Jennifer Pomeranz

Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management

Professional overview

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.”

Education

BA, History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

JD, Juris Doctorate, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY

MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Areas of research and study

Diet-related disease

Products that cause harm

Public Health Law

Public Health Policy

Social injustices that create health disparities

Publications

Publications

Assessing laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control

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Compelled speech under the commercial speech doctrine: the case of menu label laws

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Improving laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control

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Innovative legal approaches to address obesity

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A historical analysis of public health, the law, and stigmatized social groups : The need for both obesity and weight bias legislation

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Legal and public health considerations affecting the success, reach, and impact of menu-labeling laws

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The interplay of public health law and industry self-regulation : The case of sugar-sweetened beverage sales in schools

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Policy Opportunities and Legal Considerations to Reform SNAP-Authorized Food Retail Environments

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