Anne-​emanuelle Birn
Professor
law and philosophy
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
1993 Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD Sc.D. in Health Policy/ History of Public Health Dissertation: “Local Health and Foreign Wealth: The Rockefeller Foundation’s Public Health Programs in Mexico, 1924-1951” (Supervisor: Elizabeth Fee) Elected member of Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society 1988 University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand M.A. in History, First Class Honours 1986 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA B.A. in History and Science, Magna Cum Laude
Research Interest
history of public health in Latin America (Mexico, Uruguay) global/international health policy and politics, past and present women and international health historical demography – infant mortality societal determinants of health comparative health policy (Latin America) Health and Medicine in Cold War Latin America
