Figueroa Interdisciplinary Group(FIG) @CornellNutri @rogerfigPhD #HealthEquity #GIS #CommunityNutrition #FoodSecurity #NutritionSecurity
Ithaca, NY & NYC
Joined August 2022
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What's really the difference between potatoes & potato chips?
On Wednesday, @ACESIllinois alum @thisisruliu will discuss how our bodies respond to ultra-processed foods for the final session of our Autumn Health Picks series.
Register for Zoom Details: illinois.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
ALT November 15 at Noon All About Process: How Ultra-Processed Foods Impact Health Community Seminar Series Autumn Health Picks Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute | Illinois Extension CEU/CPDU
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Thanks to #SNEB2023 for a super engaged poster session! Always a pleasure discussing removing barriers to food and nutrition security with advocates from various sectors. Looking forward to connecting with more folks!
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In the past year, I had the pleasure of mentoring two outstanding students, Sarah Rudolph-Naiberg and Shahad Salman @prydecornell. Yesterday, they showcased their community-engaged work from our collaboration with @NYCommonPantry at the @CornellBCTR UG Research Symposium! 🥳
Through the FIG lab, he introduces students to his community-based, transdisciplinary, ecologically minded approaches to scholarship."
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The award celebrates faculty who've recently developed community-engaged learning, leadership or research for students. In his work, Figueroa engages with community partners, including them in the process of defining what health means in their sociocultural contexts.
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“It means so much to be recognized along with colleagues that I appreciate and respect,” said Figueroa. “The best part of my job is engaging with communities and students. So this feels like winning the lottery. Thankful.”
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Re: @CornellCHE on #LinkedIn
"Congrats to Roger Figueroa, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., assistant professor in @CornellNutri, for winning a Community-Engaged Practice & Innovation Award from Cornell's Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell.
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Our awesome leader receives some well-deserved recognition! Congratulations, Dr. Figueroa!
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Our partners from New York Common Pantry are participating in the national nutrition month sessions with SNAP-Ed NY. They will be demonstrating an easy & healthy recipe on Facebook@SNAPNewYork and YouTube@SNAP-EdNY live on Thurs, Mar 30th at 12pm. More info is below.
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📚 Join @KiuSum for the first @NutritionSoc Student Journal Club of 2023!
🗓️16 February, 13:00 - 14:00
Discussion paper: bit.ly/3JRCHGr
✨All journal clubs are CPD endorsed by the @AfN_UK_
#NSStudentSection @NS_Publications
Fig Lab loves food! We had a “labsgiving” where we all brought our own cultural foods. It was a blast! We have Jollof rice, Roast Duck, Vegan Mapo tofu, Pancit canton, and Vegan pozole verde! It was all delicious 😋
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Check out this shiny new paper by our team on urban food environments in Brooklyn!
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The Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University is looking for a new Director. Interested applicants, please follow this link to apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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Day 1 at the #APHA2022 conference in Boston! Excited to be presenting later today (4:45pm) on the food experiences among Chinese immigrants in Harlem. Looking forward to discussing and connecting!
