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Laina Ewoldt<\/a> is looking for new solutions to combat climate change and nutritional access. Laina is one of three new doctoral students who joined the Global Food Research Program (GFRP) this fall under the advisership of GFRP faculty Lindsey Smith Taillie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Laina enjoying kayaking in the Batso River in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Originally from the Dallas, Texas area, Laina moved to North Carolina this summer and has enjoyed finding new places to go kayaking and looking for the perfect salsa. At home, Laina enjoys playing online chess and baking \u2014 specifically her grandmother\u2019s apple pie recipe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love baking pies. That was something I got from my grandma, since it was one of the first things she taught me how to make,\u201d said Laina. \u201cThat’s a little tradition that I kept going. Whenever we have a holiday, I make her apple pie, and it’s always a fun experience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laina earned a Master of Science in Public Health and completed her registered dietitian training at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was exposed to environmental health and climate change work.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Laina with her dog, Doug<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cDuring my master’s program, I completed a public health practicum with an organization called PATH. While there, I worked with their climate change working group and started to see that a lot of issues with people’s nutrition aren\u2019t necessarily tied to knowledge or the direct choices they’re making. I started to see that climate change is this broad issue that\u2019s having wide ranging effects on not just nutrition, but also on the drivers of poor nutrition.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing her master\u2019s degree, Laina worked as a clinical registered dietitian for a year, but her interests led her to pursue a career in research.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can see all these problems, but you don\u2019t necessarily have all the tools to change them when you\u2019re in that area because you are waiting for some of those evidence-based practices to come out,” she said. “You aren\u2019t necessarily able to say \u2018Oh, I see this problem, let me come up with an idea for how to fix it and then test it out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a PhD student at GFRP, Laina is excited to begin contributing to a new evidence base and identifying methods to improve nutritional access. She sees GFRP as a great fit due to the team\u2019s international research collaborations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really loved the fact that GFRP has global collaborators, since climate change isn\u2019t something just localized in one area. I knew that if I was going to direct my work in that area in the future, I would need to form those strong connections and have collaboration across different countries.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laina’s current research focuses on how climate change impacts the availability of safe and acceptable water and how that, in turn, impacts nutritional status through the beverages people choose and the foods they can prepare.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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