Healthy Eating and Activitiy Across the Lifespan (HEAL)
The Healthy Eating and Activity across the Lifespan (HEAL) Lab is Dr. Jerica Berge’s research portfolio that examines multi-level factors influencing whole-person health in children and families across the life course. HEAL studies use mixed methods such as mHealth digital technology, geospatial measures, online surveys, video-recorded tasks, qualitative interviews, biological data, and more to gain a comprehensive understanding of child and family whole-person health. There are currently two main studies being carried out in the HEAL Lab: The Family Matters Longitudinal Cohort Study and The Family Matters Intervention.
Mission: HEAL integrates research, clinical practice, community resources, and policy to improve healthy eating and activity across the lifespan.
Vision: HEAL inspires a culture of health.
Values:
- Pacesetting: Be groundbreaking leaders in the field; remain curious and creative
- Collaborative: Cultivate and be trustworthy, authentic, inclusive, and respectful partners
- Strategic: Pursue clear goals with focused intention; anticipate and implement cutting-edge strategies; ensure meaningful impact
- Accountable: Be transparent, communicative, and timely with deliverables
- Sustainable: Build capacity among ourselves and partners; mentor the next generation HEAL researchers; maintain lasting partnerships
- Rigorous: Be thorough and evidence-based in our approach to high-quality research, evaluation, and dissemination; commit to excellence
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