Jeffrey

Drope

,

PhD

Dr. Jeffrey Drope is a Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as well as the director of the Tobacconomics research project. Jeff’s work focuses on the nexus of major public health challenges (including tobacco control, nutrition, physical activity, alcohol use, food security, etc.) and economic policymaking, especially taxation, trade and investment. His work seeks to integrate these areas in proactive ways that engender both improved public health outcomes and economic prosperity. His tobacco  and alcohol control work focuses particularly on taxation, illicit trade, and these products' economic costs. For tobacco, his research also explores the science and regulation of novel products (e.g., electronic cigarettes) and the economics of tobacco farming. He is the author/editor of three books and more than 200 research articles, chapters and reports on the political economy of non-communicable disease. Together with colleagues, he works globally to provide technical support and counsel on these issues to governments, intergovernmental organizations, research institutions and civil society organizations. From 2012 to 2020, Jeff was Scientific Vice President of Economic and Health Policy Research at the American Cancer Society.