Jessica Escobar-DeMarco, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Dr. Jessica Escobar DeMarco is an Assistant Professor at the UNC Charlotte Department of Epidemiology and Community Health. Her research focus is nutrition and food security across the life-course in the United States and globally. At the Alive & Thrive global nutrition initiative, she contributed to implementation research and system strengthening efforts to integrate maternal infant and young child nutrition services in existing governmental platforms. Recent accomplishments include contributing to documenting the process of developing models of maternal nutrition interventions integrated into antenatal care services in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and India, and the effects of COVID-19 on the provision and use of health and nutrition services and on food security in South Asia.

Presentation(s):

• New Knowledge on Food Insecurity in Underserved and Underrepresented Populations (Poster Theater Flash Session 19)

  Monday, July 1, 2024
  4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (PTFS19-06-24) Domains of Food Insecurity Experiences Among University Students: The Case of a Public University and Access Institution in the United States

  Monday, July 1, 2024
  4:20 PM – 4:24 PM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.