Grand Rounds: Racially-Targeted Food & Beverage Marketing in the Digital Environment

Join us for Grand Rounds with Omni Cassidy, PhD!

Dr. Cassidy will discuss the potential implications of racially-targeted food and beverage marketing through digital environments.

About the Speaker

Omni Cassidy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Langone Health where she directs the Food, Culture, & Tech Lab.

She examines the intersections of food, culture, and technology with a specific focus on how food and beverage companies use advanced digital technologies to market unhealthy products to communities of color.

Her research interests include health disparities, using innovative technologies to assess food choices and the food environment, community engagement, and food marketing.

This lecture will be held on the CUNY SPH campus, but those who are unable to attend in person will be able to tune in to a livestream via Zoom. All those who wish to attend should RSVP. Virtual attendees will receive the livestream link after registering.