Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University
I conduct comparative historical research that lies at the intersection of sociology, political science, and global health. I am the author of Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism (Cornell University Press, 2017). I have served as a consultant to UNDP and the World Bank (as Specialist on the Political Economy of Health Reform) and am recipient of two Fulbright awards and the Henry Luce Scholarship. I hold a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and received my doctorate in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I currently serve as Associate Editor at Social Science and Medicine and am a member of the ASA Sociology of Development Section governing Council. My work has been featured in the Washington Post, the Asia Times, and the Bangkok Post.
What the US could learn from Thailand about health care coverage
Dec 17, 2018 10:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) draws to a close on Dec. 15. Yet, recent assaults on the ACA by the Trump administration stand in marked contrast to efforts to expand access to health care and...
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