I am Research and Policy Director at the Center for a Livable Future at JHSPH. I am interested in policy and social science research on themes relevant to understanding and changing our food systems, including addressing disparities and promoting environmental sustainability. Particular interests include: food and climate change; public health and agricultural policy (especially the Farm Bill); and access to sustainably produced food. I am committed to the importance of research translation. I co-lead the American Public Health Association's cross-section Food and Environment Working Group, which works to build the profile of food system and public health issues within the APHA, the public health field, and beyond. I am also interested in policy research on occupational injury and illness, with particular focus on surveillance/underreporting, disparities, and federal policy. I have worked in public health research, policy and practice for nearly 20 years.

food systems, agriculture, climate change, health disparities, sustainability, occupational injury and illness, policy, surveillance, social science

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, Alpha Chapter

Victor P. Raymond Award in Health Policy

Neff RA, Palmer A, McKenzie S, Lawrence RS. Food systems and public health disparities. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition: in press.

Kim B, Neff RA. Measurement and communication of greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. food consumption via carbon calculators: A review of scope, methods and communication. Ecological Economics: in press. Available online 6 September 2009.

Fry J, Neff RA. Periodicity in health behavior interventions: A review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2009. 11(2). doi:10.2196/jmir.1138.

Neff RA, Chan IL, Smith KA. Yesterday's Dinner, Tomorrow's Weather, Today's News?: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Food System Contributions to Climate Change. Public Health Nutrition. 2009 Jul;12(7):1006-14

Neff RA, Curriero FC, Burke TA. Just in the Wrong Place…?: Geographic Tools for Occupational Injury/Illness Surveillance. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2008 Sep;51(9):680-90.

Dreyling EK, Dederick EJ, Chari R, Resnick B, Malecki KC, Burke T, Neff R. Tracking Health and the Environment: A Pilot Test of Environmental Public Health Indicators. (Featured article). Journal of Environmental Health. December, 2007.

Fox MA, Curriero FC, Chari R, Janus E, Kulbicki K, Neff R, Zablotsky J, Resnick B, Burke TA. A 21st century approach to a World War I military legacy: Tracking health and environment in the Spring Valley community of Washington, DC. 2007.

Neff RA. Just in the wrong place?: Geographic variation in U.S. occupational injury/illness rates. Dissertation, 2006.

Neff RA, Goldman LR. Regulatory Parallels to Daubert: Stakeholder Influence, “Sound Science,” and the Delayed Adoption of Health-Protective Standards. American Journal of Public Health. 2005 95: S81-S91.

Litt J, Tran N, Malecki KC, Neff R, Resnick B, and Burke T. 2004. Mini-Monograph: Priority Health Conditions, Environmental Data, and Infrastructure Needs: A Synopsis of the Pew Environmental Health Tracking Project. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 Oct;112(14):1414-8.

Burke TA, Neff R, Chossek K, Tran N. Strengthening the Role of Environmental Public Health at Contaminated Air Force Bases: Prevention, Evaluation, and Response. 2003.

Pew Environmental Health Commission. America's Environmental Health Gap: Why the Country Needs a Nationwide Health Tracking Network. 2000. (Coauthor)

Ad Hoc Working Group on Treatment of Tobacco Dependence. Realignment of the Nation’s Tobacco Agenda: The Need to Treat Tobacco Dependence. Preventive Medicine. 32, 95-100 (2001.) (Coauthor)