Leah Rand, DPhil, is a Research Scientist with PORTAL and a Lecturer at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. Her research focuses on issues at the intersection of bioethics and health policy, specifically public involvement in health policy decision-making at US regulatory agencies and how to economically value health care in ways that align with normative and social values. She has published on value assessment, health technology assessment, federal regulators, and public involvement in Health Affairs, JAMA, and Bioethics.
Prior to joining PORTAL, she staffed a consensus study at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on public health emergency preparedness and response, and contributed to a framework of ethical considerations for innovative biomedical technologies.
Leah graduated from the University of Chicago, received an MA in philosophy from University College London as a Marshall Scholar, and earned her doctorate in population health and bioethics from the University of Oxford.