Dave Nayak
David "Dave" Aaron Nayak (born May 10, 1980, in Peoria, Illinois) is an American physician, philanthropist, farmer, and deacon.[1][citation needed] He is a physician in internal medicine and allergy-immunology.[2] He is the founder of the Strength to Love Foundation (STL)[3] and owner of Nayak Farms.[4][5]
Early life and education[edit]
Dave's parents, Anjuli[6] and Nicholas Nayak, immigrated from India and settled in Central Illinois in the late 1970s. He was raised in Peoria, Illinois, and settled in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, in 1987.
Dave attended Metcalf Laboratory School at Illinois State University. In 1995, he enrolled in Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated in 1998. Dave went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for one academic year and then transferred to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1999. He was a varsity letterman and the Cornell University Men's Golf Team captain.[2] As a Psychology major in the College of Arts & Sciences, Dave graduated With Honors in 2003. His Honors Thesis was published in The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology entitled, Automatic Evaluations Influence the Interpretation of Subsequent, Unrelated Stimuli.[7]
In 2003, Dave obtained a Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) Fellowship at The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He completed a Master of Public Health degree at Drexel University in 2005. Dave earned his Doctor of Medicine from The University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in 2010. In 2013, he completed his post-graduate medical residency training at Rush University Medical Center in the Department of Internal Medicine. Dave finished his post-graduate medical fellowship training in 2015 at Northwestern Medicine/Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in the Division of Allergy-Immunology.[8] He is a Board-Certified physician in Internal Medicine (2014) and Allergy-Immunology (2016).
Career[edit]
In the summer of 2009 and 2010, Dave was selected by CBS-2 News Chicago to become a Medical-Investigation Producer and Reporter.[citation needed]
In March 2020, Dave formed Dr. Dave On Call.[citation needed] In April 2020, Dave formulated and helped implement custom COVID-19 SOPs.[citation needed]
Dave was also a Consultant for Piece Brewery and Pizzeria.[9][10] In May 2020, he launched Dr. Dave On Call Podcast.[citation needed] He is the president of the Chicago-based non-profit Strength to Love Foundation,[11][12][13][3] which was founded in April 2019.[5]
In Spring of 2021, he launched the Strength to Love Foundation Asthma and Allergy Free Clinic (STL Free Clinic).[14] He operates Nayak Farms, which are privately owned farms in Gardner, Illinois, established in 2021.[15][4][16][17]
In 2022, the Nayak Farms Sweet Corn Initiative donated thousands of pounds of sweet corn to the major Illinois Food Banks.[citation needed] He provided food assistance to almost 100,000 people in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana in 2022.[citation needed]
In partnership with Nayak Farms, STL provides logistical support for the Nayak Farms Sweet Corn Initiative to deliver over 1,000,000 pounds of sweet corn to Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Indiana by 2026.[4][16][18][19][14]
Mychal Moultry Jr. Funeral and Burial Assistance Act[edit]
In 2021, Dave began policy work in the State of Illinois.[12] Dave authored the Mychal Moultry Jr. Funeral and Burial Assistance Act,[11] named after a 4-year-old boy Mychal Moultry, who was tragically murdered by gun violence in Chicago during the Labor Day weekend of September 2021.[12]
The Mychal Moultry Jr. Funeral and Burial Assistance Act was introduced in the 2022 Illinois Legislature by State Senator Jackie Collins and State Representative Camille Lily.[12][11][13] The Act allowed the State of Illinois to pay funeral and burial service providers up to $10,000 for respectable funerals and burials of children under 17 who were murdered by gun violence if their family's income is within 150% of the federal poverty level.
On April 11, 2022, the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives passed the Mychal Moultry Jr. Funeral and Burial Assistance Act. On May 10, 2022, Governor J. B. Pritzker publicly signed this Act into Law.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dr. David A. Nayak MD - Allergy & Immunology | General Allergy & Immunology".
- ↑ "Our Team | Strength to Love Foundation". Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ali, Shirin (2022-05-16). "Illinois to cover funeral expenses for children killed by gun violence". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Nayak Farm donating thousands of pounds of corn to local food banks - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reed, Atavia (2022-05-13). "Families Of Children Killed By Gun Violence Will Receive $10,000 For Funerals Under New Law". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "Anjuli Seth Nayak Obituary". www.tributearchive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ↑ Ferguson, Melissa J.; Bargh, John A.; Nayak, David A. (2005-03-01). "After-affects: How automatic evaluations influence the interpretation of subsequent, unrelated stimuli". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 41 (2): 182–191. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2004.05.008. ISSN 0022-1031.
- ↑ "Our Team | Strength to Love Foundation". Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ↑ Selvam, Ashok (2020-06-26). "Chicago Restaurants Grapple With Safety Concerns as Indoor Dining Resumes". Eater Chicago. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ Selvam, Ashok (2020-11-04). "Local Foods, the Elston Avenue Farm-Friendly Grocer, Has Reopened". Eater Chicago. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "press-release". www.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "New law will fund funerals for child victims of gun violence in Illinois". WCBU Peoria. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "New law helps pay funeral costs of children killed by gun violence". Chicago Sun-Times. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 KWQC Staff (2022-09-15). "Illinois farm donates more than 7,000 pounds of corn to River Bend Food Bank". KWQC. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "Pass legislation to help farmers, food banks do more to fight hunger". Chicago Sun-Times. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Staff, QCBJ News (2022-09-20). "Nayak Farms' sweet corn gift shines spotlight on Quad Cities hungry". Quad Cities Business Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ Corn, I. L. "Nayak Farms | A farm based on innovation and giving". IL Corn. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ↑ FarmWeek, KAY SHIPMAN (2022-08-09). "Grundy County farm delivering on goal to impact lives". FarmWeek Now. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
- ↑ House, The White (2022-09-28). "FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $8 Billion in New Commitments as Part of Call to Action for White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health". The White House. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
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