Professor & Director, Children’s Healthy Living Center of ExcellenceCollege of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Work Email: novotny@hawaii.edu
Research Interests
Nutritional epidemiology, global nutrition, breast feeding and growth.
Recent Publications
- Aflague TA, Leon Guerrero RT, Delormier T, Novotny R, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ. Examining the Influence of Cultural Immersion on Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Children in Guam: the Traditions pilot study. Nutrients. 2020, 12, 18; doi:10.3390/nu12010018. CHL Project.
- Butel J, Braun KL, Nigg CR, Davis J, Boushey C, Leon Guerrero R, Bersamin A, Coleman P, Fleming T, Novotny R. Implementation Strategies and Barriers to Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders Community Interventions: A Cross-Case Study of the Children’s Healthy Living Program. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 2019:Vol. 10, No. 3, 282–2911948-1985/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/
aap0000135. - Novotny R, Davis J, Butel J, Boushey CJ, Fialkowski MK, Nigg DR, Braun KL, Leon Guerrero RL, Coleman P, Bersamin A, Area A, Barber LR, Belyeu-Camacho T, Greenberg J, Fleming T, Delacruz-Talbert E, Yamanaka A, Wilkens LR. Effect of the Children’s Healthy Living program on Young Child overweight, obesity and acanthosis nigricans in the US affiliated Pacific region: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(6):E183896. DOI:10.1001/JAMAnetworkopen.20
18.3896.
Recent Grants
- Children`s Healthy Living Center of Excellence (CHL Center). Principal Investigator/Project Director. Novotny, R. $2,125,903. USDA/NIFA/AFRI. Award 2018-69001-27551 (3/1/18-2/28/23)
- Children’s Healthy Living Network (CHLN) in the US Affiliated Pacific. USDA/NIFA/Hatch/Multistate Project. W1194 (12/5/16-9/30/21). Hawaii Representative.
- Children's Healthy Living Dietetics Scholarship Program (CHLD) Principal Investigator, Revilla, MKF. USDA/NIFA/AFRI Award 2018-38413-28140. $200,000, Co- PD
- Western Region Public Health Training Center. Principal Investigator, Taren, D. HRSA Grant No. UB6HP31687. July 1, 2018-June 30, 2022. Total Award $4,053,812. (1,013,453 per year) Novotny, R. Hawaii Site PI.
Current Graduate Students (Chair)
- Michelle Blas Laguana (PhD Nutritional Sciences) Child food frequency questionnaire for Guam. Chair.
- Pauline McFall (PhD Nutritional Sciences) Child diet and obesity in American Samoa. Chair.
- Rica Delacruz (PhD Public Health) Multilevel determinants of child obesity in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Chair.