Sheila Janofsky is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she joined the faculty in 2014. Her research interests include food systems, policy-based approaches to childhood obesity, community-based physical activity, and active transportation, especially in children. She has authored articles in these and related areas. She is a member of the Nevada Public Health Association and American Public Health Association and teaches courses including Introduction to Public Health, Methods in Health Education, and Health Studies on Dangerous Drugs at UNLV. She received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and completed both her M.Ed. in Health Promotion and Ph.D. in Public Health at UNLV.