Center for a Livable Future Staff Recognized for Excellence in Teaching in the Fourth Term
Aug 05, 2026
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future’s (CLF) Education & Training Program has grown steadily for nearly 30 years, through academic programs at Johns Hopkins University, educational outreach and training, and the development of educational tools and resources. This robust collection of offerings includes courses, certificate programs, an MPH concentration, doctoral fellowships, advising and mentoring capstones and practicums, online courses such as Coursera, a food systems primer, and FoodSpan, a free, downloadable curriculum.
The Center’s education and training activities aim to advance a healthier, more equitable, and resilient food system, and cultivate systems thinking and collaboration among students, educators, researchers, policymakers, advocacy organizations, and communities. Building the next generation of food systems experts is an essential piece of CLF’s mission, which it achieves through offerings designed for both students and professionals.
In the fourth term of the 2025-2026 academic year, seven CLF staff achieved excellence in teaching Bloomberg School of Public Health courses that contribute to the knowledge base necessary for food system reform. Those recognized include Patti Truant Anderson, Meghan Davis, Chris Heaney, Sara Lupolt, Keeve Nachman, Roni Neff, and Andrew Thorne-Lyman. The courses were Media Interviews and Applied Public Health Communications (taught by Anderson), Writing Scientific Papers II (taught by Davis), Teaching Environmental Health (taught by Davis), Total Worker Health (taught by Davis), One Health Seminar (taught by Davis), Essentials of One Health (taught by Davis), Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (taught by Heaney), Topics in Risk Assessment (taught by Lupolt and Nachman), Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study of Urban Food Environments (taught by Neff), and International Nutrition (taught by Thorne-Lyman).
During each term of the academic year, students from the Bloomberg School submit course evaluations in order to recognize outstanding faculty who have significantly contributed to their intellectual life through excellence in teaching. Honorees for this recognition have received an average score of 3.6 or above (on a four-point scale) in both the Overall Course and Overall Instructor categories of their student evaluations with a response rate of 70% or higher.
CLF extends its congratulations to these seven staff members, along with the rest of the honorees for the fourth term. The full list of honorees from the Bloomberg School can be found here.