Roger Figueroa, PhD, MPH, MSc Curriculum Vitae Address: 244 Garden Avenue, 412 Savage Hall, Ithaca, New York, 14853-6301 Email: [email protected] Phone: (607) 255-3324 (office) Website: www.rogerfigueroa.com ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2020-present Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Human Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 2019-2020 Assistant Research Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Human Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 2017-2019 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA EDUCATION and TRAINING 2019-2020 New Faculty Fellowship (Research), Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 2017-2019 Postdoctoral Traineeship (T32), Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2017 Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA 2014 M.P.H., Chronic Disease Prevention, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA 2011 M.Sc., Health & Kinesiology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA 2009 B.A., Physical Education, Universidad Central de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1 FUNDING Research grants funded 2020- Food Research Initiative on the Experience of Nutrition Diversity and Security (FRIENDS): A mixed-method approach, Engaged Research Grant, Office of Engagement Initiatives, Cornell University, Public Purpose Research Grant Program (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: Gonzalez, M. Z., Co-PI: Chiong, R., Co-PI: Baker, K., $49,387 requested, February 2020). 2020- Neural Instantiation of Physical and Social Nutrients, Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Cornell University, Small Grants Spring 2020 Program (PI: Gonzalez, M. Z.; Co-PI: Anderson, A., Co-PI: Figueroa, R., $11,642 requested, February 2020). 2019- Community needs assessment on facilitators and inhibitors of food security in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Cornell University, Small Grants Fall 2019 Program (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: Chiong, R., Co-PI: Boneu, C., $11,578 requested [$9,000 granted], November 2019). 2016-2017 Childhood obesity prevention among Latino households & families: a randomized control trial, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2011-67001-30101, Seed Grant (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: Hannon, B. H.; Co-PI: Wiley, A.; Co-PI: Teran-Garcia, M.; $9,806 requested, February 2016). 2013-2017 Global obesity perceptions, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, partially funded under award number 2011-67001-30101, Seed Grant (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: An, R.; Co-PI: Wiley, A.; Co-PI: Brooks, J.; $5,815 requested, December 2013). 2013-2016 Family child care health study, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2011-67001-30101, Seed Grant (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: Magerko, K.; Co-PI: Wiley, A.; $10,000 requested, October 2013). RESEARCH GRANTS SUBMITTED 2020 CAREER: Towards an equitable food assistance safety net in New York: A transformative, qualitative mixed-method study, National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2021- 2026 (PI: Figueroa, R., $984,072 requested, August 2020). 2 2020 Assessment of a train-the-trainer intervention to increase telehealth uptake among Black, Latinx and low-income populations in community and school settings in New York State, COVID-19 Health Equity Initiative mini-grant, Cornell Center for Health Equity, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University (PI: Asgary, R.; Co-Is: Padilla, L., Figueroa, R., Estrin, D., Meredith, G., Kai-Jones, C., Hughes, A., $20,000 requested, July 2020). 2020 Social nutrition, blood glucose, and the neural response to carbohydrates, MRI Facility Pilot Award (CU-MRI Award), Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine (PI: Gonzalez, M. Z.; Co-PI: Anderson, A., Co-PI: Figueroa, R., $20,000 requested, February 2020). RESEARCH GRANTS NOT FUNDED 2020 Sustainable Food Consumption for the Aging Populations, Academic Venture Fund, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University (PI: Gómez, M.; Co-PI: Cheyre, C.; Co-PI: Figueroa, R., Co- PI: Yonezawa, K.; $159,998 requested, May 2020). 2019 Building capacity to prevent food insecurity in Vieques, PR, Voices for Economic Opportunity, Global Grand Challenges, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (PI: Figueroa, R.; Co-PI: LaViolette, L., Co-PI: Lutton, P., Co-PI: Sleemi, A., $96,666 requested, November 2019). 2019 Equity-Focused Policy Research: Building Evidence on Nutrition Supports for Low- Income Immigrant Families with Young Children. