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Zenk SN, October 2013

Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), College of Nursing

845 South Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: 312-355-2790 Fax: 312-996-7725

Email: [email protected]

Employment_________________________________________________________________ 2012- 2006-12

Associate Professor Assistant Professor Department of Health Systems Science University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing Chicago, IL

2004-06 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cancer Control and Population Sciences Cancer Education and Career Development Program (R25TCA57699; PI: Warnecke RB) University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL

1999-2003 Research Assistant, Dr. Amy Schulz, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

1997-99 Research Assistant, Drs. Joan Shaver and JoEllen Wilbur, UIC Chicago, IL

1996-97

Nurse Case Manager, HealthSpan Home Care and Hospice Roseville, MN

1995-96 Staff Nurse, Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis, MN

1994 Student Nurse Extern, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

Education___________________________________________________________________ 1999-04 PhD, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan

Pre-Doctoral Trainee (1999-02), Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Illness (T32MH16806; PI: Williams DR) Dissertation: Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and food access in metropolitan Detroit: Geographic information systems and spatial analysis

1997-99 MS/MPH, Public Health Nursing/Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Thesis: Use of herbal therapies and perspectives of menopausal transition among Mexican women

1990-95 BSN, Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University magna cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi


Awards and Honors___________________________________________________________ 2013 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing 2013 Visiting Scholar, Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin

University, Australia 2012 Distinguished Alumna Award, Illinois Wesleyan University School of Nursing 2012 Janet Deatrick Faculty Research Award, UIC College of Nursing 2011 Harriett Werley New Investigator Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society 2010- Faculty Fellow, UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy 2006 Fellow, Physical Activity and Public Health Post-Graduate Research Course

(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & University of South Carolina) 2003 Third Prize Student Submission, Second International Conference on Urban

Health 2003 Rackham Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan 2003 Accessibility Measurement (competitive application; Center for Spatially Integrated

Social Sciences) 2003 Graduate Student Research Award, Institute for Research on Women and Gender,

University of Michigan 1999 Nursing Science Master’s Recognition Award, University of Illinois at Chicago 1995 Caroline F. Rupert Award, Outstanding Senior Nursing Student, Illinois

Wesleyan University 1994 Phi Kappa Phi, undergraduate collegiate honor society 1994 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 1993 Frances D. Alikonis Award, Outstanding Sophomore Nursing Student, Illinois

Wesleyan University Publications_________________________________________________________________ Journal Articles

In press Zenk SN, Powell LM, Odoms-Young A, Krauss R, Fitzgibbon M, Block D, & Campbell RT. (In press). Impact of the revised special supplemental nutrition program for women, Infants, and children (WIC) food package policy on fruit and vegetable prices. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

In press Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Miranda PY, Opperman A, & Odoms-Young A. (In press). Food shopping behaviours and exposure to discrimination. Public Health Nutrition.

In press Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Lachance L, Zenk SN, Johnson J, Stokes C, & Mandell R. (In press). Do observed or perceived characteristics of the neighborhood environment mediate associations between neighborhood poverty and cumulative biological risk? Health & Place.

In press Giurgescu C, Engeland CG, Zenk SN, & Kavanaugh K (In press) Stress, inflammation and preterm birth in African American women. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews.


In press Kwarteng J, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Zenk SN, & Opperman AA. (In press). Associations between observed neighborhood characteristics and physical activity: Findings from a multiethnic urban community. Journal of Public Health.

In press Rimkus L, Powell L, Zenk SN, Han E, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Pugach O, Barker DC, Resnick EA, Quinn CM, Myllyluoma J, & Chaloupka FC. (In press). Development and reliability testing of a food store observation form. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

2013 Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Johnson-Lawrence V, Israel BA, Max P, Zenk SN, Wineman J, & Marans R (2013). Independent and joint associations between multiple measures of the built and social environment and physical activity in a multi-ethnic urban community. Journal of Urban Health, 90, 872-887.

2013 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Izumi B, Mentz G, Israel BA, & Lockett M. (2013). Neighborhood food environment role in modifying psychosocial stress-diet relationships. Appetite, 65, 170-177.

2012 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Matthews SA, Gamboa C, Wegrzyn L, Hobson S, & Stokes C. (2012). Feasibility of using global positioning systems (GPS) with diverse urban adults: Before and after data on perceived acceptability, wear-related concerns, and ease of use. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9, 924-934.

2012 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Powell LM, Campbell RT, Block D, Chavez N, Krauss R, Strode S, & Armbruster J. (2012). Fruit and vegetable availability and selection: Federal food package revisions, 2009. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43, 423-428.

2012 Giurgescu C, Zenk SN, Dancy B, Park C, Dieber W, & Block R. (2012). Relationships among neighborhood environment, racial discrimination, psychological distress, and preterm birth in African American women: A pilot. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 41, E51-61.

2012 Ayala GX, Laska MN, Zenk SN, Tester J, Rose D, Odoms-Young A, McCoy T, Gittelsohn J, Foster G, & Andreyeva T. (2012). Stocking characteristics and perceived increases in sales associated with the introduction of new WIC-approved food products among small food store managers-owners. Public Health Nutrition, 15, 1771-1779.

2012 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Karpyn A, Ayala GX, & Gittelsohn J. (2012). Obesity and the food environment among minority groups. Current Obesity Reports, 1, 141-151.

2012 Izumi B, Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Sand SL, de Majo R, Wilson C, & Odoms-Young A. (2012). Inter-rater reliability of the food environment audit for diverse neighborhoods (FEAD-N). Journal of Urban Health, 89, 486-499.


2012 Chaix B, Daniel M, Bean K, Zenk SN, Kestens Y, Leal C, Thomas F, Karusisi N, Weber C, Oppert J, Simon C, Merlo J, & Pannier B. (2012). Associations of supermarket characteristics with weight status and abdominal fat: A multilevel analysis of individuals nested within supermarkets (the RECORD study). PLoS One, 7 (4), e32908.

