Betsy Porter, JD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Administration
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Building & Room:
784 SPHPI
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1603 W. Taylor St.
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About
Betsy Porter, JD (she/her) is a clinical assistant professor in the MPH program within Health Policy and Administration at UIC. Betsy is an attorney, licensed in the state of Illinois, and her research is focused on state laws and local policies that have the potential to impact childhood health and wellness- particularly in the school setting. Over the last 10 years, she has led the compilation of multiple nationwide policy surveillance data sets including the National Cancer Institute's Classification of Laws Associated with School Students (available at class.cancer.gov) and the National Wellness Policy Study's state law database (available at go.uic.edu/NWPSproducts).
Selected Publications
Piekarz-Porter E., Schermbeck R.M., Chriqui J.F. School is in session: An update to the current status of school vaccination laws as COVID-19 vaccines become available to more school-aged children. P3RC Fact Sheet 103. Chicago, Illinois: Policy, Practice, and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago. October 2021. Available: https://p3rc.uic.edu/resources/ doi: 10.25417/uic.16783768
Piekarz-Porter E, Lin W, Leider J, Turner L, Perna F, Chriqui JF. (2021 Mar). State laws matter when it comes to school provisions for structured PE and daily PE participation. Translational Behavioral Medicine 11(2):597-603. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa013. PMID: 32115650
Piekarz-Porter E, Leider J, Turner, L, Chriqui, JF. (2020 Nov). District wellness policy nutrition standards are associated with healthier district food procurement practices in the United States. Nutrients 12(11): 3417. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113417
Piekarz-Porter E, Lin W, Chriqui JF. (2019, Sep.) Smart Snacks fundraiser exemption policies: Are states supporting the spirit of Smart Snacks? Journal of School Health 89(9):692-697.doi: 10.1111/josh.12807.
Piekarz-Porter E, Chriqui JF, Schermbeck RM, Leider J, Lin W. The Active Role States Have Played in Helping to Transform the School Wellness Environment through Policy, School Years 2006-07 through 2014-15. Chicago, IL: Bridging the Gap Program and the National Wellness Policy Study, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 31 2017, www.go.uic.edu/NWPSproducts
Piekarz-Porter E, Schermbeck RM, Leider J, Young SK, Chriqui JF. Working on Wellness: How Aligned are District Wellness Policies with the Soon-To-Be Implemented Federal Wellness Policy Requirements? Chicago, IL: National Wellness Policy Study, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 31 2017, www.go.uic.edu/NWPSproducts
Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2012
Northwestern University, BA (biological sciences, political sciences minor) 2008