"Food Pharmacy" with Stacie Renee Schmidt, MD

Stacie Renee Schmidt, MD is a health services researcher and clinical educator at Emory University School of Medicine, working in the urban public hospital setting of Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on understanding disparities and improving the health and healthcare of patients. For nearly a decade, Dr. Schmidt has worked to identify and address social determinants of health affecting ambulatory patients in the primary care setting, particularly enhancing patient self-efficacy around self-management of disease through the adoption of healthy behaviors and by addressing food insecurity. In this conversation, Dr. Schmidt shares her experience addressing food insecurity and diet-related illnesses by embedding a free fruit and vegetable prescription (FVRx) program within Group Classes offered to patients with diet-related illnesses. Her work was implemented in collaboration with community partners including Georgia Wholesome Wave, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Project Open Hand. To learn more about various partners mentioned above, please visit: https://www.wholesomewavegeorgia.org https://openhandatlanta.org