Lisa Forman

Lisa Forman "is the Lupina Assistant Professor in global health and human rights at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and director of the Comparative Program on Health and Society at the Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. For more than a decade, Professor Forman has specialized in international human rights law relating to HIV/AIDS, health, and medicines. Her current research focuses on developing theoretical and practical linkages between international human rights law and trade law related to medicines, including through expanding the normative content of the right to health and developing a right to health impact assessment tool for policy usage. Professor Forman has consulted on human rights and health-related topics for the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and South African National Commission for Gender Equality. She is the author of journal articles and book chapters on the international human right to health, access to medicines, trade-related intellectual property rights, and South African constitutional jurisprudence related to health. Dr. Forman qualified as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa, with a BA and LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her graduate studies include a master’s in human rights studies from Columbia University and a doctorate in juridical science from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law."