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Jennifer Savage Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Savage Williams is the Director for the Child Health Research Center and a Professor in the College of Health and Human Development's Nutrition Department at Penn State.
Dr. Savage Williams studies: Behavioral (feeding practices, sleep) and individual factors that impact food intake; Responsive parenting; Clinical and community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions
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Jennifer Barton Ph.D.
- Assistant Research Professor
Jenny is a developmental and family scientist who is interested in understanding how the contexts that infants and preschoolers are embedded can influence their nutrition, growth and health.
Emily Hohman Ph.D.
- Associate Research Professor
Emily is a nutrition scientist interested in the interactions between diet and behavioral factors on growth and chronic disease risk in infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women.
Staff
Allie Baney
- Education Program Specialist (Nutrition Educator – SNAP-Ed)
Allie’s role at CCOR includes implementing approved nutrition and physical activity lessons to low-income families at Head Start and Pre-K counts classrooms within Blair County through our SNAP-ED funding.
Lindsey Hess
- Research Project Manager (Lab Manager)
Lindsey oversees the development, coordination, and evaluation of CCOR’s research and outreach programs.
Heather Kimble
- Outreach Manager
- Clinical Research Coordinator
Heather manages and oversees the ONE PATH research study's planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation.
Kylee Massaro
- Education Program Specialist
Kylee creates education materials, assists with program planning, performs data entry, study recruitment, and data collection for CCOR's ONE PATH intervention project.
Sarah Swartz
- Human Research Technologist – Health and Medicine (Family Interventionist)
Sarah assists with the development of materials for the ONE PATH intervention, delivers intervention content to research participants, and provides technical assistance and communicative support.
Amber Vesnesky
- Education Program Specialist (Nutrition Educator – SNAP-Ed)
Amber delivers SNAP-Ed approved curricula to low–income families at Head Start Child Care settings and WIC Clinic sites, interacting and coordinating with program partners in the community and staff in Huntingdon, Snyder, Union and Mifflin counties.
Graduate Students
Lab Alumni
Former supervised doctoral students include:
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Cara Ruggiero
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Sally Eagleton
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Elizabeth Adams
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Chelsea Rose
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Katherine Balantkin
Nutritional Sciences
Community Partnerships
We believe that tackling childhood obesity and improving child health requires a collaborative approach. Our community partnerships are at the heart of our mission, enabling us to create a healthier future for children and families.