Christina Stark
Prior to retiring in 2019, I was the Program Leader for Cornell NutritionWorks, an online professional development program for nutrition and health practitioners. As Program Leader I oversaw the content and structure of the website, plus developed marketing and evaluation strategies. For 38 years I was responsible for interpreting and communicating research-based information on food and nutrition issues to extension educators, other professionals, consumers, and the media.
My most recent interests focused on providing continuing professional education to
Patricia Ann Cassano
Patricia A. Cassano, MPH, Ph.D., is the Alan D. Mathios Professor Emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University. The Division of Nutritional Sciences is in the Colleges of Human Ecology and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dr. Cassano served as Interim Director (2018-2019), then as Director of the Division of Nutrition Sciences (2019-Jan 2024). She is also Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences Division of Epidemiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and
- Sep 5, 2025
- by Anthony D. Ong and Frank D. Mann
- Holistic Human Health
The lifelong consequences of social connection
This article originally appeared on the Character & Context Blog from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
The ties that bind — and fray
Using data from over 6000 participants in the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study, we developed a new way of measuring social well-being across early life and later adulthood. This measure of cumulative social advantage looks at the number, quality, and supportiveness of people’s relationships — from childhood caregivers
Michelle Scott-Pierce
As the Associate Director of Operations/EFNEP Coordinator for New York State, Michelle provides leadership and operational oversight under the guidance of the Director of FNEC. Michelle administers WebNEERS, ensuring the program meets its reporting and evaluation needs, and spearheads the development and implementation of training for EFNEP staff in both in-person and online formats.
Michelle coordinates the submission of budget projections and oversees expenditures, maintaining strict compliance with Institutional Review Board (IRB) and USDA/NIFA requirements
Deborah Sellers
Deborah Sellers serves as the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Residential Child Care Project (RCCP) in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR). In this position she facilitates research and evaluation activities in RCCP by identifying new avenues for research, supporting the development of new proposals, monitoring and/or assisting with data collection, processing, and analyses, and writing manuscripts for publication. Dr. Sellers also oversees the data collection efforts associated with the implementation of RCCP's Children