Organization

Internship activity

Children’s Nutrition Research Center

Research @ USDA laboratory: Food insecurity, nutrition, and childhood obesity prevention

City of Houston Department of Health & Human Services *,**

Applied experiences: WIC, school outreach programs, community gardens, farmers markets, programs at multi-service centers

Community Families Centers **

Applied experiences: Nutrition education and food demonstration workshops

Harris County BUILD Health Partnership *,**

Research and applied experiences to reduce food insecurity and childhood obesity: Healthy Corner Store Network and Healthy Dining Matters

HealthCorps

Research and applied experiences to reduce food insecurity and childhood obesity: Food pantry, Backpack Buddy program, nutrition education and food demonstrations

Houston Independent School District Food Service

Research and applied experiences: School breakfast/lunch nutrition, “plate waste study”

Houston Food Bank **

Various research and applied experiences to reduce food insecurity and childhood obesity

Neighborhood Centers Inc. Harbach-Ripley **

Applied experiences: Nutrition education and food demonstration workshops

Memorial Hermann **

Research and applied experiences: Food insecurity, nutrition education & food demonstrations

University of Houston Charter School

Research and applied experiences: School nutrition and childhood obesity prevention

Yes Prep Independent School District **

Research and applied experiences: Childhood obesity prevention

* Opportunity to interact with Vietnamese-speaking clients

** Opportunity to interact with Spanish-speaking clients

Academic Partners

University of Houston

Houston Community College

Texas Southern University

University of Houston-Downtown

Rice University

Sam Houston State University

Franklin & Marshall College