Brooke M. Bell, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Email: brooke.bell@tufts.edu
Research Interests
Sustainable Food Systems | Food Policy | Climate Change | Health Equity | Chronic Disease Prevention
About Me
I am currently a Research Scientist in Sustainable Food Systems Modeling at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. I previously graduated with a B.A. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Health Behavior Research (Public Health) from the University of Southern California (USC), and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Yale School of Public Health.
I am broadly interested in food systems, health and food policy, climate change, sustainable behaviors, and environmental justice. My current work examines how food environments and policies can be transformed to encourage eating behaviors that both improve chronic disease outcomes and help mitigate climate change and its subsequent effects on human health (i.e., co-benefits).
My overarching research goal as a public health scientist and advocate is to contribute to the permanent development of healthy, equitable, and environmentally sustainable food systems for all.
Selected Research
(See full list of publications here)
Selected Projects
Advocacy
 Organized and chaired a panel on integrating climate change into research at SBM's Annual Meeting, April 2023 |  Organized the Yale Black Postdoctoral Association's Earth Day Hike, April 2022 |  Co-organized the East LA Area Community Organizations Showcase with the USC Community Engagement team, March 2020 |  Co-organized the East LA Area Community Organizations Showcase with the USC Community Engagement team, March 2020 |  Attended the Legislative Action Days with the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students in Washington D.C., October 2018 |
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 Volunteered at the LA Food Policy Council's Party with a Purpose for #ABetterFarmBill, May 2018 |  Volunteered at the LA Food Policy Council's Party with a Purpose for #ABetterFarmBill, May 2018 |  Volunteered at the grocery distribution for FEAST LA, October 2020 |  Attended the APHA Speak For Health Hill Visits in Washington D.C., July 2019 |  Attended the APHA Speak For Health Hill Visits in Washington D.C., July 2019 |
 Volunteered at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, August 2018 |  Volunteered to pack and distribute groceries at the Boyle Heights YMCA, April 2020 |  Volunteered to pack and distribute groceries at the Boyle Heights YMCA, April 2020 |  Organized the USC Santa Monica State Beach Clean-Up, July 2019 |  Volunteered as a LA County election worker, November 2020 |
 Co-organized the STEM Day of Discovery with the USC Community Engagement team at USC Keck School of Medicine, October 2019 |  Organized the Sustainability Fair at the USC Health Sciences Campus, November 2018 |  Organized the Sustainability Fair at the USC Health Sciences Campus, November 2018 |  Organized the Voter Registration Drive at Lincoln Heights Farmers Market, October 2018 |  Organized the Voter Registration Drive at Lincoln Heights Farmers Market, October 2018 |
 Co-organized and attended the USC DivestSC Rally, September 2019 |  Volunteered at the 24th Street Elementary School's Community Garden Day in Los Angeles, October 2018 |  Attended the Los Angeles March for Science, April 2017 |  Established the first Student Food Pantry at USC Health Sciences Campus, November 2018 |  Led the Health Behavior Research Student Association Executive Board, June 2018 |