Income, food, and nutrition security in the US

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Senior Policy Associate

Lanae Hood, PhD (she/her/hers), is a Senior Policy Associate on CSPI’s Healthy Food Access Team, where she works to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and improve access to healthy, affordable food. Her advocacy focuses on SNAP and the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP), with particular expertise in SNAP benefit adequacy, fruit and vegetable incentives, and EBT integration. Lanae also leads qualitative and policy research that centers lived experience and translates evidence into policy recommendations and advocacy strategies.

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Scientific publications from CSPI staff

Founded in 1971, the Center for Science in the Public Interest is an independent, science-based consumer advocacy organization with an impressive record of accomplishments and a clear and ambitious agenda for improving the food system to support healthy eating. Many current and former staff of CSPI have published peer-reviewed works covering a wide range of topics. We’ve compiled a table of publications from CSPI staff to demonstrate this breadth of work.

Former Senior Policy Associate

Jacob Multer (he/him/his) was formerly a Federal Affairs Policy Associate working on nutrition policy and advocacy at CSPI.

Policy Associate

Sarah Rudolph-Naiberg is a Policy Associate on CSPI's Child Nutrition Programs Team, where she advocates for state and local policy to improve kids' access to nutritious food. Sarah completed her BS in Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and her MSPH at Johns Hopkins University. She is a Registered Dietitian.

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