Emily Kiresich
Assistant Professor, Nutrition/Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Huntley College of Agriculture
Office location
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T | 1:00PM - 3:00PM *VIRTUAL W | 11:30AM - 1:30PM (2-120)
Research and Funding
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Summer Assessment Mini Grant - $1,500 "Modernization of the Dietetics Option Curriculum and Accreditation Assessment Plan" Summer Assessment Mini Grant - $1,500 -with Kellene Isom, PhD, RD “Revising the MS in Nutrition program to meet new industry entry-level requirements.”
ACEs Aware - $1,000,000 catalyst grant -with partners, EVCHC, CGU, CTRI, Tricity MHS “Preventing and Responding to ACE-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement (PRACTICE)
Projects Hatchery “Wellspring”
Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) – seed funding $10,000 “Adaptation and Introduction of a USDA SNAP Toolkit approved Recipe and Nutrition Education application to increase fresh produce intake among Southern California users” *Funding awarded December 2021, project work Spring/Summer 2023
Research through Inclusive Opportunities (RIO) – student funding $2000, $500 for supplies Student Amanda Martinez – incomplete related to illness Student Nency Patel – presented at RSCA: Food Environment Pre- and Post-COVID in a segment of Pomona, CA
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Summer 2024
Summer 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021*
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Research and Teaching Areas of Interest |
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Community Nutrition/Health, Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition Science, Student Success, Dietetics Education, Translational Research, Emotional/Intuitive Eating, Cultural Nutrition, Nutrition Assessment
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Publications |
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Edens, D. & Kiresich, E. (2021) Student Attitudes and Experiences with the Rapid Changes on Campus Due to COVID-19: Survey Research Conducted at a Large Southern California University. In Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Global Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges. Routledge.
Hsu, A. C., Niu, Z., Xiomeng, L., Kiresich, E., Li, Y., Hwang, W., Xie, B. (2020) Adolescents' Depressive Symptom Experience Mediates the Impact of Long-Term Cumulative Maternal Depression Exposure on Adolescent’s Body Mass Index. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 51(S1), S2121-S2122. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaz069
Niu, Z., Tanenbaum, H., Kiresich, E., Hsu, A. C., Lei, X., Ma, Y., . . . Xie, B. (2018). Impact of Parent-Child Relationships on Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescence. Preventive Medicine, 108, 53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.12.014
Poster:
Kiresich, E., Niu, Z., Hsu, A. C., Xie, B. 2017. “Mediation of Child Depression Score on Parent-child relationship and Physical Activity.” Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference in San Diego, CA
Student Projects: Fischer, R. 2023. “Food Insecurity in College Students.” Presented at Creative Activities and Research Symposium 2023 (CARS 2023), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA. Work completed in NTR 1000 First Year Experience (FYE) Spring 2023
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