EP #186 - 12.11.2020 -Understanding COVID-19 Testing

Today we have a DISCUSSION OF COVID-19 testing with Shobita Parthasarathy.

Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research specializes in the governance of emerging science and technology, and the politics of evidence and expertise in policymaking in comparative and international perspective. She is the author of two books--Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press. 2017) and Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007). She is currently working on two projects. The first examines the politics of inclusive innovation in international development, and the second compares COVID-19 responses (particularly as it relates to diagnostic testing) in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Korea.