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Lisa Powell, PhD

Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program

Professor and Director 
Division of Health Policy and Administration
School of Public Health

Email: powelll@uic.edu

Lisa Powell, PhD, is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Division of Health Policy and Administration at the UIC School of Public Health. She is also Director of the Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center in the Institute for Health Research and Policy at UIC. She has extensive experience as an applied micro-economist in the empirical analysis of the effects of public policy on a series of behavioral outcomes. Her research has assessed the importance of economic and environmental factors (such as food prices, sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, access to stores and restaurants, and facilities for physical activity) on food consumption and physical activity behaviors and as determinants of obesity.

Language : English

Education

  • PhD, Queen's University

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  • Cancer Prevention and Control