2012 Gittelsohn J, Laska MN, Andreyeva T, Foster G, Rose D, Tester J, Lee SH, Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, McCoy T, & Ayala GX. (2012). Small retailer perspectives of the 2009 Women, Infants and Children Program food package changes. American Journal of Health Behavior, 36, 665-665.

2012 Han E, Powell L, Zenk SN, Rimkus L, & Ohri-Vachaspati P. (2012). Classification bias in commercial business lists for retail stores in the U.S. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 9, 46.

2011 Powell LM, Han E, Zenk SN, Khan T, Quinn C, Gibbs K, Pugach O, Barker D, Resnick E, Myllyluoma J, & Chaloupka F. (2011). Field validation of secondary commercial data sources on the retail food environment in the U.S. Health & Place, 17, 1122-1131.

2011 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Matthews SA, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Wegrzyn L, Gibbs K, Braunschweig C, & Stokes C. (2011). Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study. Health & Place, 17, 1150-1161.

2011 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Dallas C, Hardy E, Watkins A, Wroten J, & Holland L. (2011). “You have to hunt for the fruits, the vegetables”: Environmental barriers and adaptive strategies to acquire food in a low-income African-American neighborhood. Health Education & Behavior, 38, 282-292.

2011 Izumi B, Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, & Wilson C. (2011). Associations between neighborhood availability and individual consumption of dark green and orange vegetables among ethnically diverse adults in Detroit. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111, 274-279.

2010 Oh A, Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Block R, McDevitt J, & Wang E. (2010). Effects of perceived and objective neighborhood crime on walking frequency among midlife African American women in a home-based walking intervention. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7, 432-441.

2010 Grigsby-Toussaint D, Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Ruggerio L, & Moise I. (2010). Availability of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in African-American and Latino neighborhoods. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110, 746-752.

2010 Zenk SN, Grigsby-Toussaint D, Curry S, Berbaum M, & Schneider L. (2010). Short-term temporal stability in observed retail food characteristics. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 42, 26-32.

2010 Finnegan L, Shaver J, Zenk SN, Wilkie DJ, & Ferrans CE. (2010). Five cardinal symptoms in childhood cancer survivors: The symptom cluster experience profile


framework. Oncology Nursing Forum, 37, E377-E386.

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance L, Mentz G, Kannan S, Ridella W, & Galea S. (2009). Multilevel correlates of satisfaction with neighborhood availability of fresh fruits and vegetables. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38, 48-59.

2009 Zenk SN, Lachance LL, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Kannan S, & Ridella W. (2009). Neighborhood retail food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in multiethnic urban adults. American Journal of Health Promotion, 23, 255-264.

2009 Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Wang E, McDevitt J, Oh A, Block R, McNeil S, & Savar N.

(2009). Neighborhood environment and adherence to a walking intervention in African-American women. Health Education & Behavior, 36, 167-181.

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, & Odoms-Young A. (2009). How neighborhood environments contribute to obesity. American Journal of Nursing, 109, 61-64.

2009 Wilbur J, Zenk S, Wang E, Oh A, McDevitt J, Block R, McNeil S, & Ju S. (2009). Neighborhood characteristics, adherence to walking, and depressive symptoms in midlife African American women. Journal of Women’s Health, 18, 1201-1210.

2009 Tarlov E, Zenk SN, Campbell RT, Warnecke RB, & Block R. (2009). Characteristics of mammography facility locations and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis in Chicago. Journal of Urban Health, 86, 196-213.

2009 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, & Mason M. (2009). Measuring food availability and access in African-American communities: Implications for intervention and policy. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, S145-S150.

2009 Miller AM, Birman D, Zenk S, Wang E, Sorokin O, & Connor J. (2009). Neighborhood immigrant concentration, acculturation, and cultural alienation in former Soviet immigrant women. American Journal of Community Psychology, 37, 88-105.

2008 Schulz AJ, Zenk SN, Israel BA, Mentz G, Stokes C, & Galea S. (2008). Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of physical and social environments? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit. Journal of Urban Health, 85, 642-661.

2008 Zenk SN, & Powell L. (2008). U.S. secondary schools and food outlets. Health & Place, 14, 336-346.

2007 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Mentz G, House JS, Gravlee CC, Miranda PY, Miller P, & Kannan, S. (2007). Inter-rater and test-retest reliability: Methods and results for the neighborhood observational checklist. Health & Place, 13, 452-465.

2006 Zenk SN, Tarlov E, & Sun J. (2006). Spatial equity in facilities providing low- and no-fee screening mammography in Chicago neighborhoods. Journal of Urban Health, 83, 195-210.

2006 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, James SA, Bao S, & Wilson ML. (2006). Fruit and


vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan. Ethnicity & Disease, 16, 275-280.

2006 Gravlee CC, Zenk SN, Woods S, Rowe Z, & Schulz A. (2006). Handheld computers for direct observation of the social and physical environment. Field Methods, 18, 1-16.

2006 Wilbur J, McDevitt J, Wang E, Dancy B, Briller J, Ingram D, Nicola T, Lee H, &

Zenk SN. (2006). Recruitment of African American women to a walking program: Eligibility, ineligibility, and attrition during screening. Research in Nursing and Health, 29, 176-189.

2006 Wilbur J, & Zenk SN. (2006). Commentary: Determinants of older rural women's activity and eating. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 28, 469-471.

2006 Israel BA, Schulz AJ, Estrada-Martinez L, Zenk SN, Viruell-Fuentes E, Villarruel A, & Stokes C. (2006). Engaging community residents in assessing urban environments and their implications for health. Journal of Urban Health, 83, 523-539.

2006 Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Zenk SN, Parker E, Lichtenstein R, Shellman-Weir S, & Klem L. (2006). Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastside. Social Science & Medicine, 62, 510-522.

