Dr. Connie Hoe
Research Group Lead
Dr. Connie Hoe is an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow and Research Group Lead at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health. She is also a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (currently on a leave of absence). Her research focuses on the commercial determinants of health policy with a specific focus on risk factors for non-communicable diseases and injuries; specifically, Connie utilizes social science theories and methods to explore the process and determinants that lead to public health policy adoption, implementation, and compliance. This also includes understanding the role of evidence in decision-making. Thus far, Connie's work has been funded by the World Health Organization, German Research Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Horizon Europe, and US Right to Know.
As a consultant, Connie has had the opportunity to advise the Asian Development Bank and the World Health Organization. She has also had the opportunity to serve as expert reviewer for the World Health Organization, expert for the Implementation Hub, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, and expert for the Commonwealth Road Safety Initiative.
Education
Contributions
Projects & Grants
Selected Grants:
1) German Research Foundation, for a project entitled “NCD policy transfer and
implementation in South Africa,” 2022-2023 (principal investigator);
2) World Health Organization, for a project aimed at exploring industry interference in public health and nutrition policies, 2022-2023 (principal investigator);
3) Horizon Europe, for a project entitled “Reducing nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases in adolescence and youth: interventions and policies to boost nutrition fluency and diet quality in Africa (ARISE-NUTRINT), 2022-2026 (co-principal investigator);
4) World Health Organization, for an online training course to build national capacities in LMICs to accelerate action through multisectoral and multistakeholder collaboration to address noncommunicable diseases, 2021-2023 (principal investigator)
Publications
Selected Publications:
Hoe, C., Minosa, M., Weiger, C., Alonso, F., Koon, A. & Cohen, J.E. (2022). Strategies to expand corporate autonomy by the tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverage industry: A scoping review of reviews. Globalization and Health, 18(1):17.
Zaltz, D., Bisi, L., Ruskin, G. & Hoe, C. (2022). How independent is the international food information council from the food and beverage industry? A content analysis of internal industry documents. Globalization and Health, 18(1):91.
Hoe, C., Weiger, C. & Cohen, J.E. (2021). The battle to increase tobacco taxes: lessons from Philippines and Ukraine. Social Science & Medicine, 279 (June), 114001.
Hoe, C., Taber, N., Champagne, S. & Bachani, A.M. (2020). Drink, but Do not Drive? The Alcohol Industry’s Involvement in Global Road Safety. Health Policy and Planning, 1-11.
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