Melissa Gallanter
Food and Nutrition Program Director, Alliance for Positive Change
- Role
- Graduate Researcher at Nyu Mcsilver Institute
- Location
- Queens, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Melissa Gallanter
Melissa is a public health professional and registered dietitian with an MPH in…
Experience
Graduate Researcher
Jul 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US
Build and test a digital tool for scanning and analyzing grocery receipts to evaluate food purchasing behaviors in voucher-based food access programs within McSilver\'s Artificial Intelligence Hub. Develop and refine a food categorization system using Python and R, grouping over unique grocery items by food groups using validated nutrition classification systems. Conduct exploratory data analysis to assess purchasing trends and compare consumer behavior across income and food insecurity levels
Education
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Master of Public Health - MPH
East Brunswick High School
High School
2010 — 2014
Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Dietetic Internship
2018 — 2019
Boston University
Nutritional Sciences: Dietetics
2014 — 2018
CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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