Anisha Patel, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Education & Training
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- M.S.H.S. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program University of California, Los Angeles 2009
- Chief Residency Pediatrics Stanford 2006
- Residency Pediatrics Stanford 2005
- M.D. School of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2002
- M.S.P.H. Maternal and Child Health University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2001
Interests
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- Drinking Water Access
- Lobbying
- Social marketing
- Policy advocacy
- Works-in-progress seminars
- Practice guidelines
- Brief implementation science training courses
- Obesity Prevention
- Motivational interviewing
- Community-based organization
- Children
- Implementation & dissemination science listservs
- Education
- Interdisciplinary research collaboration
- Socioeconomically marginalized groups
- Clinic
- School
- limited English proficiency
- Child Care Facilities
- Schools
- youth
- Implementation Science
- Beverage Intake
Websites
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- Sugar Science (sugarscience.org)
Videos
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- Share the Love, Share the Water (youtube.com)
- A Compartir el Amor, A Compartir el Agua (youtube.com)
- Drink More Water by Andy Z (youtube.com)
- Quick and Healthy Flavored Waters (youtube.com)
Grants and Projects
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- A Multi-Level Intervention to Promote Healthy Beverage Intake through Childcare, NIH, 2021-2026
- The Impact of School Water Access on Child Food and Beverage Intake and Obesity, NIH, 2016-2021
- Increasing Water Intake In Lieu of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Latino Youth, NIH, 2012-2016
- Community Partnering to Encourage Healthy Beverage Intake through Child Care, NIH, 2011-2016
Publications (62)
Top publication keywords:
Dietary SucroseDrinking BehaviorRefuse DisposalDrinking WaterNutritive ValueFood ServicesNutrition PolicyDrinkingStudentsSchoolsWater QualityWater SupplyHealth PromotionBeveragesSchool Health Services
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The Benefits and Challenges of Providing School Meals during the First Year of California's Universal School Meal Policy as Reported by School Foodservice Professionals.
Nutrients 2024 Zuercher MD, Orta-Aleman D, Cohen JFW, Hecht CA, Hecht K, Polacsek M, Patel AI, Ritchie LD, Gosliner W -
Universal School Meals During the Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Parent Perceptions From California and Maine.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2024 Chapman LE, Gosliner W, Olarte DA, Ritchie LD, Schwartz MB, Polacsek M, Hecht CE, Hecht K, Turner L, Patel AI, Zuercher MD, Read M, Daly TP, Cohen JFW -
Parent perceptions of school meals and how perceptions differ by race and ethnicity.
Health affairs scholar 2024 Zuercher MD, Cohen JFW, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Hecht CA, Hecht K, Polacsek M, Olarte DA, Read M, Patel AI, Schwartz MB, Chapman LE, Orta-Aleman D, Ritchie LD, Gosliner W -
A Comprehensive Examination of the Contaminants in Drinking Water in Public Schools in California, 2017-2022.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2023 Garvey KA, Edwards MA, Blacker LS, Hecht CE, Parks JL, Patel AI -
Effectiveness of a School Drinking Water Promotion and Access Program for Overweight Prevention.
Pediatrics 2023 Patel AI, Schmidt LA, McCulloch CE, Blacker LS, Cabana MD, Brindis CD, Ritchie LD
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Drink Tap: A Multisector Program to Promote Water Access and Intake in San Francisco Parks.
Preventing chronic disease 2023 Rosenthal MD, Schmidt LA, Vargas R, Blacker LS, McCulloch CE, Ezennia J, Patel AI -
Incidence of Neonatal Hypothermia in the Newborn Nursery and Associated Factors.
JAMA network open 2023 Dang R, Patel AI, Weng Y, Schroeder AR, Lee HC, Aby J, Frymoyer A -
Parent Perception of School Meals in the San Joaquin Valley during COVID-19: A Photovoice Project.
Nutrients 2023 Sohlberg TM, Higuchi EC, Ordonez VM, Escobar GV, De La Rosa A, Islas G, Castro C, Hecht K, Hecht CE, Bruce JS, Patel AI -
Implementation of Universal School Meals during COVID-19 and beyond: Challenges and Benefits for School Meals Programs in Maine.
Nutrients 2022 Cohen JFW, Polacsek M, Hecht CE, Hecht K, Read M, Olarte DA, Patel AI, Schwartz MB, Turner L, Zuercher M, Gosliner W, Ritchie LD -
A Cross-sectional Study Characterizing Pediatric Temperature Percentiles in Children at Well-Child Visits.
Academic pediatrics 2022 Dang R, Schroeder AR, Weng Y, Wang ME, Patel AI -
Water Security Experiences and Water Intake Among Elementary Students at Low-Income Schools: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Academic pediatrics 2022 Ezennia J, Schmidt LA, Ritchie LD, Blacker L, McCulloch CE, Patel AI -
Frequency and Consequences of Routine Temperature Measurement at Well-Child Visits.
