Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?
When & Where
October 29, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Virtual - Microsoft Teams ( View in Google Map)
Contact
- Kirsten Aguilar
- 5123912500
- [email protected]
Event Description
The Annual Philip R. Nader Legacy of Health Lectureship promotes and inspires academics, providers, public health students and community residents to stimulate the fields of primary prevention and community pediatrics. The overall goal is to move the needle toward an improved health status for both parents and children by focusing on early lifecycle systems.
The 11th Annual Lectureship, "Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?", will feature keynote speaker Dr. Hilary Seligman.
Food is Medicine (FIM) is rapidly gaining momentum as health systems, insurers, and policymakers look to food and nutrition interventions to support chronic disease prevention and management. This talk examines the evidence behind various approaches (produce prescriptions, medically tailored groceries, medically tailored meals), including what we know—and still don’t know—about their effects on health outcomes, utilization, and costs. The talk will explore some of the practical and policy challenges of bringing Food Is Medicine into health care, highlight where the evidence is strongest and where important gaps remain, and offer opportunities for clinicians and health systems to help shape the next generation of Food Is Medicine programs.
This 1.5-hour webinar will include introductions, background on Dr. Nader’s legacy, the keynote presentation from Dr. Seligman, and an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with attendees.
Speaker
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS
Professor Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Food Policy, Health, and Hunger Research Program
Co-Director, UCSF IMPACT Program
Program Director, National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP)
University of California San Francisco
Director, CDC’s Nutrition and Obesity Policy, Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN)
Moderators
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RD, LD, FAHA
Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Director, Center for Healthy Communities
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA
Austin Regional Dean and John P. McGovern Professor of Health Promotion
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin
Continuing Education
- This webinar is approved for 1.5 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).
- The CPE activity application for this presentation is pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU.
Event Site Link
https://go.uth.edu/Nader-11thAnnualLectureship
The Annual Philip R. Nader Legacy of Health Lectureship promotes and inspires academics, providers, public health students and community residents to stimulate the fields of primary prevention and community pediatrics. The overall goal is to move the needle toward an improved health status for both parents and children by focusing on early lifecycle systems.
The 11th Annual Lectureship, "Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?", will feature keynote speaker Dr. Hilary Seligman.
Food is Medicine (FIM) is rapidly gaining momentum as health systems, insurers, and policymakers look to food and nutrition interventions to support chronic disease prevention and management. This talk examines the evidence behind various approaches (produce prescriptions, medically tailored groceries, medically tailored meals), including what we know—and still don’t know—about their effects on health outcomes, utilization, and costs. The talk will explore some of the practical and policy challenges of bringing Food Is Medicine into health care, highlight where the evidence is strongest and where important gaps remain, and offer opportunities for clinicians and health systems to help shape the next generation of Food Is Medicine programs.
This 1.5-hour webinar will include introductions, background on Dr. Nader’s legacy, the keynote presentation from Dr. Seligman, and an opportunity for interactive questions and answers with attendees.
Speaker
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS
Professor Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Food Policy, Health, and Hunger Research Program
Co-Director, UCSF IMPACT Program
Program Director, National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP)
University of California San Francisco
Director, CDC’s Nutrition and Obesity Policy, Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN)
Moderators
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RD, LD, FAHA
Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Director, Center for Healthy Communities
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA
Austin Regional Dean and John P. McGovern Professor of Health Promotion
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin
Continuing Education
- This webinar is approved for 1.5 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).
- The CPE activity application for this presentation is pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU.