Health and Biotechnology

Promoting equitable innovation in healthcare and biotechnology policies

 

Today’s health innovation system doesn’t benefit everyone equally. To change it we need to think differently about expertise, innovation, and systems for ensuring access to crucial technologies.  STPP's faculty, alumni, and students reflect deep expertise in this area as we work to promote more equitable and accessible biotechnology and healthcare policies.

The population health community is ready to rise to the call for a healthier America because this has always been the core motivation of our field. Allow us to assist by identifying and building upon the existing deep wisdom in the science and practice of child health and the prevention and control of chronic and infectious disease and injury. Let’s invest in rather than deeply cut the research, data surveillance, and government action that is necessary to identify root causes, key strategies for effective multi-level action, and progress towards important goals.
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Paula Lantz

James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Professor of Public Policy and Health Management & Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor
From: Death by a Thousand Federal Cuts: Trump Administration Actions Will Not M…
Shobita Parthasarathy selected as an Institute for Advanced Study Scholar

A science and technology studies scholar and health policy expert, Professor Shobita Parthasarathy is the author of numerous articles and two books. Her second book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, (University of Chicago Press, 2017) won the 2018 Robert K. Merton Prize from the American Sociological Association. Her first book, Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007) helped to inform the 2013 US Supreme Court case over gene patents. Parthasarathy is currently working on a book focusing on the politics of inclusive innovation initiatives in India. Parthasarathy’s work has earned her an invitation to spend her 2025-2026 sabbatical year as a Member of the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), a research institute based in Princeton, New Jersey, with a distinguished history that includes 35 Nobel Laureates, including Albert Einstein.

  • Jesse Austin-Breneman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Melissa Creary, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, Associate Professor of Global Health
    Monica Dus, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
    Paul Fleming, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity
    Joel Howell, Elizabeth Farrand Collegiate Professor of Medical History, Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of History, and Professor of Health Management and Policy
    Michael J. Imperiale, Arthur F Thurnau Professor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School
    Anna Kirkland, Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Professor of Sociology, Professor of Political Science, and Professor of Health Management and Policy
    Paula Lantz, James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Professor of Public Policy and Health Management & Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor
    Anne Petersen, Research Professor, Integrative Systems and Design and the Survey Research Center
    Jodyn Platt, Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy
    Nicholson Price, Professor of Law
    Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Parth Vaishnav, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability

Featured Alum

Q&A with health policy expert and STPP Alum Max Bronstein

STPP Alum and health policy expert Max Bronstein is currently the president of MGB Consulting, which is a boutique consultancy serving clientele in...
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Featured Event

Indigenous DNA and data: Community approaches to equity in genomics and health

In February of 2023, STPP sponsored a conversation on community-engaged research and paths forward that center Indigenous people as the agents of access for their own genomic and health data with Krystal Tsosie, an Indigenous geneticist-bioethicist and assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, and Jody Platt, an associate professor of Learning Health Sciences at the U-M Medical School.
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Selected Publications on Health Technology Policy

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    • EHS 597   Environmental Health Policy
    • EHS 608 (EPID 608)  Environmental Epidemiology
    • HBHEQ 540  Fundamentals of Reproductive Health
    • HBHEQ 662  Risk Communication: Theory, Techniques, and Applications in Health
    • HBHED 715  Ethical, Legal, & Social Issues in Genomics and Health
    • HMP 615  Introduction to Public Health Policy
    • HMP 622  Qualitative Methods for Health Policy Research
    • HMP 624  Health Policy Challenges in Developing Countries
    • HMP 625  Comparative Health Policy and Management in High Income Countries
    • HMP 626  Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Policy
    • HMP 633  Health Insurance in America. How Did We Get Into This Mess? How Do We Get Out?
    • HMP 653  Law and Public Health
    • HMP 685  The Politics of Public Health Policy
    • LAW 684  Health Law
    • LAW 898  Introduction to Law and Psychiatry at Civil, Criminal and Policy Crossroads
    • LHS 621  Implementation Science in Health I
    • PUBPOL 750  Topics: Social Disparities in Health
    • PUBPOL 750  Topics: Healthcare Reform

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