teaching

guest lectures

  • “To patent the sun”: how intellectual property shapes access to health technologies. Lecture for course taught by Professor Madhukar Pai, Canada Research Chair in Translational Epidemiology \& Global Health at McGill University (Virtual); Nov 2022.

  • “A catastrophic moral failure”: COVID-19 and the political economy of access to medical technologies. Lecture for course taught by Professor Jesse Bump, Harvard School of Public Health course; Boston, MA; May 2021.

  • Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Policy Guest lecture for course taught by Professor Jesse Bump, Harvard School of Public Health course; Boston, MA; May 2020.

fellowships

2020-2021: Harvard Pedagogy Fellow
This fellowship provided additional training in pedagogical theory and practice. In addition to providing course design support to my department, I developed two new courses, as well as a series of teaching cases on intellectual property and public health.

courses

  • HPM 213: Public Health Law Spring 2020, Spring 2021: Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari This course provides students with an overview of public health law: what it is, why it matters to practitioners and providers, and how it can influence (positively or negatively) health outcomes. Key questions explored include: 1) What authority does the government have to regulate in the interest of public health?; 2) How are individual rights balanced against this authority?; 3) How can criminal statutes, civil litigation, and patent law be used to promote or harm public health? The course investigates these issues through real-world examples — HIV/AIDS, obesity, reproductive health, and lawsuits against tobacco and gun companies — while touching on constitutional, criminal, tort, and intellectual property law.

  • GHP 269: The Political Economy of Global Health Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020: Teaching Assistant for Dr. Jesse Bump This course presents theoretical perspectives, empirical cases, and research issues in policy analysis and political economy in global health. The focus is on analytical and methodological issues, with an emphasis on political economy constraints on health initiatives and the roles of international agencies, NGOs, and the state.

  • SW 24: Is Globalization Good or Bad for World Health?
    Spring 2019: Teaching Assistant for Dr. Sue Goldie Three global trends — interconnectedness, shifting population dynamics, and evolving epidemiology — present both opportunities and risks for health. This course challenges assumptions and broadens perspectives on how health relates to sustainable development, examining 1) social, political, and environmental determinants of health; 3) transnational risks; and 3) solutions across disciplines, sectors, and levels of governance. Students gain a toolbox of qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyze global health challenges.

  • GHP 212: Political Economy of Health Sector Reform
    Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020: Teaching Assistant for Dr. Kevin Croke
    This seminar explores how political economy influences health systems in developing countries. Topics include 1) path dependency and institutional change; 2) political institutions (e.g., democracy vs. authoritarianism) and their influence on health reforms; and 3) state capacity and reform implementation. Students apply these theories using both causal inference and case study methods, developing their own political economy analyses of health reforms in countries of their choice.

  • GHP 244: Health Sector Reform: A Worldwide Perspective
    Fall 2019: Teaching Assistant for Dr. Thomas Bossert
    This course offers an in-depth understanding of health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Students analyze health system objectives, financing, payment systems, decentralization, human resources, and technology transitions. The course includes lectures, case studies, and literature reviews, culminating in applied analyses of a chosen country’s health system.