“Nutrition and Longevity: from Farm to Table”
Engaged Opportunity Grant
In 2022 Giulia together with Dr. Michelle Loy (MD), head of the Integrative Health and Well-Being, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian and community partner Nikki Miller at Harlem Grown, New York city were awarded an Engaged Opportunity Grant titled: “Nutrition and Longevity: from Farm to Table” to start a new collaboration involving 1. Cornell undergraduate students enrolled in PLBIO2100 Medical Ethnobotany 2. Cornell medical students who are part of the LEAP program (Longitudinal Educational Experience Advancing Patient Partnerships, a mandatory curriculum based in patient perspectives, medical humanities, and practice of medicine) 3. Kids and Teens Healthy Weight Program – patients of Dr. Censani, pediatric endocrinology WCM/NYP* 4. Black adolescent girls with prediabetes (NIH Trial) by Dr. Tashara Leak, assistant professor at the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University* (https://pediatrics.weill.cornell.edu/news/new-study-aims-address-needs-black-adolescent-girls-prediabetes) 5. WCM/NYP Oncology patients of Dr. Loy
https://www.nyp.org/integrative-health-program/events
See: Living Well with and After Cancer6. Underserved minority population related to Cornell HeartSmarts Community program in New York City, https://healthmatters.nyp.org/inside-nyp-naa-solo-tettey/
7. Members of Harlem Grown, working in the farm and possibly any students introduced to Harlem Grown the Alternatives Breaks programs.
“Connecting Cornell Students to the Cayuga Nation”
Engaged opportunity grant
In 2018 Giulia received an Engaged opportunity grant from Engaged Cornell: “Connecting Cornell Students to the Cayuga Nation” – Hosting the Cayuga Nation Chief Sam George to further the relationship between Cornell students and local indigenous people”
Depending on their major, Cornell students often lack meaningful exposure to and connections with the Ithaca region’s Native American communities. During the course of the semester, students learn about the use of medicinal plants among Native Americans and Native communities around the world throughout the centuries, their cosmological view of the universe and search for balance among the body, mind and spirit in the treatment of the disease and maintenance of health. They also learn about Indigenous property rights, appropriate regulations and compensation to the native people, conservation of resources (cultural and biological), and the loss of native languages. This project brought Chief Sam George of the Cayuga Nation to campus to work with students in the classroom for a memorable interactive live lecture and discussion.
Listen to the podcast speaking Language on Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom, with Giulia Friso, Plant Biology, Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouellett, Center for Teaching Innovation
For more information please visit:
https://engaged.cornell.edu/recipient/connecting-cornell-students-to-the-cayuga-nation/ and
http://cayuganation-nsn.gov/index.html
