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  • Oct 29

    Food is Medicine Interventions to Support Food & Nutrition Security: Where do we go from here?

    October 29, 2026 11:00 to October 29, 2026 12:30

    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®).
    • McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    • Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 nursing continuing professional development ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
    • The CPE activity application for this presentation is pending CDR review and approval for 1 CPEU.

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