Gerber

Publications:

• Gerber S (2020). Plant-Based Gourmet. Apollo Publishers, NY, NY.
• Gerber S, Folta S (In Preparation). Is Identity a Missing Piece of Health Behavior Theory, a Scoping Review.
• O’Hearn M, Gerber S (In Preparation). Assessing the ESG Health And Nutrition Landscape: Gaps, Opportunities And The Financial Incentive For Driving Investor Capital Towards Businesses Aligned With Population Health.
• Gerber S, O’Hearn M (In Preparation). Public Polling On Priority Issues For Addressing Health And Nutrition In The Food System Related To ESG -Health.
• Gerber S, O’Hearn M (In Preparation). Consumer Behavior as a Key Driver in the Research and Development of Healthy Food Production, and Impact to Public Health Nutrition.
• Younossi ZM, Busekrus N, Gerber L, Austin P, Afdhal S, Gerber S, Gallo S. Scoping Review and Development of a Food Behaviors Questionnaire for a Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Population: 2507. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2016 Oct 1;111:S1274.

Presentations:

• Gerber S (2020). Food and Diet in the COVID Crisis. Inova, Fairfax Hospital. (Grand Rounds)
• Gerber S (2020). Food Satisfaction And Satiety And Health Related Quality Of Life (HRQL) In Patients With Chronic Liver Disease (CLD). Boston, MA. (Poster Presentation)
• Gerber S (2020). Baseline Health Intervention Study Goal-Setting In Patients With Insulin Resistance And NAFLD Enrolled In A Personalized Health Goal Support Intervention. Boston, MA. (Poster Presentation).
• Gerber S (2019). Food and Diet Literacy for Clinicians. Boston, MA. (Oral Presentation)
• Gerber S (2019). Impact of Dairy on Public and Ecological Health. Harvard- HUDS. Boston, MA. (Oral Presentation)
• Gerber S (2016). Plant-Based Dietary Interventions. Inova, Fairfax Hospital. (Grand Rounds)
• Gerber S (2010). Role of Identity in Visual Culture. NY, NY. (Oral Presentation)

• Research Assistant – Dashboard Technology Landscape Assessment, Data Visualization and Community Engagement, ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Boston, MA. August 2020 – Present.
• Research Assistant – ESG+H Investment and Population Nutrition Health, Mozaffarian Research Group, Tufts University, Boston, MA. September 2020-Present.
• Outcomes Research and Education Specialist, Senior Investigator. Food Behavior, Clinical Training. Beatty Liver and Obesity Research Center, Inova Medical Systems, Fairfax, VA. June 2015 – Present.
• Executive Director. Food R&D, Implementation, Consumer Satisfaction Analysis, Business Development, Operations, Prestige Hospitality, Boston, MA. 2017-2019.
• Executive Director. International Food R&D + Business Development for plant-based foods, Haven Consulting. Jan 2015 -Present.

• Community Education Director, Haven-Glenwood, Baltimore, MD, January 2016 - Feb 2017
• Chair, Transitional Workers Development Program, Baltimore, MD. Sept 2015- Feb 2017
• Riot Food Program Director, Food Not Bombs, Baltimore, MD. March-May 2015
• Board of Directors, White paper Development for DSM-V, NCSF, 2008-2010

• American Society of Nutrition 2020 Conference. Featured abstract “An association between peaks of foodborne infections and food recalls” for News Brief. This article was circulated in the following:
  1. https://meeting.nutrition.org/general-information/newsroom/
  2. https://smenews.org/researchers-identify-seasonal-peaks-for-foodborne-infections/
  3. https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1577046893280/researchers-identify-seasonal-peaks-for-foodborne-infections
  4. https://www.newfoodmagazine.com/news/111577/researchers-identify-seasonal-peaks-for-foodborne-infections/
  5. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-seasonal-peaks-foodborne-infections.html
  6. https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2020/researchers-identify-seasonal-peaks-for-foodborne-illness-outbreaks/
  7. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/asfn-ris052720.php
  8. https://chef-solutions.com/researchers-identify-seasonal-peaks-for-foodborne-infections/
• Joan M. Bergstrom Student Award for Excellence in Global Nutrition, Tufts University, May 2019
• Friedman Nutrition School Scholarship, Tufts University, October 2018-May 2019
• Recognition, Top 4 Under 30 Graduates, Buckingham Browne and Nichols, October 2018
• Patent Holder, United States Provisional Patent US 62/488,262, June 2017 – June 2019

• Harvard Food Literacy. Plant-Based Food. [postponed due to COVID-19]
• Brigham and Women’s Youth Development. Children’s Healthy Cooking. April 2019
• Squeeze Outreach. Plant-Based Nutrition for Athletic Performance and Recovery, May 2017-Jan 2019
• East End House. Early Childhood Nutrition, for Educators and Families. Sept 2017-June 2018
• Phillips Academy and SHED. Childhood Nutrition and Cooking. March-May 2017
• Head Start. Whole Family, Whole Foods. 2016
• Presbyterian Youth Ministry. Farm to Table, urban farming, nutrition, and cooking. April-August 2016.
• Johns Hopkins University. Ethical Considerations of Public versus Private Art. March 2008.
• MICA. Sensations and Perceptions for Artists. October 2007.

• Plant-Based Diet vs. ADA Diet in the Treatment of Underlying Metabolic Conditions with High-Risk for COVID-19 Severe Outcomes.  NIH-Inova, 2020.
• Recovery-Garden Urban Farming Initiative, Glenwood Life. Johns Hopkins University. 2016
• Community Service Grant- Baltimore Civic Engagement.  MICA. 2008
• Community Engagement and Public Programs. BOPA. 2007