About the Authors

Laura J. Frost is co-founder and partner of Global Health Insights, a consulting group specializing in qualitative and policy research for global health.

Michael R. Reich is Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Laura J. Frost

Laura J. Frost is co-founder and partner of Global Health Insights, a consulting group specializing in qualitative and policy research for global health. She holds a Doctorate of Science and a MPH in International Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a MALD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She has over fifteen years of experience in global health and development, working with many different organizations, and has lived in east, central, and southern Africa. Laura has served as Lecturer in Public & International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and Acting Director of the Princeton AIDS Initiative, and as Lecturer of Research Methods and Global Health at University College Cork in Ireland.

For more information on Laura J. Frost, see the webpage for Global Health Insights, click here.

Michael R. Reich

Michael R. Reich is Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in 1981 and has served on the Harvard faculty since 1983. Michael has written extensively about the political dimensions of public health policy, health reform, and pharmaceutical policy. He has provided policy advice for many organizations around the world, including national governments, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, private foundations, and private corporations. His other books include: Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity (with M. J. Roberts, W. Hsiao, and P. Berman, Oxford University Press, 2004); and Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health (editor, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2002);

For more information on Michael R. Reich, see his faculty webpage at Harvard University, click here.

Contact Information

Michael R. Reich:
e-mail:- michael_reich "at" harvard "dot" edu

Laura J. Frost:
e-mail:- laurajfrost "at" glohi "dot" org