Policy Approaches for Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Schools

Erin R. Hager, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health

Dr. Hager is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH) in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health. She earned her PhD in Human Nutrition at BSPH in the Department of International Health and then spent over a decade as faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine before returning to BSPH in 2023. She is funded by the USDA, NIH, and other local and federal agencies to evaluate the impact of programs and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children, with a focus on schools and families.