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Shannon N. Zenk is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's work covers subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Transportation. Their research topics reflect these areas, emphasizing Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet; Health disparities and outcomes; Urban Transport and Accessibility; Nutritional Studies and Diet; Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations; Climate Change and Health Impacts; and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.

Recent publications by Shannon N. Zenk include:

  • Fewer Pharmacies In Black And Hispanic/Latino Neighborhoods Compared With White Or Diverse Neighborhoods, 2007-15 (2021) - Health Affairs
  • A cross-sectional comparison of meal delivery options in three international cities (2020) - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research (2024) - Nature Medicine
  • A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions (2020) - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Neighborhood Food Environment and Health Outcomes in U.S. Low-Socioeconomic Status, Racial/Ethnic Minority, and Rural Populations: A Systematic Review (2020) - Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Frequent co-authors of Shannon N. Zenk include Kelly Jones, Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, Lisa M. Powell, Ting-Ti Lin, and Pamela Martyn-Nemeth.

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • JAMA
  • Journal of Urban Health
  • Public Health Nursing
  • Health Affairs

Best Publications

  • Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: A pilot study

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Stephen A. Matthews;Angela Odoms-Young

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans : Income and Store Characteristics

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Teretha Hollis-Neely;Richard T. Campbell

  • Distance to Store, Food Prices, and Obesity in Urban Food Deserts

    Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen;Gerald P. Hunter;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, Michigan

    Shannon N. Zenk;Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Sherman A. James

  • Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Urban Population

    Shannon N. Zenk;Laurie L. Lachance;Amy J. Schulz;Graciela Mentz

  • Diet and Perceptions Change with Supermarket Introduction in a Food Desert, but Not Because of Supermarket Use

    Tamara Dubowitz;Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen;Robin Beckman

  • US secondary schools and food outlets.

    Shannon N. Zenk;Lisa M. Powell

  • Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastside.

    Amy J. Schulz;Barbara A. Israel;Shannon N. Zenk;Edith A. Parker

  • “You Have to Hunt for the Fruits, the Vegetables”: Environmental Barriers and Adaptive Strategies to Acquire Food in a Low-Income African American Neighborhood

    Shannon N. Zenk;Angela M. Odoms-Young;Constance Dallas;Elaine Hardy

  • Field validation of secondary commercial data sources on the retail food outlet environment in the U.S.

    Lisa M. Powell;Euna Han;Shannon N. Zenk;Tamkeen Khan

  • Healthy food access for urban food desert residents: examination of the food environment, food purchasing practices, diet and BMI.

    Tamara Dubowitz;Shannon N. Zenk;Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar;Deborah A. Cohen

  • Availability of commonly consumed and culturally specific fruits and vegetables in African-American and Latino neighborhoods

    Diana S. Grigsby-Toussaint;Shannon N. Zenk;Angela Odoms-Young;Laurie Ruggiero

  • Measuring Food Availability and Access in African-American Communities: Implications for Intervention and Policy

    Angela M. Odoms-Young;Shannon Zenk;Maryann Mason

  • Healthy Eating and Exercising to Reduce Diabetes: Exploring the Potential of Social Determinants of Health Frameworks Within the Context of Community-Based Participatory Diabetes Prevention

    Amy J. Schulz;Shannon N. Zenk;Angela Odoms-Young;Teretha Hollis-Neely

  • Relationships among neighborhood environment, racial discrimination, psychological distress, and preterm birth in African American women.

    Carmen Giurgescu;Shannon N. Zenk;Barbara L. Dancy;Chang G. Park

  • Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in Detroit.

    Amy J. Schulz;Shannon N. Zenk;Barbara A. Israel;Graciela Mentz

  • Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment

    Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar;Gerald Hunter;Rebecca L. Collins;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Relative and Absolute Availability of Healthier Food and Beverage Alternatives Across Communities in the United States

    Shannon N. Zenk;Lisa M. Powell;Leah Rimkus;Zeynep Isgor

  • Associations of Supermarket Characteristics with Weight Status and Body Fat: A Multilevel Analysis of Individuals within Supermarkets (RECORD Study)

    Basile Chaix;Kathy Bean;Mark Daniel;Shannon N. Zenk

  • Healthy Food Access for Urban Food Desert Residents

    Tamara Dubowitz;Shannon N. Zenk;Madhumita Ghosh Dastidar;Deborah Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa M. Powell
Lisa M. Powell University of Illinois at Chicago
Amy J. Schulz
Amy J. Schulz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen A. Matthews
Stephen A. Matthews Pennsylvania State University
Barbara A. Israel
Barbara A. Israel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Deborah A. Cohen
Deborah A. Cohen Kaiser Permanente
Steven Cummins
Steven Cummins London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Richard T. Campbell
Richard T. Campbell University of Illinois at Chicago
Thomas Templin
Thomas Templin Wayne State University
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
Guadalupe X. Ayala
Guadalupe X. Ayala San Diego State University

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