Louisa Ewald

Louisa Ewald is a researcher on the evaluations team at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. 

Food

The Last Mile of Nutrition

Introducing a new way to measure the health impacts of community-based food programs and farmers markets

Food

COVID-Era Learning Loss Tied to Food Insecurity

New data points to food security as a predicator of academic success during the pandemic

Food

You Can’t Eat Tobacco

Transitioning away from tobacco farming can improve food security

Governance

Unknowing Victims

The risk of secondhand smoke exposure during COVID lockdowns

Governance

E-Cigarettes and the U.S. Menthol Ban: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Youth

The FDA's recent promise to ban menthol-flavored tobacco needs to go further, nixing flavors in all tobacco products