Jennifer Pomeranz
Jennifer L Pomeranz
Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management
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Professional overview
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Professor Jennifer Pomeranz is a public health lawyer who researches policy and legal options to address the food environment, obesity, products that cause public harm, and social injustice that lead to health disparities.
Prior to joining the NYU faculty, Professor Pomeranz was an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at Temple University and in the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple. She was previously the Director of Legal Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. She has also authored numerous peer-reviewed and law review journal articles and a book, Food Law for Public Health, published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
Professor Pomeranz leads the Public Health Policy Research Lab and regularly teaches Public Health Law and Food Policy for Public Health.
"Policy is so important because it is the most effective way to influence public health. I got into public health to change the world -- to improve health and address inequities.”
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Education
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BA, History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MIJD, Juris Doctorate, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NYMPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Areas of research and study
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Diet-related diseaseProducts that cause harmPublic Health LawPublic Health PolicySocial injustices that create health disparities
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Publications
Publications
Food Ingredients, State Actions, and Federal Preemption
Failed retrieving data.Litigation as a Necessary Tool to Challenge Food Industry’s Toxic Practices
Failed retrieving data.Regulating Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising in the United States
Failed retrieving data.State Actions to Define Ultraprocessed Food for Policy-Opportunities and Challenges
Failed retrieving data.State policies and waivers to amend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food, 2025
Failed retrieving data.Advancing FDA’s Human Food Program Through Additional Authorities and User Fees
Failed retrieving data.Food Compass Score vs FDA Healthy Labeling and Consumer Purchases: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Failed retrieving data.Healthy Food at Retail: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Cuts or Food Quality
Failed retrieving data.Pomeranz JL, Broad Leib EM, Cash SB, Mozaffarian D. Advancing FDA’s Human Food Program Through Additional Authorities and User Fees. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025;44(4):458-466
Failed retrieving data.Pomeranz JL, Mozaffarian D. US federal and state actions can improve food ingredient safety. Nat Food. 2025;6(7):641-644.
Failed retrieving data.Pomeranz JL. Do Data Still Matter in Gun Rights States? Review of What We’ve Become: Living and Dying in a Country of Arms. Am J Public Health. 2025;115(7), pp. 968–970. (invited book review).
Failed retrieving data.Population, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with state preemption laws in the United States, 2009-2018
Failed retrieving data.Population, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with state preemption laws in the United States, 2009-2018
Failed retrieving data.US federal and state actions can improve food ingredient safety
Failed retrieving data.Beyond Laws : Governors’ Roles in Shaping State Firearm Environments, 2020–2022
Failed retrieving data.Beyond Laws: Governors' Roles in Shaping State Firearm Environments, 2020-2022
Failed retrieving data.Current US Policies for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and Competitive Foods.
Failed retrieving data.Disclosure of mandatory and voluntary nutrition labelling information across major online food retailers in the USA
Failed retrieving data.Disclosure of mandatory and voluntary nutrition labelling information across major online food retailers in the USA
Failed retrieving data.Legal implications of food addiction
Failed retrieving data.Population, Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with State Preemption Laws across States, 2009-2018
Failed retrieving data.Regulation of Added Substances in the Food Supply by the Food and Drug Administration Human Foods Program
Failed retrieving data.The Entrenched Erosion of Meaningful Participation in US Elections
Failed retrieving data.Availability of calorie information on online menus from chain restaurants in the USA : Current prevalence and legal landscape
Failed retrieving data.Availability of calorie information on online menus from chain restaurants in the USA: current prevalence and legal landscape
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