Dr Liz Thomas is a senior researcher working primarily on Non-Communicable Diseases. She has extensive experience with social determinants of health in urban settings. Liz has contributed to national and district level policy with respect to municipalities' priority setting and budget allocation. Liz has been involved in research across the continent. She joined Priceless after 6 years as Director of the Hunterstoun Centre at the University of Fort Hare. Prior to this she was based at the Centre for Health Policy at the School of Public Health and was a member of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Urban Health.