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Hollis-Neely T, Campbell RT, Holmes N, Watkins G, Nwankwo R, & Odoms-Young A. (2005). Fruit and vegetable intake in African Americans: Income and store characteristics. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29, 1-9.

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, James SA, Bao S, & Wilson ML. (2005). Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 660-667.

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, House JS, Benjamin A, & Kannan S. (2005). Use of community-based participatory research to assess environmental determinants of health: Challenges, facilitators, and implications for universities. Metropolitan Universities Journal, 16, 107-125.

2005 Schulz AJ, Zenk S, Odoms-Young A, Hollis-Neely T, Nwankwo R, Lockett M, Ridella W, & Kannan S. (2005). Healthy Eating and Exercising to Reduce Diabetes (HEED): Exploring the potential of social determinants of health frameworks within the context of community-based participatory diabetes prevention. American Journal of Public Health, 95, 645-651.

2001 Zenk SN, Shaver J, Peragallo N, Fox P, & Chavez N. (2001). Use of herbal therapies among midlife Mexican women. Health Care for Women International, 22, 585-597.


2000 Shaver J, & Zenk S. (2000). Sleep disturbance in menopause. Journal of Women’s Health and Gender-Based Medicine, 9, 109-118.

Book Chapters In press Zenk SN, Thatcher E, Reina M, & Odoms-Young A. (In press). A systematic

review of local food environments, body weight, and other diet-related health outcomes. In K Morland (Ed.), Local food environments: Food access in America. Taylor & Francis.

In press Zenk SN, Slater S, & Rashid S. (In press). Collecting contextual health survey data using systematic observation. In T Johnson (Ed.), Handbook of health survey methods. Hoboken, NJ: Johnson Wiley & Sons.

2012 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Izumi B, Sand SL, Lockett M, & Odoms-Young A. (2012). Development, evolution, and implementation of the food environment audit for diverse neighborhoods. In BA Israel, E Eng, AJ Schulz, and E Parker (Eds.), Methods for conducting community-based participatory research for health (2nd Ed.) (pp. 277-304). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

2012 Schulz AJ, Zenk SN, Kannan S, Israel BA, & Stokes C. (2012). Community-based participation in survey design and implementation: The Healthy Environments Partnership surveys. In BA Israel, E Eng, AJ Schulz, and E Parker (Eds.), Methods for conducting community-based participatory research for health (2nd Ed.) (pp. 197-224). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, & Lockett M. (2009). Interdisciplinary, participatory research to understand urban food environments and dietary behaviors. In N Freudenberg, S Saegert, and S Klitzman (Eds.), Urban health and society interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice (pp. 45-62), San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, House JS, Benjamin A, & Kannan S. (2005). Application of community-based participatory research in the design of an observational tool: The neighborhood observational checklist. In BA Israel, E Eng, AJ Schulz, and E Parker (Eds.), Methods for conducting community-based participatory research for health (pp. 167-187). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

2005 Schulz AJ, Zenk SN, Kannan S, Israel BA, Koch M, & Stokes C. (2005). Community-based participation in survey design and implementation: The Healthy Environments Partnership. In BA Israel, E Eng, AJ Schulz, and E Parker (Eds.), Methods for conducting community-based participatory research for health (pp. 107-127). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Policy Briefs 2010

Odoms-Young A, Zenk S, Holland L, Watkins, A, Wroten J, Oji-Njideka N, Ellis S, Davis I, Dallas C, Fitzgibbon M, Jarrett R, Mason M, Webb A, & Sharp D. (2010, December). Family food access report: “When we have better, we can do better”. University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago Department of Public Health-Englewood Neighborhood Health Center.


Extramural Research__________________________________________________________ Currently Funded 2013-17 R01CA172726

Environmental Attributes and Weight Control: Study of Over 1.3 Million Veterans Role: MPI (with Tarlov E)

2013 F31NR013833 Spatial and Psychosocial Influences on Food Access in Rural Appalachia Role: Co-Sponsor (PI: Thatcher E, University of Virginia)

2013-14 Illinois Department of Human Services The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2012-17 R01CA164137 Impact of Greenspace Improvement on Physical Activity in a Low-Income Community Role: Co-I (PI: Dubowitz T, RAND Corporation)

2012-14 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (70157) Bridging the Gap: ImpacTeen Project Role: Co-I (PI: Chaloupka F)

2012-14 Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University Activity Space Environments and Obesity: A Pilot Study to Demonstrate Feasibility and Method Refinement Role: Co-I (PI: Matthews SA, Pennsylvania State University)

2010-15 R01CA149105 Does a New Supermarket Improve Dietary Behaviors of Low-income African Americans? Role: Co-I (PI: Dubowitz T, RAND Corporation)

Completed 2010-13 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Program (68033)

Stress-Environment Interactions and Weight-Related Behaviors in Urban African-American and Hispanic Women Role: PI

2011-13 American Cancer Society (217030) Using Evidence-Based Strategies to Promote Weight Loss in African American Women: Building on Lessons Learned from the Obesity Reduction Black Intervention Trial Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)


2011-13 R13CA162844 Illinois Early Childhood Activity Program (I-CAP): Assessing Physical Activity from Circuits to Communities Role: Co-I (PI: Fiese B/Fitzgibbon M)

2012-13 Illinois Department of Human Services (11AQ0001) The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Concept Paper: Examining Barriers to WIC Retention Among Children Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2009-11 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Program (65852) Evaluating the Impact of a WIC Food Package Revision on Retailer Participation and Fruit/Vegetable Supply Characteristics in Northern Illinois Role: PI

2008-09 Midwest Nursing Research Society Environment and Weight-Related Behaviors in Urban Latinos Role: PI

2007-10 K01NR10540 Activity Space Environments, Behaviors, and Body Weight Status in Urban Adults Role: PI

