{"id":71202,"date":"2021-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/07\/01\/student-showcases-healthful-meals-for-children\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:42:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:42:54","slug":"student-showcases-healthful-meals-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/07\/01\/student-showcases-healthful-meals-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Student showcases healthful meals for children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><P>Maranda Thompson, an MD-PhD scholar, is incredibly busy and eminently accomplished. She&#8217;s won a handful of awards and holds a host of offices, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student Impact Award for the College of Graduate Studies from the UNMC Student Senate;\n<li>A year-long fellowship with the Yale Ciencia Academy;\n<li>UNMC Graduate Studies Student of Distinction; and\n<li>President of EMPOWER, a student-led, inter-professional initiative focused on awareness and education of domestic and sexual violence<\/ul>\n<p><P>But beyond the accolades, Thompson, a PhD candidate in the Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area specializing in patient-oriented research, is using her MD-PhD training to make a difference in the real lives of real people.<br \/>\n<P>Thompson, who works under the mentorship of Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and chief of the UNMC Division of Neonatology, studies how nutrition affects pregnancies and infant outcomes.<br \/>\n<P>But she took that interest and adapted it to boots-on-the-ground outreach with the Women&#8217;s Center for Advancement, a local organization that serves as a designated direct service provider for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Douglas County.<br \/>\n<P>Thompson has organized outings to grocery stores with dieticians.<br \/>\n<P>And she&#8217;s launched a video series on quick, easy recipes, making nutritious meals with WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)-eligible foods.<br \/>\n<P><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=jDHcwyEZt0w\">Black bean brownies with peanut butter<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<P><B><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=dJ5QakpCnk0\">Breakfast burrito with WIC-approved ingredients<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n<P>&#8220;They are meant to be quick and easy,&#8221; Thompson said. &#8220;Not having to read through a Pinterest blog . .  . they are meant to be a minute to a minute-and-a-half long of just being able to watch it really quick, and then being able to do it.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P>She is not the star of the videos. In fact, she doesn&#8217;t even appear beyond her hands. But, she is using another aspect of her training &#8212; science communication. Taking knowledge and giving it to the people. Ensuring that scientific information will help others.<br \/>\n<P>&#8220;I ask, &#8216;What are the most important things people need to know?'&#8221; Thompson said. &#8220;And then I present that in an interesting way, and in a way that people will see it.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P>&#8220;This project demonstrates her science communication skills, and how she has been able to seamlessly integrate her passion for community outreach with her doctoral research into maternal-infant nutrition and disparities,&#8221; said her MD-PhD scholar colleague Laura Flores.<br \/>\n<P>Thompson is taking her research, and reaching real people, in a way that is &#8220;understandable, very short and sweet and to the point,&#8221; she said. 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