Melissa Barber

Melissa Barber, MPhil

Melissa is a doctoral candidate in Global Health and Population. Her research crosses economics, political science, and law to try to better understand and overcome structural barriers to access to medicines. She has worked in policy and advocacy roles supporting universal access to medicines with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM), the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and as a researcher on projects commissioned by the Addressing the Challenge and Constraints of Insulin Sources and Supply (ACCISS) Study.