Barry Popkin, PhD is featured in UNC’s most recent University Gazette; in an article titled Unlikely path led economist to a life of global public health, written by Courtney Mitchell.
The first time Barry Popkin visited Chapel Hill, he was an economist and political activist passing through town in the late 1960s, working on desegregation and social change. He didn’t know that within a decade he would be back to stay, building a career as an expert on nutrition trends around the world.
http://gazette.unc.edu/2013/04/30/unlikely-path-led-economist-to-a-life-of-global-public-health/