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Timothy K. Mackey is a PhD Candidate in the Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health. He is also a Rita L. Atkinson Fellow, Inamori Fellow, and Carl L. Alsberg Fellow for Safe Medicines. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Political Science-International Relations at UCSD, and received a Masters in Advanced Studies Degree in the Joint Program in Health Policy and Law, UCSD-California Western School of Law. He has worked in both the public and private sector including completing an internship at the World Health Organization and has over 7 years of private sector experience in legal and compliance positions. His research interests include global drug supply chain safety, global health governance, health diplomacy, eHealth, and access to medicines. His current dissertation work, under Prof. Bryan A. Liang, focuses on the linkages between unregulated online health marketing and illicit access to pharmaceuticals.In addition to his research, Mr. Mackey is actively engaged in promoting health policy issues. This includes acting as the current chair of the American Public Health Association Trade & Health Forum, advocating for tobacco control at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement-13th Round of Negotiations, providing policy analysis to the Executive Office of the President, Intellectual Property Enforcement, and being featured on CSPAN-3 and ABC World News regarding online health safety.
