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

Abortion disclosure laws and the first amendment: The broader public health implications of the supreme Court's becerra decision

Combatting and Preventing Preemption: A Strategic Action Model

Federal Regulation of Infant and Toddler Food and Drink Marketing and Labeling

Harnessing the Power of Food Labels for Public Health

Key Drivers of State Preemption of Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Policy: A Thematic Content Analysis of Public Testimony

Legal Feasibility of US Government Policies to Reduce Cancer Risk by Reducing Intake of Processed Meat

Local policymakers’ new role: Preventing preemption

Mandating front-of-package food labels in the U.S. – What are the First Amendment obstacles?

State Preemption of Food and Nutrition Policies and Litigation: Undermining Government's Role in Public Health

State Preemption: Threat to Democracy, Essential Regulation, and Public Health

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in the USA, state preemption of local efforts

Supplemental nutrition assistance program data: Why disclosure is needed

Adoption and Design of Emerging Dietary Policies to Improve Cardiometabolic Health in the US

Can the Government Require Health Warnings on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Advertisements?

Challenging and preventing policies that prohibit local civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people

Effective National Menu Labeling Requires Accuracy and Enforcement

Legal and Administrative Feasibility of a Federal Junk Food and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax to Improve Diet

Pomeranz et al. respond

Reductions in national cardiometabolic mortality achievable by food price changes according to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility and participation

Toddler drinks, formulas, and milks: Labeling practices and policy implications

Consolidated state political party control and the enactment of obesity-related policies in the United States

State preemption: A significant and quiet threat to public health in the United States

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reform:: Retail Requirements, Eligible Foods

The Potential for Federal Preemption of State and Local Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes

Food law for public health