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Cara Ruggiero, PhD, RD, LDN

@cararuggiero.bsky.social

Research Associate @ Cambridge UD>PSU>Harvard>Cambridge Family systems, interventions, and policies to address obesity and food insecurity Opinions my own

342 Followers  |  188 Following  |  24 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024
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Posts by Cara Ruggiero, PhD, RD, LDN (@cararuggiero.bsky.social)

"Nutrition must no longer remain a missing pillar in obesity management medication care."

@drmariespreckley.bsky.social @cararuggiero.bsky.social & Adrian Brown on lessons from bariatric interventions on nutritional support needed for GLP-1 receptor agonist assisted weight loss therapy.

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17.11.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot off the press πŸ”₯ Amazing work to be a part of led by @drmariespreckley.bsky.social and @adrianbrown.bsky.social. Watch this space!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

16.11.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to @drmariespreckley.bsky.social for securing her first independent research grant: Amplifying Meaningful Perspectives and Lived experiences of Incretin therapy use From diverse community voices (AMPLIFY) πŸŽ‰Thrilled to be collaborating with you on this!

29.09.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”₯Hot off the press! We aimed to describe the development and application of a cost tool to help predict return on investment and sustainability of the Healthy Weight Clinic Family Healthy Weight Program.

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28.06.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Effect of a care‐coordinated responsive parenting intervention on obesogenic risk behaviours among mother–infant dyads enrolled in WIC Background Integrating health care and social care presents opportunities to deliver responsive parenting (RP) interventions for childhood obesity prevention. Objectives This analysis examined the...

πŸ”₯ New paper alert on findings from the WEE Baby Care intervention, which decreased obesogenic risk behaviours among mother–infant dyads enrolled in WIC in the US.

Link to the full text below:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.05.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a pleasure attending the launch of The Food Foundation’s new report: β€œBoosting Early Years Nutrition to Support a Healthy Childhood.” Many thanks to @hannahbrins.bsky.social as well as the other organizers and speakers for a great event. I even ran into @drmariespreckley.bsky.social !

18.05.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (m/w/d)

🎺COME WORK WITH US @LMU Munich on a new research project: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d.... (postdoc/3 years/full-time). We will develop and evaluate an agile and needs-oriented Research Data Management certificate course for researchers in psychology. Application Deadline: *May 31*

05.05.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Job alert! My colleagues are recruiting Intervention Facilitators for a NIHR-funded trial - perfect for health coaches/assistant psychs/student dietitians with an interest in weight management.

17.04.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are recruiting for postdoc positions in the Department of Public Health, Social & Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University, Mannheim Medical Faculty, www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/cpd/public-h... bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/46...
I'm happy to answer any questions.

14.04.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term) in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.

We are hiring! We're looking for two post-doc researchers to help us deliver a randomised controlled trial of group model building to address inequalities in diet in English local authorities.

Two 3y posts, ideally starting in July. Closing date 4 May.

Full details: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50905/

02.04.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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The 2025 issue 2 of the epigram newsletter is out now

Reframing food and rethinking policy
Transport and planetary health
What is a healthy weight?

Featured are @martinwhite33.bsky.social, @jeanmadams.bsky.social, Dr @cararuggiero.bsky.social, & @drmariespreckley.bsky.social

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02.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to this dynamic duo!

02.04.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Nancy! Great work :)

31.03.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to see the great work of Dr Jenna Panter featured here!

19.03.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this talk at the Cambridge Festival with two experts from @mrcepid.bsky.social including the superstar Dr @amyahern.bsky.social !

19.03.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at King's College London Discover an exciting academic career path as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

🚨 HIRING 🚨 a Postdoctoal Associate in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social. My group's research aims to understand how social and physical environments impact brain and behaviour development.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLX655/p...

Accepting applications until the 15th of March!

07.03.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dave Lagnado is looking for a post doc to work on causal inference! The BR-UK team is doing some very cool stuff, so if you're currently looking for a job, check this out: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

05.03.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Research Fellow at University of Glasgow Browse professional service jobs like Research Fellow at jobs.ac.uk. Apply and access additional details about the job today.

I’m looking for a Research Fellow to join me & my team to contribute to ongoing and new research. Team player, grant and paper writer, interested in making a difference, esp. health equity. Feel free to get in touch
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA604/r... (note: classification error: it’s a research job)

26.02.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Queensland Health Position Available!
Part-time 'Research Translation Officer' position available with Sunshine Coast Health. Applications close 12 March 2025
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10.03.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the opportunity to be featured in this wonderful campaign @mrcepid.bsky.social and for your support of women in science! #IWD2025

10.03.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland: Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships Key responsibilities will include devising and implementing a comprehensive fundraising strategy, managing relationships with corporate partners, individual donors, and philanthropic foundations, and ...

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland is seeking a Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships

www.activelink.ie/vacancies/he...

Hope they have a solid #ConflictOfInterest Policy in place!

08.03.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Economics We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out teaching and research in Economics? Do you have an excellent research record and a potent...

We have up to two permanent lecturer positions in the Dept of Economics at the University of Leeds. Would love to get at least one new behavioural/experimental friend! Details: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

04.03.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

πŸ“’Job alert!

Post-doctoral fellowship on health disparities in cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

www.sbm.org/UserFiles/im...

06.03.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

What an honor! Thank you @mrcepid.bsky.social for the support of this work and my partner in crime, the brilliant @drmariespreckley.bsky.social. I also want to acknowledge our wonderful collaborators @cpft-nhs.bsky.social.
#ChildNutrition #FoodInsecurity #FamilySystems #SPROUTStudy

06.03.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing work @julia-mueller-phd.bsky.social , @amyahern.bsky.social and team 🀩

01.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Fellow at University of Glasgow Apply for the Research Fellow job on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for professional services positions in higher education.

VACANCY - We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow (Grade 8) to join Prof. Petra Meier's Systems Science in Public Health research group.

⏲️part-time, 28 hours per week
πŸ—“οΈcloses 18th March
πŸ“© @pmeierprof.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA604/r...

26.02.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Small groups of students socialising on New Court lawn. In the foreground, one student lies on his front, studying.

Small groups of students socialising on New Court lawn. In the foreground, one student lies on his front, studying.

Job Opportunity!

Pembroke is looking to appoint a Head of Student Wellbeing to develop, lead and deliver the College’s strategy for student mental health and wellbeing support.

More details: www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/job-...

#JobOpportunity #StudentWellbeing #PembrokeCollegeCambridge

28.02.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New PhD opportunity in nutrition and metabolism at @uniofbath.bsky.social - closing date 31st March. Come and join CNEM! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

25.02.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Favourite job I've ever had! Wonderful team. Exeter base, but flexible. Give me a shout if you have any questions. #HealthResearch #NIHR @nihrarcs.bsky.social

18.02.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0