Sofia Gruskin

Title

 Associate Professor of Health and Human Rights, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health; Director, Program on International Health and Human Rights

Email

 sgruskin@hsph.harvard.edu

Telephone

 617-432-4315

Fax

 617-432-1084

Department

 Department of Population and International Health

School

 Harvard School of Public Health

Countries of Interest

  Brazil

Mailing Address

 Program on International Health and Human Rights Building 1, Room 1202 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

Office Location

 Building 1, 12th Floor

Research Interest

 Conceptual, methodological, policy and practice implications of linking health to human rights, with particular attention to women, children, gender issues, and vulnerable populations in the context of HIV/AIDS.

Web Page

 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/SofiaGruskin.html http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pihhr

Courses

 Women, Gender and Health (WGH 200), Advanced Topics in Women, Gender and Health (WGH 207), Health and Human Rights: Concepts and Methods for Public Health (PIH 218), Foundations of Global Population and Health II (PIH 273); other course taught in the past include Child Rights and Child Health (PIH 216d), How Vulnerable Are We to HIV/AIDS (PIH 217d)

Publications

 Gruskin S, Grodin M, Annas G, and Marks SP (eds.) Emerging Issues in Health and Human Rights, Taylor & Francis (Routledge) (2005).

Gruskin S, “Current issues and concerns in HIV testing: a health and human rights approach,” Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review Volume 9, Number 3, December 2004.

Gruskin S, Braveman P, “Social Justice and Human Rights i
Gruskin S, Hendriks A, Tomasevski K, “Human Rights & Legislation,” AIDS in the World: Volume II, eds. Jonathan Mann & Daniel Tarantola, (Oxford University Press, 1995).