Pediatrics 2022 Dang R, Patel AI, Marlow J, Weng Y, Wang ME, Schroeder AR -
Storybooks About Healthy Beverage Consumption: Effects in an Online Randomized Experiment With Parents.
American journal of preventive medicine 2021 Grummon AH, Sokol RL, Goodman D, Hecht CA, Salvia M, Musicus AA, Patel AI -
Mitigating childhood food insecurity during COVID-19: a qualitative study of how school districts in California's San Joaquin Valley responded to growing needs.
Public health nutrition 2021 Jowell AH, Bruce JS, Escobar GV, Ordonez VM, Hecht CA, Patel AI -
Strength and Comprehensiveness of Drinking Water Language in California School District Wellness Policies.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2021 Sharma P, Altman EA, Hampton KE, Moreno GD, Hecht CA, Patel AI -
Examining recent trends in the racial disparity gap in tap water consumption: NHANES 2011-2018.
Public health nutrition 2021 Rosinger AY, Patel AI, Weaks F -
The Importance of Body Mass Index Assessment and Surveillance in Schools.
JAMA pediatrics 2021 Patel AI, Sanchez-Vaznaugh EV, Woodward-Lopez G -
Temperature Measurement at Well-Child Visits in the United States.
The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Dang R, Schroeder AR, Patel AI, Parsonnet J, Wang ME -
Water Safety in California Public Schools Following Implementation of School Drinking Water Policies.
Preventing chronic disease 2020 Umunna IL, Blacker LS, Hecht CE, Edwards MA, Altman EA, Patel AI -
A cluster-randomized controlled trial of an elementary school drinking water access and promotion intervention: Rationale, study design, and protocol.
Contemporary clinical trials 2020 Moreno GD, Schmidt LA, Ritchie LD, McCulloch CE, Cabana MD, Brindis CD, Green LW, Altman EA, Patel AI -
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children - CORRIGENDUM.
Public health nutrition 2020 Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A -
Healthy beverage initiatives in higher education: an untapped strategy for health promotion.
Public health nutrition 2020 Patel AI, Schmidt LA -
Drinking Water in the United States: Implications of Water Safety, Access, and Consumption.
Annual review of nutrition 2020 Patel AI, Hecht CE, Cradock A, Edwards MA, Ritchie LD -
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children.
Public health nutrition 2020 Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A -
Drinking water access in California schools: Room for improvement following implementation of school water policies.
Preventive medicine reports 2020 Altman EA, Lee KL, Hecht CA, Hampton KE, Moreno G, Patel AI -
Stories of success: a qualitative examination of contributors to excellence in school drinking water access.
Public health nutrition 2020 Cooper AY, Altman E, Hecht CE, Bruce J, Patel AI -
Hydrate Philly: An Intervention to Increase Water Access and Appeal in Recreation Centers.
Preventing chronic disease 2020 Lawman HG, Grossman S, Lofton X, Tasian G, Patel AI -
Development and Validation of a Photo-Evidence Tool to Examine Characteristics of Effective Drinking Water Access in Schools.
The Journal of school health 2020 Patel AI, Podrabsky M, Hecht AA, Morris S, Yovanovich S, Walkinshaw LP, Ritchie L, Hecht C -
Agua4All: Providing Safe Drinking Water in Rural California Communities.
Preventing chronic disease 2019 Patel AI, Hecht AA, Hampton KE, Hecht C, Buck S -
End-tidal carbon dioxide underestimates plasma carbon dioxide during emergent trauma laparotomy leading to hypoventilation and misguided resuscitation: A Western Trauma Association Multicenter Study.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2019 Campion EM, Robinson CK, Brant N, Ferrigno L, McIntyre R, Biesterveld B, Alam H, Callcut R, Mishra S, Platt B, Moore MM, Nahmias J, Grigorian A, Dance S, Britton L, Schroeppel T, Rodriquez J, Shatz D,… -
Teachers as Healthy Beverage Role Models: Relationship of Student and Teacher Beverage Choices in Elementary Schools.
Journal of community health 2019 Laguna MC, Hecht AA, Ponce J, Jue T, Brindis CD, Patel AI -
Effects of a multipronged beverage intervention on young children's beverage intake and weight: a cluster-randomized pilot study.
Public health nutrition 2019 Grummon AH, Cabana MD, Hecht AA, Alkon A, McCulloch CE, Brindis CD, Patel AI -
A systematic review of strategies to increase drinking-water access and consumption among 0- to 5-year-olds.
Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2019 Cradock AL, Poole MK, Agnew KE, Flax C, Plank K, Capdarest-Arest N, Patel AI -
The association of flavored milk consumption with milk and energy intake, and obesity: A systematic review.
Preventive medicine 2018 Patel AI, Moghadam SD, Freedman M, Hazari A, Fang ML, Allen IE -
Validation of a survey to examine drinking-water access, practices and policies in schools.
Public health nutrition 2017 Hecht AA, Grumbach JM, Hampton KE, Hecht K, Braff-Guajardo E, Brindis CD, McCulloch CE, Patel AI -
Water Access in the United States: Health Disparities Abound and Solutions Are Urgently Needed.
