Sofia Gruskin

Perspectives from the International AIDS Conference

Posted on July 27, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

The 22nd International AIDS Conference this month in Amsterdam focused on breaking barriers and building bridges in the HIV response, and highlighted the importance of rights-based approaches to more effectively reach key populations. Sofia Gruskin, director of the USC Institute for Global Health and Program on Global Health & Human Rights (GHHR), and Laura Ferguson, GHHR associate director, … Continue reading Perspectives from the International AIDS Conference

The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs

Posted on June 28, 2018August 17, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

By Buse, Kent et al., published in The Lancet.

L.A.’s diversity shapes Sofia Gruskin’s approach to global health research

Posted on June 25, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

The USC Institute for Global Health nears its 10th anniversary with a new director and a new vision focused on equality A Southern California native, Sofia Gruskin has always felt at home in Los Angeles. The city drew her back in 2011, after 18 years at Harvard University, to launch a health and human rights … Continue reading L.A.’s diversity shapes Sofia Gruskin’s approach to global health research

Sofia Gruskin named director of USC Institute for Global Health

Posted on March 20, 2018April 27, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, has been appointed director of the USC Institute for Global Health, Keck School of Medicine Interim Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, announced in a memo to faculty and staff on March 19. A professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School with a joint appointment at the USC Gould … Continue reading Sofia Gruskin named director of USC Institute for Global Health

This first session of the Spring 2018 semester of the USC Law & Global Health Collaboration—Jan. 23— focused on the impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies in Los Angeles and across the globe, and concrete research and actions being taken to minimize the harms. Professor Sofia Gruskin, Director, Program on Global Health and Human … Continue reading 01/23/18 – Legal and Health Dimensions of Trump’s Immigration Policies: What is Happening and What We Can Do About It

Strengthening justice systems for sexual and reproductive health in Vietnam

Posted on December 18, 2017 by uscglobalhealth

At the biennial Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Vietnam Nov. 27-30, Sofia Gruskin presented to more than 1,000 attendees at a plenary session on strengthening justice systems for sexual and reproductive health and rights.Her talk emphasized the need to move beyond concepts and slogans to collective action moving beyond … Continue reading Strengthening justice systems for sexual and reproductive health in Vietnam

Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws

Posted on December 16, 2017August 17, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

by Sofia Gruskin, published by The Lancet

A novel methodology for strengthening human rights based monitoring in public health: Family planning indicators as an illustrative example

Posted on December 8, 2017August 17, 2018 by uscglobalhealth

by Sofia Gruskin, Laura Ferguson, Shubha Kumar, Alexandra Nicholson, Moazzam Ali and Rajat Khosla, published in PLOS One