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), (PI: Grigsby, D.; Co-PIs: Coba, S., Figueroa, R., Jarrett, R., September 2019). 2018 Assessment of Low-Income Fathers' Involvement and Strategies for their Engagement in Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: A Qualitative Study, 2018 Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program Enrichment Award (PI: Figueroa, R., Davison, K.K., $3,000 requested, February 2018). 2017 Designing and Evaluating an Ecologically-Situated Family Intervention that Effectively Engages Low-Income Fathers in Childhood Obesity Prevention, National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PI: Davison, K. K.; Co-PI: Figueroa, R., $229,236 requested, January 2017). *Recommended for funding consideration, but insufficient funds were available. Instead, I was offered and accepted a T32 training grant position. 3 HONORS and AWARDS Date Source Award/Purpose/Project Amount 2020 Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 2020 SBM Annual Meeting $450 registration fee waiver 2020 National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH 2020 SBM Leadership Institute $1,975 sponsorship 2019-Present Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Provost’s New Faculty $50,000 Diversity at Cornell University Fellowship Program Award 2018-Present NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and NIH Loan Repayment Program $43,966.96 Health Disparities (NIMHD) (LRP) Award American Society for Microbiology / Annual 2019 Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Judge Travel Award, ABRCMS $1,000 Students (ABRCMS) 2019 Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Pilot Faculty Developing Grant $3,750.00 Diversity at Cornell University Program 2019 Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical & Two (2) Teaching Fellowships $400 per Translational Science Center (Honorarium) fellowship 2018 ¡Exito! Latino Cancer Research Leadership ¡Éxito! Superstar: Committed to Training Summer Institute at the University of $250 Excellence Award Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 2017-2019 National Institutes of Health (NIH), National National Research Service Award $47,484 per Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney (NRSA), NIH T32 Training Grant year Diseases (NIDDK) in Academic Nutrition 2017 American Society for Microbiology / Annual Judge Travel Award, 2017 ~$1,000 Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Annual Biomedical Research Students Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2012-2017 National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity ~$125,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Prevention Program (I-TOPP) Traineeship (Fellowship/Scholarship) 4 Date Source Award/Purpose/Project Amount 2017 Department of Human Development & Family Graduate Research Travel Award $300 Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 2016 College of ACES, University of Illinois at Susan Kahl Bates Leadership $500 Urbana-Champaign Development Award 2016 Department of Human Development & Family Graduate Research Travel Award $450 Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 2013 College of ACES, Study Abroad Office, Study Abroad Scholarship $1,500 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2013 Master of Public Health Program, Department Master of Public Health $500 of Kinesiology & Community Health, Professional Travel Award University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2013 Family Resiliency Center, University of Illinois Early Child Activity $300 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Program (I-CAP) Fellowship 2008-2009 Banco Santander Universia’s 150 International $4,200 Mobility Scholarship PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed manuscripts (†Co-first authorship; ††Senior authorship) 1. Liu, J., Liu, R., Barker, A., McBride, T., Figueroa, R., & An, R. (2020). Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Warning Labels on Consumer Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2. Beckerman, J. P., Aftosmes-Tobio, A., Gavarkovs, A., Kitos, N., Figueroa, R., Kalyoncu, B. Z., Lansberg, K., Yu, X., Kazik, C., Vigilante, A., Leonard, J., Torrico, M., Jurkowski, J. M., Davison, K. K. (2020). A Community-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Preschool Children: Process Evaluation Protocol. Trials 21, 674. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04571-0 3. Figueroa, R.,† Saltzman, J.A.,† Kang, A., Neri Mini, F., Davison, K., Taveras, E. M. (2020). Antenatal dietary concordance among mothers and fathers and gestational weight gain: A longitudinal study. BMC Public Health. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09182-7 5 4. Figueroa, R., Saltzman,