Sofia Gruskin is a scholar and advocate in the field of health and human rights whose contributions range from global policy to the grassroots level.
Gruskin's focus on public health, human rights, and law emerged during the early years of the global AIDS crisis.
In association with Dr. Daniel Tarantola, they worked to establish the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.
[15][16] In addition to teaching full term courses, Gruskin has also been invited as a guest lecturer in a variety of full-term academic classes.
[17] The field of health and human rights is now well recognized, and Sofia Gruskin has been a singular figure continuously at the cutting edge of conceptual and programming advances.
"[18] Gruskin's distinct contribution has been in influencing the direction of public health research and action by defining key concepts, developing and testing conceptual and analytical frameworks, and creating policy and programming tools.