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Amy A. Eyler, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the public health program 
at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at the University of 
Washington in St. Louis. Dr. Eyler conducts research as part of the Prevention 

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Research Center in St. Louis and is responsible for evaluation activities for 
the center’s core projects on policy and environmental changes for chronic 
disease. She continues to procure external research funding and teaches 
several courses, including one on health policy and research methods. She 
is the principal investigator and coordinator of the Physical Activity Policy 
Research Network, which integrates the work of research sites across the 
United States studying the nature and extent of physical activity policies in a 
variety of settings. She also leads a project on the evaluation of state policies 
influencing childhood obesity. She received a B.S. in community health, an 
M.S. in health promotion and disease prevention from Ohio University, and 
a Ph.D. in public health from Oregon State University.