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Sofia Gruskin is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences, encompassing 34 and 32 publications respectively. Within these broad areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics explored in their work include HIV, Drug Use, and Sexual Risk; Human Rights and Development; Sex Work and Related Issues; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Global Maternal and Child Health; Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health; and Health and Conflict Studies. This range indicates a focus on the intersection of health with social and human rights concerns.

Gruskin's recent papers reflect diverse themes within public health and human rights. Notable publications include:

  • Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights (2021, The Lancet)
  • Frameworks and measures for HIV-related internalized stigma, stigma and discrimination in healthcare and in laws and policies: a systematic review (2022, Journal of the International AIDS Society)
  • A Call for (Renewed) Commitment to Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, and Sexual Pleasure: A Matter of Health and Well-Being (2020, American Journal of Public Health)
  • Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health (2025, The Lancet)
  • Under threat: the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights (2024, The Lancet)

Their collaborative network involves frequent coauthors such as Laura Ferguson, Pascale Allotey, Rajat Khosla, Albert Wirya, and Ajeng Larasati.

Publications often appear in high-profile and specialized venues including The Lancet, BMJ Global Health, Research Square, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, and the Journal of the International AIDS Society. These outlets underscore the focus on global and sexual health, rights, and equity.

Best Publications

  • Defining equity in health

    P Braveman;S Gruskin

  • Estimating the lost benefits of antiretroviral drug use in South Africa.

    Pride Chigwedere;George R Seage;Sofia Gruskin;Tun-Hou Lee

  • Poverty, equity, human rights and health

    Paula Braveman;Sofia Gruskin

  • The impact of a police drug crackdown on drug injectors' ability to practice harm reduction: a qualitative study.

    Hannah Cooper;Lisa Moore;Sofia Gruskin;Nancy Krieger

  • History, principles, and practice of health and human rights.

    Sofia Gruskin;Edward J Mills;Daniel Tarantola

  • Health and human rights : a reader

    Jonathan M. Mann;Sofia Gruskin;Michael A. Grodin;George J. Annas

  • Evolution of antiretroviral drug costs in Brazil in the context of free and universal access to AIDS treatment.

    Amy S Nunn;Elize M Fonseca;Elize M Fonseca;Francisco I Bastos;Sofia M. Gruskin

  • Characterizing Perceived Police Violence: Implications for Public Health

    Hannah Cooper;Lisa Moore;Sofia Gruskin;Nancy Krieger

  • Assessing health impact assessment: multidisciplinary and international perspectives

    N. Krieger;Mary Northridge;S. Gruskin;M. Quinn

  • Ensuring sexual and reproductive health for people living with HIV: an overview of key human rights, policy and health systems issues

    Sofia Gruskin;Laura Ferguson;Jeffrey O'Malley

  • Orphan Care in Botswana's Working Households: Growing Responsibilities in the Absence of Adequate Support

    Candace M. Miller;Sofia Gruskin;S.V. Subramanian;Divya Rajaraman

  • Men's violence against women and men are inter-related: recommendations for simultaneous intervention

    Paul J. Fleming;Sofia Gruskin;Florencia Rojo;Shari L. Dworkin

  • AIDS Treatment In Brazil: Impacts And Challenges

    Amy Stewart Nunn;Elize Massard da Fonseca;Francisco I. Bastos;Sofia Gruskin

  • Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture-recapture analysis.

    Justin Michael Feldman;Sofia Gruskin;Brent Andrew Coull;Nancy Krieger

  • Sexual health, sexual rights and sexual pleasure: meaningfully engaging the perfect triangle

    Sofia Gruskin;Vithika Yadav;Antón Castellanos-Usigli;Gvantsa Khizanishvili

  • The HIV care cascade: models, measures and moving forward

    Sarah MacCarthy;Michael Hoffmann;Laura Ferguson;Amy Nunn

  • ‘Rights-based approaches’ to health policies and programs: Articulations, ambiguities, and assessment

    Sofia Gruskin;Dina Bogecho;Laura Ferguson

  • Process is the point: justice and human rights: priority setting and fair deliberative process.

    Sofia Gruskin;Norman Daniels

  • Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment and care: assessing the inclusion of human rights in international and national strategic plans.

    Sofia Gruskin;Daniel Tarantola

  • Human rights and ethics in public health.

    Sofia Gruskin;Bernard M. Dickens

  • Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling in health facilities--what does this mean for the health and human rights of pregnant women?

    Sofia Gruskin;Shahira Ahmed;Laura Ferguson

  • Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop

    Nancy Krieger;Margarita Alegría;Naomar Almeida-Filho;Jarbas Barbosa da Silva

  • Women’s and Children’s Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights

    Paul H Hunt;Flavia Bustreo;Sofia Gruskin;Asbjørn Eide

  • Perspectives on Health and Human Rights

    Sofia Gruskin

  • Health and human rights.

    Jonathan M. Mann;Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin;Sofia Gruskin;Troyen Brennan

  • Justice and Human Rights: Priority Setting and Fair Deliberative Process

    Sofia Gruskin;Norman Daniels

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Krieger
Nancy Krieger Harvard University
Pascale Allotey
Pascale Allotey United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility
Pamela D. Waterman
Pamela D. Waterman Harvard University
Jarvis T. Chen
Jarvis T. Chen Harvard University
Shari L. Dworkin
Shari L. Dworkin University of Washington
Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mauricio Lima Barreto
Mauricio Lima Barreto Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Anthony B. Zwi
Anthony B. Zwi University of New South Wales
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University

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