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Gregg Gonsalves

Gregg Gonsalves is Assistant Professor in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health as well as an Associate (Adjunct) Professor of Law and Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School. He co-directs Yale's Global Health Justice Partnership and its Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency. His research focuses on the use of quantitative models for improving the response to epidemic diseases. For more than 30 years, he worked on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues with several organizations, including the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, the Treatment Action Group, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa.

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Politics

The New Politics of Care

The right response to COVID-19 is to rebuild our economy from the ground up, putting people to work in a massive jobs program to secure the public health of all.

Gregg Gonsalves, Amy Kapczynski

Science & Nature

Markets v. Lives

Claims that the cure is worse than the disease rely on a false tradeoff between human needs and the economy.

Gregg Gonsalves, Amy Kapczynski

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

Alone Against the Virus

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

Amy Kapczynski, Gregg Gonsalves

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THINKING IN A PANDEMIC

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