Dr. Raimee Eck

Principal

Sonrisa Solutions

Raimee H. Eck, PhD, MPH, MPAS, CPH has over 20 years of clinical and public health training and experience, focusing on the epidemiology of alcohol use and harm, environmental interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, and translating research into effective policy. She also completed a Cancer Research Training Award Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute where she studied the role of alcohol in the development of cancer, the co-use of alcohol with other behavioral risk factors (e.g., tobacco), and points of intervention along the cancer control continuum. Raimee is a Past President of the Maryland Public Health Association, where she currently leads the statewide Alcohol, Tobacco & Cannabis Network. She is the founder and principal of Sonrisa Solutions, providing expertise on topics such as alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis epidemiology, regulation, and enforcement; public health policy translation; and advocacy in the form of research reports, workshops, and webinars. Raimee received her Bachelor of Health Science and Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and her MPH and PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). She also teaches Media Advocacy in the Department of Health, Behavior & Society at JHSPH.