Sarah Downer, JD
Associate Director, Whole Person Care, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Sarah Downer is a Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School and co-directs the Center’s Whole Person Care Initiative, which seeks to improve care for underserved individuals at every point of interaction with the health care system. She serves as a Special Advisor to the Aspen Institute’s Food & Society Food is Medicine Research initiative and co-leads the Center’s Social Determinants of Health Law Lab, a project dedicated to analyzing novel legal issues that arise when the healthcare system interacts with patients in new ways.
Sarah's Web Forums
Thursday, 9:00AM – 10:30AM Pacific Time
The Future of Food Is Medicine Research
Presenters: Jim McGovern , Vanessa Georges , Hilary Seligman , Pamela Schwartz , Trina Ragain , Katie
Tuesday, 10:00AM – 11:00AM Pacific Time
Engaging A Learning Community to Achieve the Promise of Lung Cancer Screening
Presenters: Ronald Myers , Priscilla Ko , Nathaniel Nathaniel , Val Slayton , Jamie Studts
Wednesday, 8:00AM – 9:30AM Pacific Time
Health Equity and the Cancer Care Continuum in Kentucky: Access to Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition
Presenters: Kristian Wagner , Colleen Spees , Leslie Clements , Martin Richards
Wednesday, 8:00AM – 9:30AM Pacific Time
Addressing Health Equity in Cancer Prevention: Spotlight on Radon in Kentucky
Presenters: Kristian Wagner , Rachel Landauer , Sophia Breggia , Clay Hardwick , Shannon Baker , Kyle Hoylman , Stacy Stanifer
Friday, 10:00AM – 11:30AM Pacific Time
Mainstreaming Produce Prescriptions: A Policy Strategy Report
Presenters: Robert Greenwald , Devon Klatell , Michel Nischan , Steven Chen , Katie Garfield , Ashley Price , Emma Scot
Wednesday, 11:00AM – 12:00PM Pacific Time
Beating Type 2 Diabetes: Recommendations for Federal Policy Reform
Presenters: Sarah Downer , Jamille Fields , Emma Clippinger
Wednesday, 11:00AM – 12:15PM Pacific Time
Fighting Type 2 Diabetes Through Policy Reform: New Jersey and North Carolina as Case Studies
Presenters: Allison Condra , Sarah Downer , Francine Grabowski
Thursday, 11:00AM – 12:00PM Pacific Time
Food is Medicine: Integrating Food Programs into Health Care
Presenters: Sarah Downer , Maggie Morgan , Malinda Ellwood