Center Members

The Obesity Prevention Center has a core of faculty who are internationally recognized for their research on the behavioral and environmental factors associated with obesity, and on interventions designed to prevent obesity in adult, child, and adolescent populations. Faculty expertise includes nutrition, physical activity, behavioral intervention, community intervention, environmental intervention and health policy. Center Faculty also bring a strong obesity research base in nutrition, kinesiology, psychology, clinical medicine, the basic sciences, and other supporting fields.

Current List of Members (alphabetical)

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Center Faculty and researchers come from different colleges across the University, and from local health and healthcare organizations (listed below).

Member Represented University Schools & Colleges Academic Health Center School of Public Health  Division of Epidemiology & Community Health Department of Medicine College of Human Ecology Department of Food Science & Nutrition College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics School of Kinesiology  School of Nursing Department of Family Practice and Community Health Department of Pediatrics Department of Psychiatry Department of Psychology Department of Civil Engineering Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs College of Liberal Arts

Member Represented Health and Healthcare Organizations in the Community Minnesota Department of Health MDH Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division HealthPartners Research Foundation Park Nicollet Institute Mayo Clinic College of Medicine