2007-08 Chicago Center for Excellence in Health Promotion Economics, University of Chicago Socioeconomic Status, Activity-Space Environments, and Health Behaviors Role: PI

2011-12 Illinois Department of Human Services Improving WIC Retention Rates Among Children in WIC in the State of Illinois: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Multilevel Community-Based Social Marketing Intervention Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2008-12 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (64702) Bridging the Gap: ImpacTeen Project Role: Co-I (PI: Chaloupka F)

2009-11 RC1CA149400 Evaluating Economic Subsidies to Improve Dietary Intake among Low-Income Families Role: Co-I (PI: Fitzgibbon M)

2008-11 R03NR010608 Race-Related Stressors and Preterm Birth in African American Women Role: Co-I (PI: Giurgescu C)

2005-11 R01ES14234 Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown Role: Co-I (PI: Schulz A, University of Michigan)


2008-10 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Program (65089) Relationship between Perceived and Objective Food Environments, Dietary Intake, and Weight Status in Latino Families Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2007-08 USDA Economic Research Service RIDGE Program, University of California Davis WIC Vendor Access and Fruit and Vegetable Availability in Northern Illinois Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2005-08 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (52913) Bridging The Gap: ImpacTeen Project Role: Co-I (PI: Chaloupka F)

2005-08 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research Program (52934) Environmental Correlates of Adherence to Home-Based Walking in African-American Women Role: Co-I (PI: Wilbur J)

Intramural Research__________________________________________________________ Currently Funded 2013-14 UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

Activity Space Segregation and Access to Health Resources Role: PI

2013-14 UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement Playground Renovations and Social Capital on Youth Park Use and Physical Activity Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Slater S)

Completed 2012-13 Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation

Momentary Correlates of Older Black Women’s Health Behaviors Role: PI

2012 UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy Disparities in Diet and Depression: A Test of Jackson’s Hypothesis in a Multiethnic Urban Sample Role: PI

2011-12 Internal Research Seed Grant Program, UIC College of Nursing Environmental Measure Development for a National Sample using GIS: A Pilot Study Role: PI

2007-08 Center for Reducing Risks in Vulnerable Populations, UIC College of Nursing Measurement of Activity Space and Health Behaviors in African-American and White Adults: A Pilot Study Role: PI


2006-07 Internal Research Seed Grant Program, UIC College of Nursing

Patterns of and Influences on Food Acquisition Among African-American Women in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Chicago Communities Role: PI

2012 UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy Green Space, Psychological Stress, and Preterm Birth in African American Women Role: Co-I (PI: Giurgescu C)

2009-10 UIC Cancer Center Examining the Use of Economic Subsidies to Support Healthy Eating Behavior in Low-income Families: Implications for Understanding the Role of Nutrition Policy in Cancer Prevention Role: Co-I (PI: Odoms-Young A)

2006-07 Internal Research Seed Grant Program, UIC College of Nursing Race Related Stressors and Preterm Birth in African American Women Role: Co-I (PI: Giurgescu C)

Professional Activities and Service______________________________________________ Grant Reviews 2013 National Institutes of Health Community Influences on Health

Behaviors Study Section, Temporary 2012 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthy Eating Research New Connections

2012 Johns Hopkins University Global Center on Childhood Obesity

Rapid Response

2012 Aetna Foundation 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthy Eating Research New Connections

2010 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research

Rapid Response

2010 French National Funding Agency for Research (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)

Research Program in Public Health (Programme de Recherche en Sante Publique)

2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Special Emphasis Panel for Translating Research to Protect Health through Health Promotion, Prevention, and Preparedness

2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Special Emphasis Panel for Obesity and Nutrition SIPs

2009 National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel 009/10 ZRG1 PSE-C 58 (mail)

2009, 2008, 2007

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Health Service Dissertation (R36) Review Panel

2007 Donaghue Foundation


Editorial Board Memberships 2012- Public Health Nutrition, Associate Editor 2010- Journal of Urban Health Journal Manuscript Reviews 2007 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2012 American Journal of Epidemiology 2007-10, 2013

American Journal of Health Behavior

2006-13 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2006-08, 2010-13

American Journal of Public Health

2006-08 Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2010 Appetite 2008, 2012

BMC Public Health

2010 Contemporary Clinical Trials 2012 Demographic Research 2010 Environment & Behavior 2008 Ethnicity & Health 2009 2013

Health Affairs

2012 Health Psychology 2007-09, 2011-13

Health & Place

2008-09, 2011-13

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

2006, 2008, 2010 2013

International Journal of Health Geographics

2012 International Journal of Public Health 2008-09, 2011

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

2012 Journal of Applied Gerontology 2010, 2012

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

2007 Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007-08, 2010

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

2007 Journal of Rural Health 2007-11, 2013

Journal of Urban Health

2012 Nutrition Journal 2009 Obesity Research 2011 Obesity Reviews 2008 Pediatrics 2007-08, 2012-13

Preventive Medicine


2006-12 Public Health Nutrition 2007-08, 2011-13

Social Science & Medicine

2007, 2011

Urban Studies

Academic Committees External 2012- Membership Committee, International Society for Urban Health, Co-Chair 2010- Executive Board, International Society for Urban Health, Member at large (Elected)

Internal: University 2013- Campus Research Board 2013- Analysis Team, University of Illinois community health survey (UNISON) 2012- Cancer Center Shared Diet and Behavioral Resource, Faculty 2009- Faculty Senate, Senator (Elected) 2009- Honors College, Faculty Fellow Internal: College 2013 2011-12

PhD Admissions Review Committee Strategic Planning

2011 Faculty Retreat Planning Committee, Chair 2011-12 Teaching Methods Taskforce 2010- Faculty Chair and Faculty Executive Committee, Member (Elected) 2010- Faculty Advisory Committee, Global Health Leadership Office 2010-11 Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (Elected) 2006-07 Teaching Portfolio Workgroup

