Faculty & Staff

Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN

Assistant Professor
Department of Health Systems Science

NURS 914
UIC College of Nursing
845 South Damen Avenue (MC 802)
Chicago, IL 60612-7350

Phone: 312.355.2790
Email: szenk@uic.edu

Research / Discovery
Dr. Zenk's research focuses on social determinants of health and identification of effective environmental and policy intervention to eliminate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health. A major focus of her research is contributions of neighborhood built and social environments to obesity in urban populations. She is involved in community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships in Detroit and Chicago.

Teaching / Learning
Dr. Zenk teaches in the graduate public health nursing program. One of her courses is an interdisciplinary graduate seminar, Neighborhoods and Health (NUEL 563/CHSC 563).

Curriculum Vitae:
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Current Research Projects:

• Evaluating the Impact of a WIC Food Package Revision on Retailer Participation and Fruit/Vegtable Supply Characteristics in Northern Illinois
• Relationship Between Perceived and Objective Food Environments, Dietary Intake, and Weight Status in Latino Families
• Activity Space Envirnoments, Behaviors, and Body Weight Status in Urban Adults
• Environment & Weight-Related Behaviors in Urban Latinos
• Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown (co-I)
• Race-Related Stressor and Preterm Birth in AAW (co-I)
• Stress-Environment Interactions and Weight-Related Behaviors in Urban African and Hispanic Women
• Evaluating Economic Subsidies to Improve Dietary Intake among Low-Income Families
• Does a New Supermarket Improve Dietary Behaviors of Low-Income African American?
• Bridging the Gap: ImpacTeen Progect (#3)
• Evaluating Economic Subsidies to Improve Dietary Intake Among Low Income Families
• Healthy Environments Partnership: Lean & Green in Motown