Wednesdays from 4-5pm ET.

The August 6 session is on Interventions to Improve Food and Nutrition Security

https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/mSXvBJlbRl-NI5EnO_uE5w #/registration

07/28/2025

In our latest newsletter, a new funding opportunity from HER, several learning opportunities for researchers including our research and policy webinar series, and new grantee research.

https://healthyeatingresearch.org/2025/07/her-summer-newsletter-funding-opportunity-webinars-and-latest-grantee-research/

07/23/2025

Researchers, we invite you to join us on Thursday, August 21 for a webinar on Communicating Research for Impact.

This Healthy Eating Research webinar is designed to help public health researchers communicate their work to drive change. Communications experts from Burness will provide essential strategies for effective communication, crafting clear and compelling messaging, choosing the right tactics for getting your message out, and staying on-message even in difficult conversations.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/44IBhqg

07/22/2025

Join the next session of the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students and Early Career Professionals, Wednesdays from 4-5pm ET.

This week's session is on Building Resilient Food Systems.

https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/mSXvBJlbRl-NI5EnO_uE5w #/registration

07/02/2025

SNAP not only provides families with essential access to a safety net that puts food on the table, it also serves as an eligibility metric for other health and nutrition programs. Here are just a few examples of how proposed SNAP cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill” would impact children’s access to healthy food:

• SNAP cuts would affect all current participants, including 16 million children, from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/6-20-25fa-bythenumbers.pdf

• Added administrative burden to prove eligibility could keep millions of women and children from accessing WIC, from National WIC Association:https://media.nwica.org/june%202025%20policy%20brief.pdf

• Similarly, fewer students would automatically qualify for free school meals, as SNAP eligibility is often a direct pathway to free meal access, and schools would experience higher administrative burden: https://www.urban.org/research/publication/changes-snap-could-reduce-student-access-free-school-meals

06/17/2025

We are in a critical period for developing and disseminating systems and policy-relevant research. HER will host a series of webinars this year for researchers focused on policy, research, and communications.

Join us next Tuesday, June 24 for the first webinar on Conducting Strategic Science. Our speakers will discuss how and why to conduct strategic science that is designed for policy impact, and provide numerous examples.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/43glhwi