Deborah Marino, a professor of home economics and family ecology at the University of Akron, uses her expertise in health to improve the health of the local community. Dr. Marino has surveyed the needs of emergency food program participants, engaged in the collaborative development of a county nutrition plan, and evaluated the nutritional status of Mobile Meal recipients. Marino s action research has turned to the campus community as well, through an assessment of the prevalence and risk for eating disorders among students.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Contact: Dr. Marino at debora7 {at} uakron(.)edu
