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Alice Ammerman

Researcher and Director, UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Her recent research interests focus on school nutrition policy associated with childhood obesity, sustainable agriculture as it relates to improved nutrition, and social entrepreneurship as a sustainable approach to addressing public health concerns. She is also interested in methods of research translation and dissemination and is currently the principal investigator of the Center of Excellence for Training and Research Translation, charged with identification, translation, and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for obesity and cardiovascular disease control and prevention.

Dr. Ammerman received her doctoral degree in nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been Director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention since 2004. In 2000, she received the Greenberg Award for excellence in public health research, service, and practice. The American Public Health Association awarded her with the Excellence in Dietary Guidance Award in 2006.

Dr. Ammerman has strong research and practice collaborations across the state addressing childhood obesity and was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to serve on the Childhood Obesity Study Committee, charged with recommending legislative action around childhood obesity. She also serves on the Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians. Dr. Ammerman is the author of more than 75 scientific articles and book chapters.