Laura Bothwell, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor of Public Health; Assistant Professor, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Dr. Bothwell is an ethicist and historian of public health. Her current research focuses on social, historical, and ethical dimensions of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). She is also working on ethical dimensions of climate-related population displacement. She has past experience teaching environmental health and is passionate about ethical and historical dimensions of the interplay of environmental health, climate change, and disease prevention and control. Her courses address critical issues in environmental health history and ethics.