Collaborative Obesity Modeling Network

COMNet

Five varied and advanced projects out of Australia, Canada, England and the United States, co-funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child and Health Development (NICHD), and Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR)

• Columbia University
  
  Principal Investigator
  Dr. Steve Gortmaker
  Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Deakin University
  
  Principal Investigator
  Dr. Marj Moodie
  Associate Professor
  Population Health SRC Deakin University
  
  Dr. Boyd Swinburn
  Professor
  School of Health and Social Development Deakin University
• Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
  
  Project Title
  A model of policies directed at youth sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
  
  Principal Investigator
  Dr. David Levy
  Senior Scientist
  Center for Public Health Improvement and Innovation
  PIRE
• Statistics Canada
  
  Principal Investigator
  Dr. Bill Flanagan
  Chief of Microsimulation
  Health Analysis Division
  Statistics Canada
• University of Oxford & National Heart Forum
  
  Project Title
  Modelling trends in overweight and obesity amongst children and youths in England
  
  Principal Investigator
  Dr. Klim McPherson
  Visiting Professor in Epidemiology
  Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  University of Oxford