SHANNON JONES

Shannon utilizes community engaged research to understand and address determinants of health, including access to healthful foods and other basic needs. She collaborates with a variety of service agencies and nonprofits that work with individuals and families facing housing insecurity or homelessness. She is delving into Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science, which studies the processes of moving research evidence into community and clinical action.

Shannon is the Executive Director of the University of Utah's Center for Community Nutrition, where she oversees the childhood prevention programs for the Driving Out Diabetes Initiative. She is also a Co-Investigator and the Dissemination and Translation lead for the Mountain West Prevention Research Center based at the University of Utah.