Anna Localio holds a masterʼs degree in public health from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently a PhD candidate in health services at the University of Washington School of Public Health.
Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith investigates socioeconomic causes and correlates of obesity risk in both high- and low/middle-income countries. Past and current research pertains to income- and ethnicity-based health disparities in obesity; early life risk factors for obesity; and the nutrition transition and increasing obesity prevalence in low- and middle-income countries.