His research focuses on two aspects of public health policy: 1) the international political economy of public health policymaking and implementation (specific to tobacco and food) and 2) ethical issues pertaining to mental health policy in Canada. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the American Cancer Society and the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. His research projects have been conducted in Brazil, the Philippines, Zambia, Kenya, Malawi and Canada. Dr. Lencucha received a PhD in Health Promotion at Western University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Population Health at the University of Ottawa.