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Alicia E. Yamin is a Lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Director of the Global Health Rights Project at the Petrie-Flom Center. With a background in law and public health, Yamin has dedicated her career to combining academia and activism to promote human rights, focusing on health equity and social justice. She has extensive experience in trans-disciplinary research, where she emphasizes economic and social rights, reproductive justice, and the right to health. Yamin has worked in countries across Latin America and East Africa and is co-founder of Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos in Lima, Peru. Notably, she served as an Independent Expert for the UN Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health. Yamin has also held various roles in international health policy and law, including participation in Lancet Commissions and providing expertise to global health governance initiatives. She is the author of numerous publications, and her work has been recognized with several professional honors, including the Gladstein Honorary Professorship Award from the University of Connecticut.
Harvard Law School • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Teaching courses related to global health law.
Partners Health • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Providing expertise on health policy and human rights.
UiB-CMI Centre for Law and Social Transformation • Bergen, Norway
Leading research initiatives in gender and health law.
Georgetown University Law Center • Washington, DC
Visiting professor teaching law courses.
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Teaching and conducting research in global health.
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Directed health policy initiatives.
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University • Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Taught courses on human rights law.
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lectured on health policy management.
Amnesty International • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Provided expert advice on health and human rights.
Physicians for Human Rights • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Led research initiatives in human rights.
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University • New York, New York, United States
Taught clinical public health courses.
Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.