Past Visitor
Donald W Light
Affiliation
Social Science
Field of Study
Comparative Health Care
From
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Donald Light is exploring how states, as protectors and promoters of the public’s health, can interact with pharmacological research to develop better medicines and make them available at prices that states can afford. This entails markets for public health, which operate differently from private markets, especially during pandemics.
Dates at IAS
Visitor
School of Social Science
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Fall
Visitor
School of Social Science
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Fall
Degrees
Brandeis University
Ph.D.
1970
University of Chicago
M.A.
1966
Stanford University
B.A.
1963
Honors
2016
Pellegrino Medal in Bioethics
2013
Distinguished Career in Sociology
Appointments
University of Cambridge
2016
Visiting professor
Stanford University
2010–2012
Visiting professor
