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Ben, a Penn State communications alumnus with hospitality experience, is the research coordinator for the REACH Study. He explores how ads affect the brain and kids' eating, aiming to bring research to the mainstream and positively impact his community.

Yashaswini's research interests include predictive modeling and machine learning applications for childhood obesity and eating behaviors.

Kyle's research interests include neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying eating behavior and appetite regulation in children. 

Eating behaviors in children; neural mechanisms of taste preference and eating behaviors in children; food marketing and childhood obesity; genetic and neural influences in taste in children.

Rhea's research interests include ingestive Behavior, appetite regulation, satiety response, eating in absence of hunger (EAH), and fMRI.