Lisa Powell, PhD

Lisa Powell, PhD, is Distinguished Professor and Director 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.