FY 2009 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings: Agenda

Welcome

7:30-8:15 am

Check-in and continental breakfast

8:15-8:30 am

Welcome
Katherine (Kitty) Smith, Economic Research Service, USDA

Child Nutrition Programs and WIC

8:30-9:15 am

Keynote Speaker
Laurian J. Unnevehr, Economic Research Service, USDA, Moderator

• Brian Wansink, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA

9:15 -10:45 am

Emerging Issues and Research Priorities
Joanne F. Guthrie, Economic Research Service, USDA, Moderator

• Jay Hirschman, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA



• Derek Miller, Staff, Senate Agriculture Committee



• Cathy Schuchart, School Nutrition Association



• Arthur W. Burger, Burger, Carroll & Associates, Inc.

10:45-11:00 am

Break

Recent Findings
Betsy Frazao, Economic Research Service, USDA, Moderator

• Relationship of School Meal Program Participation to Weight Status:  Findings from SNDA-III
  Phil Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research
, Inc.


• They’re Certified But Do They Take the Meal?  Factors Influencing School Meal Participation
  Quinn Moore, Mathematica Policy Research
, Inc.


• Revisiting Impacts of WIC on Infant Outcomes
  Theodore J. Joyce, Baruch College

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch at ERS

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps)

1:00-1:45 pm

Keynote Speaker
David Smallwood, Economic Research Service, USDA, Moderator

• Jim C. Ohls, Consultant
  

1:45-3:15 pm

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

• Carol Olander, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
   
• Jean Yavis Jones, Feeding America
   
• Robert Rector, The Heritage Foundation



• Michael L. Wiseman, The George Washington University

3:15-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:30 pm

Recent Findings
John A. Kirlin, Economic Research Service, USDA, Moderator

• Effects of Economic Conditions and FSP Policy on State FSP Caseloads
  Laura Castner, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
   
• The Effects of Food Stamps on Food Spending and Food Security
  Parke E. Wilde, Tufts University
   
• Is It a Snap? Time, Money, and the Production of Meals by Food Stamp Households
  Diego Rose, Tulane University