Projects

Mainstreaming Human Rights in Global Governance as a Basis for Realising Access to New Medical Technologies, Brocher Foundation, January 10, 2018 – December 12, 2018.

Assessing Foreign Public Health Legal Landscape to Facilitate Achievement of U.S. Global Health Security Goals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, July 28, 2015 – October 1, 2016.

Developing a WaSH Performance Index to Assess Realization of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, UNC Water Institute, January 10, 2015 – June 20, 2016.

Testing the Impact for Public Health Law of State Welfare ‘Generosity’ on State-Level Preterm Birth Rates, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, November 11, 2014 – April 1, 2016.

Elaboration of Human Rights Standards, Indicators, and Markers for WHO, Gender Equality, Health Equity & Human Rights Mainstreaming Team, World Health Organization, July 1, 2014 – December 15, 2015.

Realizing the Human Right to Health through Gross National Happiness: The Implementation of Rights-Based Health Policy in the Kingdom of Bhutan, Carolina Asia Center & Asia Society, May 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015.

The Right to Health in South Africa: A Study of the Policy Making Process in Community Participation, University of Cape Town, May 1, 2010 – December 1, 2014.

Global Health and Human Rights Database, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law Center, September 1, 2008 – October 24, 2013.

Water Wisdom: Developing Local-Global Capacities in Managing Water, NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September 1, 2010 – May 10, 2013.

National Guidelines for the Conduct of Health Research in Kenya, PATH/Global Campaign for Microbicides, December 1, 2009 – December 31, 2011.

Strengthening Structures for HIV Prevention Research in Zambia, PATH/Global Campaign for Microbicides, January 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010.

Developing Health Legislation to Authorize the Work of the International Clinical Research Center of Rwanda, Rwanda Ministry of Health, January 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009.

Building the Base for a Research Agenda on Local Public Health Legal Authority, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, December 1, 2007 – August 30, 2008.

Analysis of New York Law Against the Model State Public Health Act, New York State Bar Association, Public Health Law Committee, September 15, 2007 – present.

Collaborations in Public Health Law as it Relates to Oral Health Issues, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1, 2007 – August 30, 2008.

Examination of the Relationship between Public Health Enabling Statutes and System Performance, National Network of Public Health Institutes, September 1, 2007 – August 30, 2008.

Public Health Law and State Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2007 – August 2007.

Impact of the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act: A Comprehensive Assessment of Changes in State Public Health Laws, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2006 – August 2007