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<br />GRANTS - CURRENT <br /> <br />9/30/14-9/29/18 USDA Center for Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research (Co-Investigator) <br />4/1/15-8/31/18 SNAP & EFNEP Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence – <br /> Southern Regional (Co-Investigator) <br />09/01/12-08/31/18 Healthy Food for All in NC Program (SNAP-Ed) - NCDSS/USDA (FY 2013 $19,877, FY 2014 <br />$149,000, FY 2015 $550,000, FY 2016 $890,000, FY 2017 $1,141,513, FY 2018 $1,438,494) <br />(Principal Investigator) <br />07/01/13-06/30/18 UNC Clinical Translation Science Award/NIH U54 ($11,409,302) (Core Staff) <br />11/1/12-10/31/17 NC Growing Together: An Integrated Project to Enhance Food Security and Sustainability <br />through the Development and Evaluation of Two Large-Scale Models of Local Food Distribution <br />(large grocery chain and military base)/NCSU/USDA ($300,000) (Co-Investigator and Consumer <br />Team Lead) <br />9/1/16-8/31/18 Wisconsin FNV Social Marketing Evaluation (WI-DSS/USDA) ($75,000) (Lead Evaluator) <br /> <br />GRANTS - COMPLETED <br /> <br />01/01/14-12/31/14 NOURISH: Promoting Healthy Food Choices Early in Life in Underserved Communities/Aetna <br />Foundation (Co-Program Director and Evaluator, $40,000) <br />01/01/14-12/31/14 Home Base Farm to School Implementation Grant with the Chapel Hill Carrboro City <br />Schools/USDA (Project Director and Lead Evaluator, $75,000) <br />08/15/10-04/30/15 Center to Reduce CVD Disparities: Genes, Clinics and Communities/NIH P50 (Co-Investigator, <br />$10,050,042) <br />09/30/10-08/31/15 Carolina Community Network Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CCN II)/ NIH (Co- <br />Investigator, $4,498,723) <br />10/01/11-09/30/12 Community Engagement Consulting Models - Taking Them to Scale/NIH (Co-Investigator, <br />$499,996) <br />03/01/11-02/28/12 Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN)/CDC <br />(Consultant/Advisory Board, $35,000) <br />06/01/11-04/30/12 Faith, Farming, and the Future: A Church-based program addressing health disparities/NIH R21 <br />(Co-Investigator, $402,142) <br />01/01/10-12/31/10 Produce Packs and Warren County Regional Food Processing Center Project/North Carolina <br />Rural Economic Development Center (PI, $75,000) <br />4/1/2010 – 6/31/11 Needs Assessment of the Estate Planning and Mental Health Needs of Black Farmers in North <br />Carolina/ Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (PI, $50,000) <br />4/1/2010 – 6/31/11 Harvest of Hope: Health Benefits and Dissemination Potential of a Church Garden Project/ North <br />Carolina Translational and Clinical Science Institute (Co-Investigator, $50,000) <br />6/1/2009 – 9/30/10 Charrettes: A Consultation Model for Community-Academic Partnerships/NIH (Evaluator, <br />$499,996) <br />11/1/08 – 8/31/12 Gillings Innovation Laboratory: Linking Local, Sustainable Agriculture and Health/ Gillings <br />Innovations Laboratories, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (Co-Investigator, <br />$275,000) <br /> <br />PUBLICATIONS <br /> <br />De Marco, M. & Thorburn, S. (2008). The association between sociodemographic factors, participation in assistance <br />programs and food insecurity among Oregon residents. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 3(1), 36-50. <br /> <br />De Marco, M., Thorburn, S., & Zhao, W. (2008). Perceived discrimination during prenatal care, labor, and delivery: an <br />examination of data from the Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 1998-1999, 2000, and 2001. <br />American Journal of Public Health. 98(10), 1818-1822. <br /> <br />De Marco, M. & De Marco, A. (2009). Welcome to the neighborhood: Does where you live affect nutrition, health, and <br />welfare program utilization? Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 36(1), 141-166. <br /> <br />24