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Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sustainable Systems
Food Systems
About
Dr. Liz Ludwig-Borycz is a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Arun Agrawal at the University of Michigan interested in exploring the complex interplay between climate change, food systems, and health. Liz was trained as a nutritional epidemiologist and has her masters in public health in global health epidemiology. Her Ph.D. work focused on sustainable diets among nutritionally vulnerable populations in the US during and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic within a health equity framework. Her research also extends to food systems in LMICs and how they can support women and children's health. Additional interests are in noncommunicable disease prevention through intervening in the food system in ways that prioritize justice and equity.
Publications
1. Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Ana Baylin, Andrew D. Jones, Allison Webster, Anne Elise Stratton, Katherine W. Bauer. Changing sustainable diet behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Inequitable outcomes across a socio-demographically diverse sample of adults. Public Health Nutrition. Under Review. 2023
2. Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Nicole Larson, Ana Baylin, Andrew D. Jones, Allison Webster, Katherine W. Bauer. Personal, Behavioral, and Socio-environmental Correlates of Emerging Adults’ Sustainable Food Consumption. Public Health Nutrition. Under Review. 2023
3. Roya Firoozi MS, Heidi M. Weeks, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borcyz, Michelle Clayson, Cindy Leung, Belinda Needham, Katherine W. Bauer. Household Federal Food Program Participation and Beverage Intake among Low-Income Mothers and Young Children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Under Review. 2022.
4. Mauro Brero, Garrison Spencer, Angela Jackson-Morris, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Daphne Wu, Christina Meyer, Anabel Fiorella Espinosa De Candido, Maria Isabel Ferre Eguiluz, Anabelle Bonvecchio Arenas, Jo Jewell, Rachel Nugent. Investment case for the prevention and reduction of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Mexico. Obesity Reviews. Under Review. 2022
5. Katherine M. Bunnell, Maymona Al-Hinai, Heidi M. Guyer, Abeer Ali Aljahdali, Elizabeth F. Ludwig-Borycz, Ana Baylin. Sociodemographic Characteristic of Organic Food Consumers in the Health and Retirement Study. Nutrients. Revise and Resubmit. 2022.
6. Andrea Sosa-Moreno, Gwenyth O. Lee, Amanda Van Engen, Kelly Sun, Jessica Uruchima, Laura H. Kwong, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Bethany Caruso, William Cevallos, Karen Levy, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg. Characterizing exposure to fecal pathogens among Infants in urban Ecuador through structured observations. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2022 Apr 11;106(6):1747–56. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1099.
7. Elizabeth F. Ludwig-Borycz, Mark L. Wilson, Esi K. Colecraft, Andrew D. Jones. Enhancing fisheries value chains improves Ghanaian women’s diet diversity and animal-source food consumption. Food & Nutrition Research. 2022; (66) doi: 10.29219/fnr.v66.7570
8. Abeer Ali Aljahdali; Ana Baylin; Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz; Heidi Guyer. Organic Food Consumption and Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses. European Journal of Nutrition. 2021; doi:10.1007/s00394-021-02717-7
9. Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Heidi M Guyer, Abeer Aljahdali, Ana Baylin. Organic food consumption is associated with inflammatory biomarkers among older adults. Public Health Nutrition. 2021;24(14):4603-4613. doi:10.1017/S1368980020005236
10. Katherine W. Bauer, Heidi M. Weeks, Kinari Shah, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, Hurley Riley, Julie C. Lumeng, Alison L. Miller. Observed Restrictive Feeding Practices among Low-Income Mothers of Pre-Adolescents. Pediatric Obesity. 2020;15(10):1-8. doi:10.1111/ijpo.12666
Research
Sustainable Food Systems, Nutritional Epidemiology, Global Health, Planetary Health, Health Equity
Education
2023-Present
Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health Equity
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mentor: Dr. Arun Agrawal
2019-2022
Doctor of Philosophy in Nutritional Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dissertation Title: Sustainable Diets Among Sociodemographically Diverse Populations in the U.S. Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mentor: Dr. Kate Bauer
2017-2019
Master of Public Health in Global Health Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2009-2013
Bachelor of Art in Political Science, minor in the Environment
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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