Food Insecurity in the US with Dr. Tom Summerfelt

Today's Episode Dr. Raj talks with Dr. Tom Summerfelt about his
role in Feeding America’s mission to ensure equitable access to
nutritious food for all. They discuss the factors regarding food
insecurity and what we can do at both local and federal
levels.  Today's Guest As the Chief Research Officer, Tom
Summerfelt, Ph.D., leads the development and execution of Feeding
America’s strategic research agenda—a roadmap for developing a
deeper understanding of hunger in America, identifying the
transformative strategies that will solve hunger and measuring and
reporting the organization’s progress along the way. He partners
with world-class external research experts to develop and conduct
some of the most comprehensive and important studies on food
insecurity—studies that are guiding changes in how our country
addresses domestic hunger from the ground up. Prior to Feeding
America, Tom served as the North America President of Convergence
CT, where he worked collaboratively with health care providers,
life science companies and payers in using technology to leverage
real-world data to improve outcomes across the healthcare
ecosystem. Before that, Tom served as the Vice President of
Research & Innovation at Advocate Health Care, where he led a
department that managed over 600 research studies at any given time
and produced over 200 publications annually. Tom has spent over 20
years utilizing research and program evaluation as vehicles to
create collaboration and partnership among organizations, to make
community programs more efficient and effective, and to demonstrate
impact in the lives of people. His work has included diverse
projects that share a common focus on improving outcomes for
vulnerable populations and reducing social disparities.  Tom
earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University and has held faculty
appointments at Vanderbilt, Michigan State University and The
University of Chicago.   About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple
board certified physician and associate professor at the University
of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing
the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for
the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los
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