Rate My Professor Molly DeMarco

DeMarco's research specializes in determinants of health disparities and food insecurity, utilizing community-based participatory research to engage low-income and historically marginalized populations. She co-developed and teaches Nutrition 245: Sustainable, Local Food Systems – Intersection of Local Foods and Public Health, a service-learning course offered each spring. Notable awards include induction into the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society in 2023, the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Award in Research in 2016, the NIH Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program from 2008 to 2010, and the Postdoctoral Scholars Award for Research Excellence in 2008. Key publications encompass “In a country as affluent as America, people should be eating”: experiences with and perceptions of food insecurity among rural and urban Oregonians (Qualitative Health Research, 2009), Perceived discrimination during prenatal care, labor, and delivery: An examination of data from the Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (American Journal of Public Health, 2008), Behavioral economics and the supplemental nutrition assistance program: making the healthy choice the easy choice (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017), and Beyond incentives for involvement to compensation for consultants: increasing equity in CBPR approaches (Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 2013). Her contributions advance community-engaged strategies in public health nutrition and food systems.