Wendi Gosliner, Dr.P.H., R.D.
Current Title: Director of Food Policy Research and Translation
Current Organization: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Wendi Gosliner is the Director of Food Policy Research and Translation at the Nutrition Policy Institute, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources. Her work aims to improve population nutrition and health, prevent food insecurity, improve food system sustainability and justice, and eliminate health disparities. She has led intervention projects and research studies in various venues, including schools, prisons, the social safety net (SNAP, WIC, EITC, etc.), and childcare environments. She is particularly interested in the nexus of research, practice, policy, and community-based efforts to improve health.
Dr. Gosliner taught graduate and undergraduate courses in community nutrition and nutrition policy in the School of Public Health and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. She also served as a local elected official in her community, where she led land use planning efforts. In 2013-14, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow, serving as a health policy advisor to the Honorable Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi.
Dr. Gosliner received a DrPH and an MPH in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in nutritional sciences from Cornell University. She is a registered dietitian.
Fellow in 2013-2014
Director of Food Policy Research and Translation
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Wendi Gosliner is a researcher and director of policy at the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating program, policy, and community-based interventions designed to expand children’s opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. Her work includes interventions in schools, childcare environments, and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
Gosliner has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in community nutrition and nutrition policy in the School of Public Health and the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. She also served as a local elected official in her community, where she helped lead land use planning efforts and build the community’s first park. Prior to her work at UC Berkeley, she served as the health and nutrition services manager for the Berkeley Head Start Program and was a consultant with the Alameda County Children and Families Commission. She provided health and nutrition education services in the Peace Corps in Yemen.
Gosliner received a DrPH and an MPH in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in nutritional sciences from Cornell University. She is a registered dietitian.
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Current Title: Researcher and Director of Policy
Current Organization: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
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