PHAI, based at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, spearheads a range of important public health advocacy and research initiatives.  These include:

•  a non-profit public health law firm that has taken on the tobacco, vape, and sugary drink industries;
• a public health policy support program, particularly focusing on tobacco prevention policies;
• a trauma-informed violence reduction program leveraging artists and artmaking to support public health and wellness goals;
• coordinated efforts to reduce gun violence and mitigate its effects;
• seeking out policy approaches to reduce the harms caused by food, gambling, and opioid pharmaceutical corporations; 
• working to improve occupational safety for the most vulnerable workers; and
• publishing scholarship to support these efforts (e.g., Daynard, Gottlieb, Friedman)