Internal: Department 2012- 2007-09, 2012-

Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, Chair (Elected) Advisory Committee (Elected)

Professional Memberships 2010- African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network, Affiliate 2010- Midwest Nursing Research Society 2008- International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2003- International Society for Urban Health 2002- American Public Health Association Presentations________________________________________________________________ Invited 2013 Zenk SN. (2013). Neighborhoods and obesity-related behaviors. Deakin

University, Burwood, Australia

2012 Zenk SN. (2012). Measurement of the neighborhood food environment for studies of adult nutrition, obesity, and health. American Cancer Society Calle/Rodriguez


Memorial Expert Roundtable on Spatial Measures of the Environment: Application in the Cancer Prevention Studies. Atlanta, GA

2012 Zenk SN. (2012). Is health a reflection of where you live? Illinois Wesleyan

University School of Nursing, Bloomington, IL

2011 Zenk SN. (2011). Food environment complexities and health of urban populations. University of South Carolina Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, Columbia, SC

2009 Zenk SN. (2009). Urban neighborhood environments and dietary intakes: Opportunities for multilevel action. Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, Chicago, IL (One of three invited pre-conference speakers)

2008 Zenk SN. (2008). Does where you live affect what you eat? Sigma Theta Tau Annual Chicagoland Consortium meeting, Chicago, IL

International 2011 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Campbell RT, Block D, Powell L, Chavez N, &

Fitzgibbon M. (2011). Effect of a national food assistance policy change on food availability and selection: Variations by retailer type and neighborhood characteristics. International Conference on Urban Health, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Poster)

2011 Giurgescu C, Engeland C, Zenk SN, & Dancy B. (2011). Race-related stressors, inflammation, and preterm birth in African American women. World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Infertility, Paris, France (Poster)

2010 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Block D, Chavez C, Campbell R, Powell L, Fitzgibbon M, & Murthy S. (2010). Did the 2009 WIC food package change improve fruit and vegetable availability? Evaluation results from northern Illinois. International Conference on Urban Health, New York, NY (Oral)

2010 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, Mentz G, Kannan S, & Lockett M. (2010). Does intake of foods high in fat and sugar buffer relationships between psychosocial stress and depressive symptoms? Findings from a multiethnic sample of urban adults. International Conference on Urban Health, New York, NY (Oral)

2010 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, & Leone S. (2010). Social, cultural, and environmental contributors to childhood obesity in urban African Americans: Implications for developing policy, community, and family-level prevention strategies. International Conference on Urban Health, New York, NY (Poster)

2010 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Israel BA, & Lockett M. (2010). Do obesogenic neighborhood food environments exacerbate effects of psychosocial stressors on ‘comfort’ food intake? International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2010 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Wilbur J, Odoms-Young A, Braunschweig C, & Stokes C. (2010). Activity-space food environment and diet: Results and methodological


opportunities and challenges. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2010 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Bamidele O, & Tate C. (2010). Applying multiple qualitative methodologies to understand black women’s perceptions of neighborhood food environments and overweight: Implications for policy and neighborhood-level interventions to expand food access. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Wilbur J, Odoms-Young A, Gamboa C, Rapp L, & Stokes C. (2009). Is activity-space fast food outlet density associated with fast food consumption and dietary intake? International Conference on Urban Health, Nairobi, Kenya (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Tarlov E, Rapp L, Finnegan L, & Odoms-Young A. (2009). Does time use contribute to overweight among urban women in the United States? International Conference on Urban Health, Nairobi, Kenya (Poster)

2009 Odoms-Young A, Zenk S, Fitzgibbon M, Schiffer L, Berbaum M, & Jin, J. (2009). Relationships between perceived and objective food environments and dietary intake in Latino families. International Congress of Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Gamboa C, Rapp L, & Lockett M. (2009). How should we measure the spatial accessibility of fast food outlets and supermarkets? Comparison of activity spaces and residential neighborhoods. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Dallas C, & Hardy E. (2009). Application of a stress process model to understand food acquisition among African-American women in a low-income neighborhood. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal (Oral)

2009 Oh A, Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Block R, Wang E, & McDevitt J. (2009). Measuring the neighborhood crime environment in physical activity intervention studies: A comparison of perceived and objective measures in a sample of midlife African American women. International Conference on Diet and Physical Activity Methods, Washington, DC (Oral)

2008 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Israel BA, Wilbur J, Braunschweig C, & Gamboa C. (2008). Are “activity-space” environments important for understanding racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity risk? A pilot study. International Conference on Urban Health, Vancouver, Canada (Oral)

2008 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, Wilbur J, Braunschweig C, Israel B, Gamboa C. (2008). Activity-space environments and weight-related behaviors. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada (Oral)

2008 Odoms-Young A, & Zenk SN. (2008). Using geo-ethnography to examine food


acquisition patterns and food access in African American neighborhoods: Implications for obesity prevention and treatment. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada (Oral)

2007 Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, & Dallas C. (2007). Influences on food-purchasing

decision-making in low-income African-American women in Chicago: A qualitative study. International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, MD (Oral)

2007 Zenk SN, Lachance L, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, & Ridella W. (2007). Individual sociodemographics, food environment, and fruit and vegetable intake in urban adults. International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, MD (Oral)

2007 Oh A, Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Block R, Wang E, McDevitt J, & McNeil S. (2007). Neighborhood crime incidents, perceived neighborhood crime and safety, and adherence to a walking intervention among midlife African-American women. International Conference on Urban Health, Baltimore, MD (Oral)

2006 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance L, Mentz G, & Ridella W. (2006). Is heightened obesity risk in high-poverty urban neighborhoods due to neighborhood differences in food store availability? International Conference on Urban Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Oral)

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Stokes C, Israel BA, Mentz G, & Kannan S. (2005). Neighborhood poverty and inequitable exposure to stressful social environments: Results from a community-based participatory research partnership in Detroit. International Conference on Urban Health, Toronto, Canada (Oral)

