Dr. Violeta Vulovic is a senior economist at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she works on building the capacity of local think tanks in the highest tobacco-using low- and middle-income countries to provide evidence-based support for effective tobacco tax policy-making. Prior joining the UIC, Dr. Vulovic worked as a tax policy economist with the World Bank where she provided technical advice on a variety of tax policy and administration issues in developing countries (including Indonesia, Philippines, and Pakistan). In addition, she led and supported the design and implementation of the analytical work on domestic revenue mobilization in these countries and provided technical support to the World Bank’s lending operations. Prior joining the World Bank, Dr. Vulovic worked as a research associate with the International Center for Public Policy at Georgia State University. Dr. Vulovic has published journal articles on optimal tax design, macro-economic impacts of tax and expenditure policies, tax effort, etc. She holds B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and the Ph.D. degree in Economics from Georgia State University, with a focus on public finance.