Family Health, Nutrition, & Security
Dr. O’Reilly’s primary research interests lie in the health and nutrition of families, specifically examining the relationship between the food environment, food security, and health outcomes. Her dissertation, “Food Environment and Family Food Insecurity: Store Type and Availability with the Likelihood of Family Food Insecurity in Baltimore City”, supplemented her research on the association between physical activity, food environment and health related behaviors among low-income adolescent girls while she was a graduate research assistant for the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine.
Researcher: Nicole O’Reilly, Ph.D