2005 Zenk SN, & Tarlov E. (2005). Variation in the spatial accessibility of low- and no-cost mammography facilities by neighborhood socioeconomic and racial characteristics in Chicago. International Conference on Urban Health, Toronto, Canada (Oral)

2004 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Odoms-Young A, Hollis-Neely T, Nwankwo R, Holmes N, & Watkins G. (2004). Access and intake of fruits and vegetables in an impoverished Detroit neighborhood. International Conference on Urban Health, Boston, MA (Oral)

2003 Zenk SN, Israel BA, Schulz A, James SA, Wilson ML, & Bao, S. (2003). Neighborhoods with greater proportions of African Americans in Detroit need better access to supermarkets. International Conference on Urban Health, New York, NY (Oral)

National Zenk SN, McDonald A, Corte C, Odoms-Young A, & Riley B. Momentary

variations in snack food intake and physical activity in African American women: Role of stress and emotions. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Oral)

Zenk SN, Thatcher E,# Reina M, & Odoms-Young A. Systematic review of local


food environment and diet related health outcomes. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Poster) #Presenter

McDonald A, Zenk SN, Woodson Q, & Smith M. Influence of daily hassles on

momentary variations in positive and negative affect in African American women. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Poster)

Thatcher E, Kulbok P, & Zenk SN. Factors affecting food choices in lower-income rural Appalachian women. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Oral)

2013 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, & McGown M. (2013). Culturally tailored models for understanding food access in communities of color. Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, East Lansing, MI (Oral)

2013 Block D, Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Chavez N, Seweryn S, Jaskiewicz L, Dombrowski R, Massuda Barnett G. (2013). Corner stores, race, ethnicity, and food availability in suburban Cook County, Illinois. Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, East Lansing, MI (Oral)

2012

Woodson Q, Zenk SN, McDonald A, Dallas CM, Odoms-Young A. (2012). The unique experience of daily hassles among African American women. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, San Jose, CA (Oral)

2012 Zenk SN, Johnson-Lawrence V, Schulz AJ, Izumi B, Gamboa C, & Gaines C. (2012). Longitudinal study of the food environment and adiposity in a multiethnic urban sample. American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA (Oral)

2012 Johnson-Lawrence V, Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, & Rowe Z. (2012). Associations between the social and physical environment in relation to physical activity. American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA (Oral)

2012 Zenk SN, Dallas C, Odoms-Young A, McDonald A, Woodson Q, & Murphy M. (2012). Daily hassles and diet among African American women. State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, Washington, DC (Oral)

2012 Zenk SN, Powell LM, Odoms-Young A, Krauss R, & Campbell RT. (2012). Fruit and vegetable prices at WIC vendors: Variation by neighborhood characteristics and impact of the 2009 WIC food package revision. State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, Washington, DC (Oral)

2011 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ,# Israel BA, Miranda P, Mentz G, North D, & Odoms-Young A. (2011). Food environment and unfair treatment in a multiethnic urban sample. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Oral) #Presenter

2011 Izumi B, Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, & Gaines C. (2011). Associations between availability and intake of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in ethnically diverse urban neighborhoods. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Oral)

2011 Porter S, Odoms-Young A, & Zenk SN. (2011). Budgeting and food insecurity in low-income African American caregivers: A qualitative analysis. American Public


Health Association, Washington, DC (Poster)

2011 Block D, Zenk SN, Odoms-Young A, Chavez N, & Campbell RT. (2011). Mapping food access, race, and income in northern Illinois. Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA (Oral)

2010 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Block D, Campbell RT, Chavez N, Powell L, & Fitzgibbon M. (2010). Impact of the revised WIC food package on vendor perceptions and the fruit and vegetable supply in Northern Illinois. WIC Food Package Evaluation Symposium, Washington, DC (Oral)

2010 Schulz A, Zenk SN, Mentz G, Kwarteng J, & Wilson C. (2010). Do observed neighborhood conditions contribute to racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in physical activity?: Findings from a multilevel analysis in a multiethnic urban community. American Public Health Association, Denver, CO (Oral)

2010 Han E, Powell L, Zenk SN, Rimkus L, & Ohri-Vachaspati P. (2010). Validation study of commercial food store and restaurant availability in commercial business lists. American Public Health Association, Denver, CO (Oral)

2010 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Watkins A, Hoskins-Wroten J, Holland L, Bamidele O, Bandstra J, Tate C, & Fitzgibbon M. (2010). Marketing influences on food consumption, acquisition, and purchasing behaviors in low income African American families with young children. American Public Health Association, Denver, CO (Oral)

2010 Odoms-Young A, Holland L, Zenk SN, Watkins A, Hoskins-Wroten J, Oji-Njideka N, Ellis S, Fitzgibbon M. (2010). Food marketing and food access in African American families with preschool-aged children. African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2010 Izumi B, Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, & Wilson C. (2010). Inter-rater reliability for a food store audit instrument conducted by community members. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Portland, OR (Poster)

2009 Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, Choi Y, Murthy S, & Murphy E. (2009). Relationships between neighborhood racial composition and healthy snack food availability in Southwest Chicago. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2009 Block D, Odoms-Young A, Zenk SN, & Chavez N. (2009). Race, ethnicity, income, and access to fresh produce in stores accepting WIC coupons in urban, suburban, and rural Illinois. Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Wilbur J,# Oh A, McDevitt J, Block R, & Wang E. (2009). Socioeconomic status, neighborhood environment, and aerobic fitness in African American women participating in a walking intervention. Active Living Research, San Diego, CA (Poster) #Presenter

2008 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, Lachance L, Robinson M, & Odoms-Young A. (2008). Food shopping behaviors in a multiethnic urban population: Implications for measurement and obesity prevention. American Public Health Association, San


