On January 25 from noon to 1:00 Jennifer Pinto-Martin will offer an online lecture called A Community-based Approach to Mitigating Climate Change and Food Insecurity. This event is hosted by Penn Alumni and Development Relations as a part of the Global Discovery Series, and is free and open to the public. Register here.

The Penn Food and Wellness Collaborative (PFWC), including Penn Park Farm (PPF), was established through seed funding from Penn’s Your Big Idea Wellness competition in 2019. To date, we’ve grown nearly 2,500 pounds of produce that has been distributed free of charge to food insecure students, HUP employees, and West Philadelphia residents. This talk will explore the link between climate change, food insecurity, and physical and mental health across the lifespan.

Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Ph.D., M.P.H, directs the Master of Public Health Program at Penn and serves as Executive Director of Penn’s Center for Public Health Initiatives (CPHI). Penn’s Master of Public Health program is multi-disciplinary and draws faculty and students from many of Penn’s 12 schools. The CPHI provides leadership and education on public health issues for Penn and its surrounding communities, including an annual seminar series on critical public health issues. Dr. Pinto-Martin has been studying risk factors for Autism Spectrum Disorders since the mid-1980s and she directs a CDC-funded center of excellence for ASD at Penn