Community Development
Research related to community development in the Lamm Lab
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Sustainable community-based food environment change is a critical component in the fight against obesity and improving the overall health and well-being of individuals and communities. Extension plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges by working to bridge gaps in food access and nutrition literacy. To be effective, it is essential extension programs are tailored…
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As the 5-year Healthier Together CDC-funded project comes to an end next month, the effect of the partnership between UGA’s College of Public Health, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Environment and Design and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (more specifically UGA Extension) is still having impact. Proud to have led the…
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This summer I had the opportunity to continue my work in Dr. Alexa Lamm’s lab as a summer research fellow for UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO). As a CURO fellow, I completed over 300 hours of research, attended several workshops, and presented my work at CURO’s Summer Research Final Forum. The research I presented focused on determining if…
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Lamm Lab members Kristin Gibson and Olivia Erskine traveled to Portland, Maine for the 2023 International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR) conference. The conference addressed issues including environmental justice, global resource management, and the sustainable management of natural and cultural resources. During the five-day conference, Kristin and Olivia attended presentations by scholars from…
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Authors: Catherine E. Sanders, Kristin E. Gibson, Allison R. Byrd, Tatevik Markosyan, & Alexa Lamm Dr. Katie Sanders’ research presentation about social media use patterns and of rural Georgia audiences was awarded the 2023 Runner-Up Outstanding Research Paper at the Association for Communication Excellence Conference held in Asheville, North Carolina. The presentation was titled, “Exploring the social media health information…
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Lamm Lab members traveled over the Blue Ridge Mountains to beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, to discuss communication research and application at the 2023 Association for Communication Excellence Conference. During the three-day conference session, lab members presented both papers and posters and attended professional development workshops in which they had the opportunity to learn about challenges…
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As the busy spring semester ended, members of the Lamm Lab packed their suitcases to kick off the summer conference season. Drs. Alexa Lamm, Millicent Oyugi, and Katie Sanders, along with doctoral student Allison Byrd, traveled to Guelph, Ontario, to present their research at the annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension…
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After my summer research assistantship with the Lamm Lab in 2022, I had a strong desire to dive further into research about the Healthier Together program. I loved getting to work directly with the Healthier Together communities and I wanted to continue to support the mission of Healthier Together so I decided to apply for…
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This semester, I had the opportunity to work on a research abstract in collaboration with the Lamm Lab and I presented the abstract at the University of Georgia’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) Symposium. The symposium was held on April 3, 2023, in the Classic Center in Athens, GA. My research was a part…
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As an undergraduate researcher in the Lamm Lab, I had the opportunity to participate in UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities’ (CURO) 2023 Spring Symposium held in Athens, Georgia. The research I presented focused on determining the reach and uptake of the Healthier Together program in five rural counties of Georgia that were impacted by…