Laura Schmidt
Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, is a Professor of Health Policy in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She holds a joint appointment in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She received her PhD training in sociology at UC Berkeley and while there, also completed doctoral coursework in public health.
Dr. Schmidt seeks to understand how changing lifestyles are contributing to rising rates of chronic disease across the globe and what to do about it. Her work explores the growing pressures of globalizing economies, rising inequality, and the marketization of products that undermine our health. She works directly with policymakers to craft and implement evidence-based policies that reduce the consumption of ultra-processed foods and other commercial products that harm human and planetary health.
Laurie Jacobs
Research Specialist
UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies
Leslie Gerstenfeld
Program Manager
UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies
James Roake
Research Analyst
UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies
Leah Hill
Intern
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Public Health/ Graduate School of Public Policy
Daniel Duaybis
Intern
UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources/ Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology
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