On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, Hadis Dastgerdizad, Ph.D. candidate in the Kinesiology program successfully defended her dissertation “The Impact of Sugar Sweetened Beverage Marketing in Grocery Store Environments on the Nutritional Behavior of Young Immigrant Children: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Dr. Dastgerdizad’s committee members are Dr. Rachel Dombrowski, major advisor; Dr. Noel Kulik; Dr. Jeanne Barcelona; and Dr. Heather Dillaway.