Sofia Gruskin

Director of the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and Professor of Preventive Medicine and of Law at the University of Southern California. Author of foundational work on the practical application of human rights principles to public health programs, with particular attention to sexual and reproductive health, HIV and adolescent health.

Why she matters here

Gruskin’s methodological work is the reference for how a right that has been formally recognized in international instruments is translated into program design, budget allocation and health system evaluation. That is exactly the operational step this resource insists a physiological account of the right to food must be able to take.