The Food Industry as a Commercial Determinant (Virtual)

Eduardo J. Gómez, PhD, MA

Professor, Department of Community and Population Health; Director, Institute of Health Policy and Politics; Lehigh University

Dr. Eduardo J. Gómez is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Health Policy and Politics at Lehigh University. A political scientist by training, his research focuses on the politics of global health policy, with a focus on emerging middle-income countries. He is the author of several books, with the latest titled Junk Food Politics: How Beverage and Fast Food Industries are Reshaping Emerging Economies. Professor Gómez has published his research in a myriad of peer-reviewed journal articles, policy journals, and major news outlets. In 2022, Professor Gómez led The Lancet’s first series on political science and global health and has led other major journal series. He is currently working on several research projects focused on the international and domestic politics of the commercial determinants of health, food security, and malnutrition. Professor Gómez was a Commissioner for the Rockefeller Foundation and Boston University Commission on the Social Determinants of Health and served as a National Task Force Member on Equity and Covid-19 for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse College. His research has received external funding support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Oxfam, George Soros, and Tinker Foundations. Professor Gómez is a veteran of the United States Air Force and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received his PhD in political science from Brown University, MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.