Michele Polacsek is a 2021 recipient of a High-Impact Award from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB)

Michele Polacsek, Ph.D., M.H.S., professor of public health and director of the Center for Excellence in Public Health at UNE, is a 2021 recipient of a High-Impact Award from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) for her article  Polacsek M., Moran A., Thorndike A.N., Boulos R., Franckle R.L., Greene J.C., Blue D.J., Block J.P., Rimm E.B. A Supermarket Double-Dollar Incentive Program Increases Purchases of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Families With Children: The Healthy Double Study. J Nutr Educ Behav https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(17)30896-5/fulltext which has been cited 27 times since publication in the journal. The recognitions in 2021 are given to authors of papers published in 2018 in JNEB and that have been highly cited since publication.