Diego, CA (Oral)

2008 Miranda P, Schulz AJ, Mentz G, de Mayo R, Zenk SN, Gamboa C, & Gaines C. (2008). Built environment as predictor of pedestrian activity: Findings from the Lean & Green in Motown Project. American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA (Oral)

2008 Miller AM, Sorokin O, Birman D, Zenk SN, & Connor JB. (2008). Spousal differences in the effects of neighborhood social context on immigrant cultural alienation. American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA (Oral)

2008 Wilbur J, Zenk SN, McDevitt J, Wang E, Oh A, Ju S, & Block R. (2008). Neighborhood built and social environment, walking adherence, and depressive symptoms in midlife African American women. Active Living Research, Washington, DC (Oral)

2008 Odoms-Young A, Mason M, & Zenk SN. (2008). “I go out of the neighborhood to get good prices”: Perceptions of food availability/access of African American mothers residing in low-resource communities--Implications for programmatic and policy interventions. Active Living Research, Washington, DC (Poster)

2007 Zenk SN, Block R,# Wilbur J, Wang E, McDevitt J, McNeil S, & Oh A. (2007). Does neighborhood crime affect walking adoption in midlife African-American women? American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA (Oral) #Presenter

2007 Grigsby D, Zenk SN, Curry S, Berbaum M, & Fowler J. (2007). Systematic observations of retail food stores in Southwest Chicago. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Oral) *Student award for APHA Food and Nutrition Section

2007 Zenk SN. (2007). Built environment and health. Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York (Discussant)

2007 Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Savar N, Wang E, McDevitt J, McNeil S, Dirks L, Block R, Sriraj PS, Oh A, Lee H, & Ju S. (2007). Environmental correlates of adoption of walking among African-American women. Active Living Research, Coronado, CA (Oral)

2006 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance L, Mentz G, Ridella W, & Kannan S. (2006). Perceptions of the neighborhood retail food environment: Predictors in an ethnically diverse sample of adults. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Oral)

2006 Zenk SN, Wilbur J, Wang E, McDevitt J, McNeil S, Block R, Oh A, & Savar N. (2006). Neighborhood built environment and African-American women’s adherence to a home-based walking intervention. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Poster)

2006 Tarlov E, Zenk SN, Warnecke RB, Campbell RT, & Block R. (2006). Characteristics of mammography facility locations and stage of breast cancer diagnosis in Chicago. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Oral)


2006 Warnecke RT, Cho YI, Barrett RE, Campbell RT, Dolecek T, Zenk SN, Tarlov E,

Manfredi C, Ryu K, Freeman V, Shahabi L, James K, & Li X. (2006). Community-level social capital, neighborhood change, and stage of breast cancer diagnosis among African American, Latino, and European American women in Chicago. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA (Oral)

2006 Miller AM, Zenk S, Sorokin O, Birman D, Wang E, & Connor J. (2006). Neighborhood context, acculturation, and depressed mood in immigrant women from the former Soviet Union. National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington, DC (Oral)

2006 Miller AM, Birman, D, Wang, E, Zenk S, Sorokin O, Wilbur J, & Connor J. (2006). Neighborhood social context, acculturation, and cultural alientation in immigrants from the former Soviet Union. NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities: Contributions from Behavioral and Social Sciences, Bethesda, MD (Poster)

2006 Wilbur J, Zenk SN, McDevitt J, Block RL, & Wang E. (2006). Neighborhood social environment, adherence to walking, and depression in midlife African American women. National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington, DC (Oral)

2006 Odoms-Young A, & Zenk SN. (2006). The importance of food environments and food access in African-American families: Implications for addressing dietary intake and related health outcomes. African-American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) Workshop, Philadelphia, PA (Co-presenters)

2006 Block RL, Gehlert S, Masi C, Tarlov E, Wilbur J, & Zenk SN. (2006). Community crime patterns and health outcomes. American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA (Oral)

2006 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young A, & Hill Y. (2006). Relationships between food store characteristics, unfair treatment, and dietary behaviors in urban African American women. Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA (Poster)

2005 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, House JS, Mentz G, Lepkowski J, Coombe C, Ridella W, & Kannan S. (2005). Neighborhood definitions and effects on health in Detroit, Michigan. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2005 Warnecke RB, Barrett R, Cho Y, James K, Dolecek TA, Zenk SN, Tarlov E, Manfredi C, & Campbell RT. (2005). Neighborhood and stage of breast cancer diagnosis among Hispanic, African American and White women in Chicago. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2005 Kannan S, Schulz AJ, Zenk SN, Dvonch TJ, Arya I, Koch MA, Roll J, Mentz G, Buzolich R, Miranda P, Estrada L, & Reddy M. (2005). Racial variations in macro- and micro- nutrient intakes and potential contributions toward disparities in cardiovascular disease: The Detroit Healthy Environments Partnership. Experimental Biology Federation, San Diego, CA (Poster)


2004 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Mentz G, House JS, Miranda P, Gravlee CC, Miller P, & Kannan S. (2004). Observer training strategies and interrater and test-retest reliability: The neighborhood observational checklist. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Oral)

2004 Gravlee CC, Zenk S, Woods S, Rowe Z, & Schulz, A. (2004). Handheld computers for systematic observation of the social and physical environment: The neighborhood observational checklist. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Poster)

2004 Miranda P, Schulz A, Zenk SN, Villarruel A, Miller P, & Kannan S. (2004). An exploration of an immigration social network scale to examine aspects of the social environment as predictors of cardiovascular disease risk among urban Latinos. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Poster)

2004 Schulz A, Israel B, Estrada L, Zenk S, Viruell-Fuentes E, Villarruel A, & Stokes, C. (2004). Engaging community residents in assessing their social and physical environments and their implications for health. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC (Oral)

