Dr. Lizette Sanchez-Lugo has been named interim director of the Institute for Public Health at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She is a faculty member in the department of family and consumer sciences and director of the undergraduate program in nutrition and dietetics for the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. She serves as a board member of the Minority Health Advisory Council for the state of North Carolina.

Sanchez-Lugo has taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico. She also served as a clinical dietitian for the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Sanchez-Lugo received her B.S and M.P.H. degrees from the University of Puerto Rico and Ph.D. degree from UNCG. She also received her M.S.P.H. from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.