Rogan Kersh, Ph.D., is the Acting Associate Director of Public Policy and Government Initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. He served as a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow in Health Policy from 1998 to 2000, during which time he conducted research in Washington and developed an interest in lobbying on health policy issues. Dr. Kersh capped his research experience by starting a book on health care lobbying called “Unhealthy Influence?” and recently finished co-editing a book on medical malpractice reform. His work focuses on developing an array of options for how governments can combat obesity at the local, national, and international levels.