The research paper entitled "Evaluation of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Oakland, United States, 2015–2019: A Quasi-Experimental and Cost-Effectiveness Study" by co-authors that include ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and ARE alumnus '21 Scott Kaplan, has been published in PLOS Medicine, a peer-reviewed weekly medical journal covering the full spectrum of the medical sciences.

The publication has gained attention from US News & World Report, and The San Francisco Chronicle, press released by UCSF, and featured in Cal's student-run newspaper The Daily Californian.

Congratulations to all the authors!