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De Marco, M., Hopping, B., Watson-Ormond, K. (2014, June). Can positioning a regional grocery chain as a purveyor of <br />local foods increase customer loyalty and local foods sales? Presentation at the ASFS/AFHVS 2014 Conference: <br />Collaboration & Innovation Across the Food System, Burlington, Vermont. June 19, 2014. <br /> <br />Ammerman, A. & De Marco, M. (2015). WIC, Shopping, and Cost Containment Perspectives of stakeholders: <br />participants, program staff, retailers, manufacturers. Presented at the BECR WIC Roundtable on Cost Containment, <br />Washington, D.C. on August 7, 2015 <br /> <br />De Marco, M. (2017, July). Behavioral Economics in the Healthy Retail Environment: SNAP-Ed Implementation. <br />Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, July 22, 2017; Washington, <br />DC. <br /> <br />Sheppard, B. and De Marco, M. (2017, November). Beyond the health benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables: rural <br />community gardens as avenues to socio-economic development, renewed interest in cultural traditions, and community <br />cohesion. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA. <br /> <br />Chapman, L., Chauvenet, C., De Marco, M. (2017, November). Healthy retail interventions: Establishing partnerships <br />and utilizing sales data to conduct healthy food choice research. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American <br />Public Health Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA. <br /> <br />McGuirt, J., Jilcott-Pitts, S., Hanson, K., De Marco, M., Seguin, R., Kolodinsky, J., Becot, F., Ammerman, A. (2017, <br />November). A choice experiment to examine factors influencing willingness to participate in a Community Supported <br />Agriculture (CSA) program among low income parents. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health <br />Association, Nov 4-8, 2017; Atlanta, GA. <br /> <br />ADVISEES <br />Students funded/mentored (# of years funded)/years <br />Nutrition <br />PhD: Tosha Smith (2 years), informal mentorship, RA experience/2011-2014 <br />PhD: Linden Thayer, Dissertation Committee/2013-2016 <br />PhD: Jared McGuirt, Dissertation Committee/2014-2016 <br />PHD: Beth Hopping (1 year), Dissertation Committee/2013-2016 <br />PHD: Sally Bullock (1 partial year) RA experience /2016-2017 <br />PHD: Yani Estrada (2 years) RA experience/2014-2017 <br />PHD: Gina Trappiccio (2 partial years) RA experience /2015-2017 <br />PHD: Jessica Soldavini (2 years, 3rd secured) RA experience/2015 - present <br />PHD: Leah Chapman (1 year, 2nd secured) mentorship, RA experience/ 2016 - present <br />MPH/RD: Emily Welker (2 years) RA experience/2012-2014 <br />MPH/RD: Caroline Messerschmidt (2 years), Master’s Paper Reader/2013-2015 <br />MPH/RD: Carolina Sardano (2 years) RA experience/2015-2016 <br />MPH/RD: Melissa Walter, Master’s Paper Advisor/reader/2015-2016 <br />MPH/RD: Kathryn Bernstein, faculty advisor/2015 - present <br />BSPH: Nichole Bonzano, faculty mentor/2015-2017 <br />BSPH: Bridget Gallagher (1 summer), faculty mentor/2016 - present <br />BSPH: Nasir Siddique, faculty mentor/2016 – present <br />BSPH: Alvaro Nava, faculty mentor/2017-present <br />BSPH: Maria Koutlas, faculty mentor/2017-present <br /> <br />Health Behavior <br />MPH: Claire Sadeghzadeh (1 year, 2nd secured) RA experience/2016 - present <br />MPH: Sarah Prager – Practicum Placement/2014-2016 <br />MPH: Jennifer Delcourt – Practicum Placement/2012-2013 <br />MPH: Rose Watson-Ormond – Practicum Placement/2012-2014 <br />Co-hosted/advised two Masters Capstone Projects: 1. Carolina Campus Community Garden 2. Interfaith Food Shuttle <br /> <br /> <br />28