I-TOPP Investigators
A five-year $4.5 million USDA grant to University of Illinois researchers will establish the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP), an innovative research-based program that will combine a Ph.D. with a master's in public health (MPH) degree focused on child obesity prevention.
I-TOPP Investigators (pictured left to right). Front Row: Angela Wiley, associate professor of human and community development; Juhee Kim, assistant professor of kinesiology and community health; Margarita Teran-Garcia, assistant professor of food science and human nutrition; Craig Gundersen, associate professor of agricultural and consumer economics and director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory. Middle Row: Janet Liechty, associate professor of social work; Barbara Fiese, director of the U of I's Family Resiliency Center and I-TOPP co-director; Sharon Donovan, the Melissa M. Noel Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and I-TOPP director; Rodney Johnson, professor of animal sciences, director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences and I-TOPP co-director; and Charles Hillman, associate professor of kinesiology and community health. Back Row: Kristen Harrison, associate professor of communication; David Buchner, Shadid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health, director of the MPH program and I-TOPP co-director; Brent McBride, professor of human and community development and director of the university's Child Development Laboratory; and Kelly Bost, associate professor of human and community development. Not pictured, Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, assistant professor of kinesiology and community health, and Soo-Yeun Lee, associate professor of food science and human nutrition.
A five-year $4.5 million USDA grant to University of Illinois researchers will establish the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP), an innovative research-based program that will combine a Ph.D. with a master's in public health (MPH) degree focused on child obesity prevention.
I-TOPP Investigators (pictured left to right). Front Row: Angela Wiley, associate professor of human and community development; Juhee Kim, assistant professor of kinesiology and community health; Margarita Teran-Garcia, assistant professor of food science and human nutrition; Craig Gundersen, associate professor of agricultural and consumer economics and director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory. Middle Row: Janet Liechty, associate professor of social work; Barbara Fiese, director of the U of I's Family Resiliency Center and I-TOPP co-director; Sharon Donovan, the Melissa M. Noel Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and I-TOPP director; Rodney Johnson, professor of animal sciences, director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences and I-TOPP co-director; and Charles Hillman, associate professor of kinesiology and community health. Back Row: Kristen Harrison, associate professor of communication; David Buchner, Shadid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health, director of the MPH program and I-TOPP co-director; Brent McBride, professor of human and community development and director of the university's Child Development Laboratory; and Kelly Bost, associate professor of human and community development. Not pictured, Diana Grigsby-Toussaint, assistant professor of kinesiology and community health, and Soo-Yeun Lee, associate professor of food science and human nutrition.
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