Systems Science Approaches for Reducing Youth Obesity Disparities

项目摘要 Mika Matsuzaki，博士，公共卫生硕士，硕士，是国际部人类营养学助理教授 约翰霍普金斯彭博公共卫生学院（BSPH）的健康。她寻求K 01奖以获得技能， 知识，并通过接触食品系统和系统的各个方面指导研究经验， tems科学研究这个奖项是她完成职业转型成为独立人士的关键一步 学者提供新的见解系统干预措施，以预防和减少青年肥胖症的疾病， 优势人口。拟议的培训和研究建立在她在营养流行病学方面的良好培训基础上， 学校营养政策和食品环境使用先进的统计技术。训练会让她 在使用混合方法，系统科学方法，包括模拟模型研究的专业知识 以学校为中心的食物系统和青少年肥胖。肥胖越来越被认为是一个系统问题，需要- 形成多层次、多组分的解决方案。以前的研究，包括我自己的，已经表明，在人口- 青少年肥胖症不成比例地影响种族/少数民族人口以及社会群体， 经济劣势。鉴于青少年肥胖的持续差异，需要开发新的解决方案。 为此，拟议的研究将通过检查食品中的因素来寻求解决方案的想法 可能导致少数学校出现意外低肥胖患病率的系统（目标1）， 我们称之为正偏量然后，我们将估计引入食品新变化的潜在影响 在模拟模型中为其他学校环境中的学生改进饮食系统（目标2）。松崎博士 在约翰霍普金斯大学（JHU）获得良好的研究环境和知名学者，以及 在她的合作机构，旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学（SFSU）和纽约城市大学 （纽约市立大学）。她与Joel博士一起建立了一个强大的指导团队，涵盖所有培训和研究内容。 Gittelsohn博士，公共卫生硕士（BSPH，主要导师）;共同导师Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh博士，ScD，公共卫生硕士（SFSU）， 博士Jess Fanzo博士（JHU），布鲁斯Y. Lee，MD，MBA（纽约市立大学）和Takeru Igusa博士，PhD（JHU）。松博士- 扎基将通过她在系统科学和青少年肥胖方面的研究获得实践经验， 通过定期会议和学习活动，获得必要的内容专业知识和经验 导师、课程、讲习班、研讨会、科学会议。K 01指导研究培训和经验- 恩塞将使松崎博士获得独立的奖学金，在系统科学方法的专业知识 青年肥胖的差异和设计和进行大规模模拟研究和开发的能力， 在随后的R 01研究中测试新的系统性干预措施。

PROJECT SUMMARY Mika Matsuzaki, PhD, MPH, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH). She seeks a K01 Award to gain skillset, knowledge, and mentored research experiences through exposure to diverse aspects of food systems and sys- tems science research. This award is a critical step for her to complete the career transition into an independent scholar contributing new insights on systemic interventions to prevent and reduce youth obesity among disad- vantaged populations. The proposed training and study build upon her strong training in nutritional epidemiology, school nutrition policies, and food environments using advanced statistical techniques. The training will build her expertise in the use of mixed-methods, systems science approaches including simulation models examining school-centric food systems and youth obesity. Obesity is increasingly recognized as a systems problem, requir- ing multi-level, multi-component solutions. Previous research, including my own, has shown that at the popula- tion level, youth obesity disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minority populations as well as those with socio- economic disadvantages. Given the persisting disparities in youth obesity, novel solutions need to be developed. To this end, the proposed study will seek ideas for such solutions through examination of factors within food systems that may have contributed to unexpectedly low obesity prevalence seen in a handful of schools (Aim 1), which we call positive deviators. We will then estimate the potential impact of introducing new changes in food systems to improve diet for students in other school settings in simulation models (Aim 2). Dr. Matsuzaki has access to an excellent research environment and renowned scholars at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) as well as at her collaboration institutions, San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the City University of New York (CUNY). She has built a strong mentoring team covering all training and research components with Dr. Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, MPH (BSPH, primary mentor); co-mentors Dr. Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh, ScD, MPH (SFSU), Dr. Jess Fanzo, PhD (JHU), Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, MD, MBA (CUNY), and Dr. Takeru Igusa, PhD (JHU). Dr. Matsu- zaki will gain hands-on experiences through her proposed research in systems science and youth obesity while obtaining necessary content expertise and experiences through regular meetings and study activities with her mentors, courses, workshops, seminars, scientific meetings. The K01 mentored research training and experi- ence will enable Dr. Matsuzaki to achieve independent scholarship with expertise in systems science approaches to youth obesity disparities and an ability to design and conduct large-scale simulation studies and develop and test new systemic interventions in subsequent R01 studies.