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ME <br />GRANTS - CURRENT <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 <br />SNAP & EFNEP Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence — <br />01/01/14- 12/31/14 <br />Southern Regional (Co- Investigator) <br />09/01/12- 08/31/18 <br />Healthy Food for All in NC Program (SNAP -Ed) - NCDSS/USDA (FY 2013 $19,877, FY 2014 <br />08/15/10- 04/30/15 <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 <br />UNC Clinical Translation Science Award/NIH U54 ($11,409,302) (Core Staff) <br />11/1/12- 10/31/17 <br />NC Growing Together: An Integrated Project to Enhance Food Security and Sustainability <br />10/01/11 - 09/30/12 <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 />03/01/11 - 02/28/12 <br />Team Lead) <br />9/1/16 - 8/31/18 <br />Wisconsin FNV Social Marketing Evaluation (WI- DSS/USDA) ($75,000) (Lead Evaluator) <br />GRANTS - COMPLETED <br />01/01/14- 12/31/14 NOURISH: Promoting Healthy Food Choices Early in Life in Underserved Communities /Aetna <br />PUBLICATIONS <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 />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 />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. 3 6(1), 141 -166. <br />Foundation (Co- Program Director and Evaluator, $40,000) <br />01/01/14- 12/31/14 <br />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 <br />Center to Reduce CVD Disparities: Genes, Clinics and Communities/NIH P50 (Co- Investigator, <br />$10,050,042) <br />09/30/10- 08/31/15 <br />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 <br />Community Engagement Consulting Models - Taking Them to Scale/NIH (Co- Investigator, <br />$499,996) <br />03/01/11 - 02/28/12 <br />Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) /CDC <br />(Consultant/Advisory Board, $35,000) <br />06/01/11 - 04/30/12 <br />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 <br />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 <br />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 <br />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 <br />Charrettes: A Consultation Model for Community- Academic Partnerships/NIH (Evaluator, <br />$499,996) <br />11/1/08 — 8/31/12 <br />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 />PUBLICATIONS <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 />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 />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. 3 6(1), 141 -166. <br />