Shauna Downs News Today

Shauna Downs, PhD, MS, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health. A former figure skater, her research now focuses on interventions to promote healthy and sustainable food choices and exploring how our changing climate, food systems, diet, and nutrition are inextricably linked.

Secure Food Supply Chain UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rely on one another is through a more intricate and interconnected food supply chain. Food produced in one country is often consumed in another country — with technological advances allowing food to be shipped between countries that are increasingly distant from one another. This interconnected...

UD assistant professor Kyle Davis is part of a study that looked at how to ensure that food supply chains are still able to function under environmental shocks — such as droughts, disease or extreme heat among others — and highlighted key areas where future research should be focused. Secure food supply chain UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rel...