Moms Accessing Nutritious Groceries for Overall wellbeing (MANGO).
Project Overview
Planning for and piloting a multisite RCT to test a food is medicine intervention to prevent gestational diabetes among women at-risk. Moms Accessing Nutritious Groceries for Overall Well-being (MANGO) Study.
This pilot study aims to inform a future multisite trial evaluating the effectiveness of a Food Is Medicine (FIM) intervention in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes among at-risk pregnant women across hospital systems in Texas and the Tufts University New England Regional Collaborative.
Project Contact: Naomi Tice, MPH
Project Team
Co-Investigator
Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD
Director, Center for Healthy Communities
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Co-Investigator
Nalini Ranjit, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Co-Investigator
Jose-Miguel Yamal, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Co-Investigator
Kelseanna Hollis- Hanson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Tufts University
Co-Investigator
Alexandra van den Berg
Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Co-Investigator
Pamela Berens, MD
UT Physicians
Project Manager
Naomi Tice, MPH
Center for Healthy Communities
Community Health Worker
Adriana Cardenas
Center for Healthy Communities
Data Manager
Michael Gonzalez
Center for Healthy Communities