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 David Tian
Field Placement: Food & Friends (Washington, D.C.)
Food & Friends is an organization that provides nutritional counseling, prepared meals, and groceries to individuals living with life-challenging illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer. David conducted Food & Friends’ first focus group study assessing the cultural appropriateness of current services for African American clients with diabetes. He also created a toolkit to evaluate Food & Friends’ potential involvement in diabetes prevention.
Hunger Free Community Report: Identifying Best Practices in Diabetes Prevention is a comprehensive toolkit that forms the foundation for Food & Friends’ potential involvement in primary diabetes prevention. The toolkit’s five modules draw upon health sciences literature and two original studies to offer specific recommendations for determining the target population, intervention strategies, and program duration of diabetes prevention initiatives in Washington, D.C.
Policy Placement: Families USA (Washington, D.C.)
As a member of the Health Policy Department, David is focusing on access and cost issues in the private health insurance market. He is researching and assessing the differences in state regulations of health insurance and the effect of un-insurance on American cities.
Education and Experience: David graduated with honors from Yale University in 2007 with a degree in biology. David coordinated the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project and an afternoon drop-in center for the homeless, interned at the Hill Health Center’s Homeless Health Care Program, and served as a voting member of New Haven’s Homeless Advisory Commission. David also chaired the Asian American Studies Task Force and volunteered at a free health clinic. David was born in Harbin, China and grew up in Georgia with his family.
 Lindsey Baker
Field Placement: Food & Friends (Washington, D.C.)
Food & Friends is an organization that provides nutritional counseling, prepared meals, and groceries to individuals living with life-challenging illnesses. Lindsey conducted 50 home visits to assess the unique needs of clients living with diabetes in addition to HIV/AIDS or cancer. She also assisted in the development of a diabetes prevention toolkit by surveying diabetes health care professionals on best practices and community needs.
Hunger Free Community Report: Improving Services: Suggestions for Food & Friends to Better Serve Diabetic Clients examines diabetic clients' management of diabetes, their understanding of received services, and suggestions for service improvements. Combining data from home assessments and a focus group, background literature, and the American Diabetes Association's nutrition recommendations, the report presents a plan for Food & Friends to improve its services for diabetic clients.
Policy Placement: America’s Second Harvest (Washington, D.C.)
As part of the Government Relations and Public Policy Department, Lindsey is assisting staff with their research, advocacy, and public education initiatives. She is currently developing an electronic briefing book on federal nutrition programs and anti-hunger legislative efforts in Congress.
Education and Experience: Lindsey graduated with High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University with a degree in psychology and sociology. At Emory, she was a Tritt Social Justice Fellow, an Emory Scholar, and the Co-Director of Volunteer Emory. She studied abroad in Melbourne, Australia, and participated in alternative break trips to New Orleans and Belarus. Originally from Tucson, AZ, Lindsey has worked for Angel Charity for Children, the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA, and the DeKalb Child Advocacy Office.
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