2003 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Israel BA, James SA, & Wilson ML. (2003). Spatial distribution of food stores shapes the availability, quality, and cost of fresh produce in four Detroit area communities. American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA (Oral)

2003 Zenk SN, Schulz A, Ridella W, Miller P, Rowe Z, & Kannan S. (2003). Community participation and influence in the design of a neighborhood observation checklist to assess social determinants of health. American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA (Oral)

2003 Schulz A, Israel B, Zenk S, Parker E, Cook K, & Miller G. (2003). Social determinants of health among African American women in Detroit: Implications for community health interventions. American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA (Oral)

2002 Zenk SN, Schulz A, & Williams DR. (2002). Race, class, gender, and inequalities in mental health. American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL (Oral)

2002 Zenk SN, Hollis-Neely T, Nwankwo R, Hill G, Watkins G, Holmes N, & Schulz A. (2002). Physical and social environment and fruit and vegetable consumption among women living on the east side of Detroit: A formative evaluation of the Healthy Eating and Exercise to reduce Diabetes (HEED) project. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2002 Schulz A, Israel BA, Lockett M, Hill Y, Parker EA, Zenk S, Baber K, & Sand, S. (2002). Evaluating a community health worker program: The East Side Village Health Worker Partnership. American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA (Oral)

2001 Kieffer E, Willis S, Odoms A, Allen A, Guzman R, Zenk S, & Celaya K. (2001). Community participation in diabetes intervention planning: REACH Detroit family


focus groups–A project affiliated with the Detroit Urban Research Center. American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA (Oral)

2000 Zenk S, Shaver J, Peragallo N, Fox P, & Chavez N. (2000). Herbal therapy use among midlife Mexican women. American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL (Oral)

2000 Shah P, Parker RS, Zenk S, McElmurry B, & Meehan M. (2000). Female adolescent HIV risk reduction: A health literacy approach in school-based education. American Public Health Association, Chicago, IL (Oral)

Regional 2013 Bevan J, Zenk SN, Matthews SA, Schulz AJ, Stokes C, & Fogg L. (2013). Time

spent and physical activity behaviors inside and outside the neighborhood in urban adults. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL (Poster)

2013 Woodson Q, Zenk SN, McDonald A, Dallas CM, & Odoms-Young A. (2013). Daily hassles in urban African-American women: Influence of gender roles, race, and context. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL (Poster)

2013 Smith M, Zenk SN, McDonald A, Corte C, Finnegan L, & Bontu A. (2013). Ecological momentary assessment of physical activity in African-American women: Facilitators and barriers. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL (Poster)

2013 McDonald A, Zenk SN, Woodson Q, Dallas C, Odoms-Young A, & Smith M. (2013). Ecological momentary assessment to understand the lived experience of daily hassles in urban African-American women. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL (Poster)

2013 Giurgescu C, Engeland C, Zenk S, Dancy BL, & Park C. (2013). Race-related stressors, inflammation and preterm birth in African American women. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, IL (Oral)

2009 Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Wilbur J, Odoms-Young A, Israel BA, Braunschweig C, & Lockett M. (2009). Conceptualization and measurement of activity space environments. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2009 Miller A, Sorokin O, Zenk SN, Birman D, & Connor J. (2009). Effects of neighborhood social context on cultural alienation in immigrant couples. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2009 Wilbur J, Zenk SN, McDevitt J, Wang E, Oh A, Ju S, & Block R. (2009). Neighborhood characteristics, walking adherence and depressive symptoms in African American women. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)

2009 Giurgescu C, Zenk SN, Dancy B, Szalacha L, & Hibbard J. (2009). Neighborhood environment and preterm birth in African American women. Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN (Oral)


2002 Zenk SN, Schulz A, & Williams DR. (2002). Intersectionality, neighborhood socioeconomic context, and psychological distress in the Detroit metropolitan area. North Central Sociological Association, Windsor, Canada (Oral)

Academic Teaching___________________________________________________________ Courses Taught 2013 Measurement in Health Research (NURS 573) 2012 Intermediate Statistics (NURS 525) 2011 Intermediate Statistics (NURS 525) 2010 Intermediate Statistics (NURS 525) 2009 Population-Focused Assessment (NUPH 509; clinical) 2008 Neighborhoods and Health (NUSC 594) 2007 Neighborhoods and Health (NUSC 594)

Other Teaching Experience 2003 Instructional Assistant

Qualitative Methods and Participatory Research (HBHE 636; Wright M) University of Michigan School of Public Health

2002, 2001

Field Coordinator Community Organization for Health Education (HBHE 640; Israel B) University of Michigan School of Public Health

Student Committees (*Chair) PhD Features of organized youth activity settings that serve as protective factors

against exposure to community violence (Burnside E) 2012 Physical activity and sedentary behavior in Korean American adults (Park H) 2011 Dietary intake among African Americans: Exploring the influence of the social

environment (Johnson J) DNP 2013 Six to success: Improving primary care management of pediatric overweight and

obesity (Cygan H) Master Community gardeners’ perspectives on race relations (Hernandez E) 2013 Ecological momentary assessment of physical activity in African American women:

Facilitators and barriers (Smith M)* Department of Health Systems Science Master’s Student Award

2012 What happened to my grocery store? Examining change in Detroit’s food environment 2002-2008 (Zaganjor H)

2010 WIC vendors in northern Illinois: Qualitative analysis of challenges associated with the 2009 food package change (Bandstra J)*

2010 The comprehensive plan as a mechanism for changing the food environment (Rowe A)*

2009 Healthy and unhealthy food availability in food stores in southwest Chicago (Murphy E)


2007 Determinants of physical activity and physical activity interventions for women residing in rural communities: An integrated review (Johnson CS)

Bachelor 2013 Ecological momentary assessment of facilitators and barriers to eating and

drinking and snack food intake in urban African American women (McLoughlin C)* 2012 Measurement of and neighborhood variations in food quality (Rashid S)*

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