Background
Alana joined the Economic Research Service (ERS) in January 2016. She was a summer intern at ERS for 3 previous years, while pursuing her undergraduate degree. As an intern, Alana examined the use of Federal food assistance programs. Now, her work focuses on two well-established mapping tools that look at the food environment—the Food Access Research Atlas and the Food Environment Atlas.
Education
Alana holds an M.A. in Public Policy, with a concentration in Social Policy, from American University. She received a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from Southern University and A&M College.
Selected Publications
Ghazaryan, A., A. Carlson, A. Y. Rhone, and K. Roy. 2022. “Association between County-Level Food Retail and Socioeconomic Environment and Nutritional Quality of Household Food Purchases, 2015,” Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Ghazaryan, A., A. Carlson, A. Y. Rhone, and K. Roy. 2021. "Association between the Nutritional Quality of Household At-Home Food Purchases and Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors in the United States, 2015," Nutrients 13(9):3260. doi: 10.3390/nu13093260.