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
Effects of a front-of-package disclosure on accuracy in assessing children's drink ingredients : two randomised controlled experiments with US caregivers of young children
Failed retrieving data.Expanded policy rationales support sugar-sweetened beverage taxes
Failed retrieving data.Expanded policy rationales support sugar-sweetened beverage taxes
Failed retrieving data.Firearm Laws Enacted by Municipalities in 6 States With Diverse Policy Frameworks
Failed retrieving data.Firearm Laws Enacted by Municipalities in 6 States With Diverse Policy Frameworks
Failed retrieving data.Forced Birth and No Time off Work : Abortion Access and Paid Family Leave Policies
Failed retrieving data.Forced Birth and No Time off Work: Abortion Access and Paid Family Leave Policies
Failed retrieving data.Is that Hospital Food Pantry an Illegal Patient Inducement? Analysis of Health Care Fraud Laws as Barriers to Food and Nutrition Security Interventions
Failed retrieving data.Legal and Policy Challenges for Intervention.
Failed retrieving data.Policy Opportunities and Legal Considerations to Reform SNAP-Authorized Food Retail Environments
Failed retrieving data.Public Health Law in Practice
Failed retrieving data.The Diffusion of Punitive Firearm Preemption Laws Across U.S. States
Failed retrieving data.The Diffusion of Punitive Firearm Preemption Laws Across U.S. States
Failed retrieving data.The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City: A Modeling Study
Failed retrieving data.U.S. Policies Addressing Ultraprocessed Foods, 1980-2022
Failed retrieving data.US Policies That Define Foods for Junk Food Taxes, 1991–2021
Failed retrieving data.US Policies That Define Foods for Junk Food Taxes, 1991-2021
Failed retrieving data.Federal Paid Sick Leave Is Needed to Support Prevention and Public Health and Address Inequities
Failed retrieving data.Food and Beverage Product Appearances in Educational, Child-Targeted YouTube Videos
Failed retrieving data.Food Marketing to - and Research on - Children : New Directions for Regulation in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Opportunities to address the failure of online food retailers to ensure access to required food labelling information in the USA
Failed retrieving data.State Paid Sick Leave and Paid Sick-Leave Preemption Laws Across 50 U.S. States, 2009–2020
Failed retrieving data.State Preemption of Consumer Merchandise and Beverage Containers : New Strategy to Preempt Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Policies?
Failed retrieving data.The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City : A Modeling Study
Failed retrieving data.The Impact of Toddler Milk Claims on Beliefs and Misperceptions : A Randomized Experiment with Parents of Young Children
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