ABOUT
Prof. Amos Laar is a tenure-track academic at the University of Ghana School of Public Health. He is the Principal Investigator of the IDRC-funded ‘MEALS4NCDs project’, which is providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability and Leadership Support for NCDs prevention in Ghana. Currently, his research and professional practice focus on three distinct, yet related areas of public health: Bioethics (including food ethics, ethics & public health, health & human rights); Public Health Nutrition (including food environments, food systems, and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases); and Social Public Health (including structural violence, social, and commercial determinants of health). Through these, Professor Laar’s work contributes to a deeper understanding of how physical environments, social environments, and structural factors affect health.