Lorena Barberia

Lorena G. Barberia is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of São Paulo (USP). Her recent articles have been published in Science, Vaccine, Social Science Quarterly, Lancet, BMJ Global Health, Global Health Research and Policy, Nature Medicine, and Health Policy and Planning journals. In 2020, she was awarded a prize for her contributions to science at USP (Mulheres na Ciência- Destaques 2020). She is the scientific coordinator of the Solidarity Research Network Public Policy and Society (Rede de Pesquisa Solidária em Políticas Públicas e Sociedade). This research initiative seeks to improve the standard, calibrate the focus and improve the quality of federal, state, and municipal government health policies in Brazil.