Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings

Final Agenda

Waugh Auditorium, Economic Research Service, USDA
1800 M Street, NW, Washington, DC (Directions)

Friday, September 24, 2010

8:30 - 9:00 am

Check-in and continental breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome

• Laurian J. Unnevehr, Economic Research Service, USDA

9:15 - 10:45 am

SNAP:  Emerging Issues and Research Priorities
Moderator: Victor Oliveira, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Timothy Smeeding, University of Wisconsin
• David Dlugolecki, New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
• Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, University of Chicago
• Carol Olander, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

10:45 - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 - Noon

Recent Findings on SNAP
Moderator: John Kirlin, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Effects on Childhood Obesity of Participation in Multiple Nutrition Assistance Programs
  Rusty Tchernis,Georgia State University
  
  
• Long-Term Effects of Food Stamp Receipt During Childhood on Adult Outcomes
  Thomas Vartanian, Bryn Mawr College

• How Much Does SNAP Reduce Food Insecurity
  Caroline Ratcliffe, Urban Institute

Noon - 1:00 pm

Lunch at ERS

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Child Nutrition and WIC:  Emerging Issues and Research Priorities
Moderator: Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Dan Christenson, Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee
• Art Burger,  Burger, Carroll, and Associates
• David Conner, University of Vermont
• Ted Macaluso, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

2:30 - 2:45 pm

Break

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Recent Findings on Program Access and Outcomes
Moderator: Betsy Frazao, Economic Research Service, USDA

• Incorporating Nutritional and Economic Factors Into Planning School Lunch
  Helen Jensen, Iowa State University

• Access to Healthy Foods: Short-term Effects of the Revised WIC Food Package
  Tatiana Andreyeva, Yale University

• Effects of Change From Universal-Free to Eligibility-Based School Breakfast Program
  David Ribar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

3:45 - 4:00 pm

Conference Wrap Up
David Smallwood, Economic Research Service, USDA