(Clockwise from top left: Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado, Lucía Berro Pizzarossa, Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos, Thalia Viveros Uehara)
The Petrie-Flom Center is excited to welcome four new affiliated researchers to the Global Health and Rights Project (GHRP).
Through regular contributions to Bill of Health, as well as workshops and other projects, GHRP affiliated researchers will bring their expertise to bear on both national and global problems, advancing critical socio-legal scholarship both within and beyond Latin America. We look forward to learning from and sharing their insights with a wider audience, and to contributing to enlarging international networks of critical praxis in global health and human rights.
Daniela Cepeda Cuadrado, M.P.P. is a senior anti-corruption adviser and a public policy professional with extensive experience in the areas of anti-corruption, health, and sustainable development. She has worked with several organizations, including the UN system, multilateral and bilateral agencies, academia, think tanks, and civil society. Currently, she works at the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, where she coordinates two themes: U4’s work on addressing corruption in the health sector, and connecting the human rights and anti-corruption agendas.
Lucía Berro Pizzarossa, L.L.B., L.L.M., Ph.D. is currently a British Academy Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics & Political Science where she is undertaking a research project called “Constellations, crises, and Care: the role of feminist activism in shaping abortion trajectories”. Lucía held post-doctoral positions at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the University of Georgetown and the Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen. She holds a Ph.D. in International Law from the University of Groningen, an M.Jur. from the University of Oxford, and an L.L.B. from the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay. Lucia is also a graduate of the Post-Graduate Course on Public Policy Design and a Post-Graduate Degree on Women’s Rights from Universidad Austral in Argentina. Lucía has been awarded a grant by Dutch Network Women Professors (LNVH) under the Distinguished Women Scientists Fund, an NWO Rubicon Grant, and a International Fellowship grant by the British Academy. She has consulted for UNICEF, WHO, International Commission of Jurists, and others. Her academic work has been published in renowned peer-reviewed journals such as Reproductive Health Matters, Harvard Health and Human Rights, and BMC International Health and Human Rights.
Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos, Ph.D., L.L.M. is a sociologist and lawyer from São Paulo, Brazil. Her work aims to understand how legal institutions can impact people’s health and well-being, currently focusing on how exposure to the criminal legal system contributes to medical avoidance behavior and mortality. Natalia holds a Ph.D. in Law and a B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo, along with an L.L.M. from Yale Law School. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in sociology at the University of Georgia, under the mentorship of Dr. Sarah Shannon and Dr. Ron Simons. Her research looks at the impact of privatizing correctional healthcare on mortality in American state prisons, as well as medical avoidance behavior after exposure to the criminal legal system.
Thalia Viveros Uehara, L.L.B, MS.c., Ph.D. is a socio-legal scholar and lawyer concerned with the right to health as the human face of the current environmental and climate crises. Her research and practice delve into the transformative potential of law, including through both domestic and international litigation, to address socio-ecological vulnerabilities and facilitate a just adaptation, particularly in Latin America. Holding a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, she specializes in human rights, environmental and climate change law, and development policies. With over a decade of professional expertise, Thalia has collaborated with decision-makers in her native Mexico and internationally, including the Boston Human Rights Commission (US) and the Global Legislators Organization for a Better Environment (UK).
