Nutrition for Underserved Elders Via Application (NUEVA)
GOALS
The goal of the NUEVA team is to evaluate and sustain a scalable, non-traditional, multi-platform food delivery application by using community-engaged and mixed methods research to increase capacity for senior nutrition through digital health intervention, assessment, and evaluation that improves food and nutrition security, loneliness and socialization, and health and mental health status of underserved older adult populations while also reducing food loss and waste. This project is an extension of promising practices that emerged during COVID-19.
WHY WE ARE HERE
who we are
what we do
NEWS
LATEST NEWS
Ashley Danielson from the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center visits NUEVA
NUEVA project partner & Nutrition Coordination Director of the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center Ashley Danielson travelled to Texas State University to meet with the NUEVA team, visit the Translational Health Research Center, and try out the NUEVA app during a ride along of meal deliveries. We enjoyed Ashley's visit and hope that she'll come back to see us soon!
Dr. Samjhana Shakya joins NUEVA team
NUEVA is proud to announce the addition of Dr. Samjhana Shakya as a postdoctoral scholar. Dr. Shakya comes to us from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she received her Ph.D. in Health Promotion and Prevention Research. She received her M.P.H. from the University of Kentucky.
NEWS STORIES ABOUT NUEVA
EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Drs. Johnson and Maleki to present research at 2024 ISBNPA
Dr. Cassandra Johnson and Dr. Shadi Maleki will be presenting a poster of their research, “A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs” at the 2024 ISBNPA conference in Omaha, Nebraska on May 22 during the socio-economic inequalities session.
Dr. Biediger-Friedman to speak at 2024 USAging Conference in Tampa, Florida
Dr. Lesli Biediger-Friedman will be speaking at the USAging Answers on Aging Annual Conference and Tradeshow in Tampa, Florida. The conference will take place July 8-11. The USAging Conference has a rich history of providing peer-to-peer learning, insight into federal policy and national trends that affect local communities, and tremendous opportunities for learning. The more than 100 sessions held during the four-day Conference offer a variety of ways to learn about and discuss innovative approaches, hot topics, current issues in aging, replicable programs, new opportunities for procuring sustainable funding streams and more.
Dr. Biediger-Friedman to speak at 2024 INNU Summit
Dr. Lesli Biediger-Friedman will be speaking at the 2024 Innovations in Nutrition Synergy Summit: Bridging Ideas and Innovation organized by the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She will be discussing challenges faced during the development and testing of the NUEVA app and how those challenges were addressed. The conference is taking place May 15-16.
HEALTH SCHOLAR SHOWCASE 2024: ALL OF US
NUEVA presented a poster at the THRC Health Scholar Showcase 2024: All of Us on Friday, March 1, 2024 at University Performing Arts Center on the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.
The Health Scholar Showcase is an annual event hosted by Texas State University's Translational Health Research Center. The showcase, which is the largest unversity-wide faculty research event at Texas State, brings together faculty, staff, and community members to share examples of health research from every college and research center.
THRC Annual Health Scholar Showcase
Learn more about the Health Scholar Showcase here
VIDEOS
INNU GRANTEE LIGHTNING TALKS
In this video, Dr. Biediger-Friedman discusses the NUEVA project with the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center.