American journal of public health 2017 Patel AI, Schmidt LA -
Validation of a Brief Questionnaire Against Direct Observation to Assess Adolescents' School Lunchtime Beverage Consumption.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2017 Grummon AH, Hampton KE, Hecht A, Oliva A, McCulloch CE, Brindis CD, Patel AI -
Public Perception of Quality and Support for Required Access to Drinking Water in Schools and Parks.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2016 Long MW, Gortmaker SL, Patel AI, Onufrak SJ, Wilking CL, Cradock AL -
A Trial of the Efficacy and Cost of Water Delivery Systems in San Francisco Bay Area Middle Schools, 2013.
Preventing chronic disease 2016 Patel AI, Grummon AH, Hampton KE, Oliva A, McCulloch CE, Brindis CD -
Maximizing School Policies to Reduce Youth Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016 Patel AI, Brindis CD -
San Francisco childcare centers' preparedness in the prevention and management of asthma among preschool-aged children.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2016 Young CA, Stookey J, Patel AI, Chan C, Evans J, Cohn K, Agana L, Yen IH, Fernandez A, Cabana MD -
Association Between Student Purchases of Beverages During the School Commute and In-School Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, San Francisco Bay Area, 2013.
Preventing chronic disease 2015 Grummon AH, Oliva A, Hampton KE, Patel AI -
Chocolate Milk in Schools.
Pediatrics 2015 Dooley D, Patel A, Schmidt LA -
Lunchtime School Water Availability and Water Consumption Among California Adolescents.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2015 Bogart LM, Babey SH, Patel AI, Wang P, Schuster MA -
Drinking water in California child care sites before and after 2011-2012 beverage policy.
Preventing chronic disease 2015 Ritchie LD, Yoshida S, Sharma S, Patel A, Vitale EH, Hecht K -
Development of a Tool to Evaluate Asthma Preparedness and Management in Child-Care Centers.
Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology 2015 Young CA, Chan C, Stookey J, Patel AI, Evans J, Cohn K, Agana L, Yen IH, Fernandez A, Cabana MD -
Reach Out and Eat: Food and Beverages Depicted in Books for Preschoolers.
Clinical pediatrics 2015 England JL, Linchey J, Madsen KA, Patel AI -
Middle school student attitudes about school drinking fountains and water intake.
Academic pediatrics 2014 Patel AI, Bogart LM, Klein DJ, Uyeda KE, Hawes-Dawson J, Schuster MA -
Tapping into water: key considerations for achieving excellence in school drinking water access.
American journal of public health 2014 Patel AI, Hecht K, Hampton KE, Grumbach JM, Braff-Guajardo E, Brindis CD -
Striving for meaningful policies to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake among young children.
Pediatrics 2013 Patel AI, Ritchie L -
Sociodemographic characteristics and beverage intake of children who drink tap water.
American journal of preventive medicine 2013 Patel AI, Shapiro DJ, Wang YC, Cabana MD -
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage and 100% fruit juice consumption among California children.
Academic pediatrics 2013 Beck AL, Patel A, Madsen K -
Hypertension screening during ambulatory pediatric visits in the United States, 2000-2009.
Pediatrics 2012 Shapiro DJ, Hersh AL, Cabana MD, Sutherland SM, Patel AI -
Observations of drinking water access in school food service areas before implementation of federal and state school water policy, California, 2011.
Preventing chronic disease 2012 Patel AI, Chandran K, Hampton KE, Hecht K, Grumbach JM, Kimura AT, Braff-Guajardo E, Brindis CD -
Missing documentation of weight and height at preventive visits for children.
Clinical pediatrics 2012 Burman NJ, Cabana MD, Maselli JH, Hilton JF, Patel AI -
Is severity of obesity associated with diagnosis or health education practices?
International journal of obesity (2005) 2012 Leventer-Roberts M, Patel A, Trasande L -
Encouraging consumption of water in school and child care settings: access, challenges, and strategies for improvement.
American journal of public health 2011 Patel AI, Hampton KE -
Increasing the availability and consumption of drinking water in middle schools: a pilot study.
Preventing chronic disease 2011 Patel AI, Bogart LM, Elliott MN, Lamb S, Uyeda KE, Hawes-Dawson J, Klein DJ, Schuster MA -
Encouraging healthy beverage intake in child care and school settings.
Current opinion in pediatrics 2010 Patel AI, Cabana MD -
Underdiagnosis of pediatric obesity during outpatient preventive care visits.
Academic pediatrics 2010 Patel AI, Madsen KA, Maselli JH, Cabana MD, Stafford RS, Hersh AL -
Perceptions about availability and adequacy of drinking water in a large California school district.
Preventing chronic disease 2010 Patel AI, Bogart LM, Uyeda KE, Rabin A, Schuster MA -
School site visits for community-based participatory research on healthy eating.
American journal of preventive medicine 2009 Patel AI, Bogart LM, Uyeda KE, Martinez H, Knizewski R, Ryan GW, Schuster MA