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Dr. Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H. is Research Associate Professor of Law and directs the Global Health and Justice Project, a multidisciplinary project that is based at the University of Washington (UW) School of Law. The project encompasses academic activities at UW, as well as field activities in developing countries in collaboration with the Seattlebased NGO, Uplift International. Dr. Rivin is also Vice President of Programs at Uplift International. At UW, Dr. Rivin also has appointments in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She is Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Global Health and Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Rivin is faculty in the UW’s Center for Human Rights and SE Asia Center in the Jackson School. She is a Board Member of the UW Center for Global Field Studies. Dr. Rivin also has been instrumental in forming a global network of universities, launched at the 2012 World Congress of Bioethics, aimed at building clinical and research ethics capacity in medical schools in Asia. After receiving a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Indonesia in 20112012, Dr. Rivin became a Visiting Professor at the University of Gadjah Mada Faculty of Medicine in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Dr. Rivin has worked in global health and development for 30 years, with a particular focus on Indonesiabased activities since 1999. Her broad professional experience ranges from clinical pediatrics and adolescent medicine to field research, epidemiology, emergency humanitarian assistance and public health and human rights program development and evaluation. In addition to domestic work and her work in Indonesia, Dr. Rivin has field experience in China, Cambodia, Haiti, India, Israel, Nepal, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Tajikistan. She has consulted with Ministries of Health, large governmental and international organizations, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Health Organization, and various nongovernmental organizations.

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 Dr.  Beth  E.  Rivin,  M.D.,  M.P.H.  is  Research  Associate  Professor  of  Law  and  directs  the  Global  Health  and  Justice  Project,  a  multidisciplinary  project  that  is  based  at  the  University  of  Washington  (UW)  School  of  Law.  The  project  encompasses  academic  activities  at  UW,  as  well  as  field  activities  in  developing  countries  in  collaboration  with  the  Seattle-­‐based  NGO,  Uplift  International.    Dr.  Rivin  is  also  Vice  President  of  Programs  at  Uplift  International.    At  UW,  Dr.  Rivin  also  has  appointments  in  the  Schools  of  Medicine  and  Public  Health.  She  is  Adjunct  Research  Associate  Professor  of  Global  Health  and  Bioethics  and  Humanities.    Dr.  Rivin  is  faculty  in  the  UW’s  Center  for  Human  Rights  and  SE  Asia  Center  in  the  Jackson  School.    She  is  a  Board  Member  of  the  UW  Center  for  Global  Field  Studies.      Dr.  Rivin  also  has  been  instrumental  in  forming  a  global  network  of  universities,  launched  at  the  2012  World  Congress  of  Bioethics,  

aimed  at  building  clinical  and  research  ethics  capacity  in  medical  schools  in  Asia.    After  receiving  a  Fulbright  Senior  Scholar  Award  in  Indonesia  in  2011-­‐2012,  Dr.  Rivin  became  a  Visiting  Professor  at  the  University  of  Gadjah  Mada  Faculty  of  Medicine  in  Jogjakarta,  Indonesia.    Dr.  Rivin  has  worked  in  global  health  and  development  for  30  years,  with  a  particular  focus  on  Indonesia-­‐based  activities  since  1999.    Her  broad  professional  experience  ranges  from  clinical  pediatrics  and  adolescent  medicine  to  field  research,  epidemiology,  emergency  humanitarian  assistance  and  public  health  and  human  rights  program  development  and  evaluation.  In  addition  to  domestic  work  and  her  work  in  Indonesia,  Dr.  Rivin  has  field  experience  in  China,  Cambodia,  Haiti,  India,  Israel,  Nepal,  the  Philippines,  Puerto  Rico,  Sri  Lanka,  Vietnam  and  Tajikistan.  She  has  consulted  with  Ministries  of  Health,  large  governmental  and  international  organizations,  such  as  the  U.S.  Agency  for  International  Development,  the  World  Health  Organization,  and  various  non-­‐governmental  organizations.