Amanda M. Gutierrez, MPH

Welcome! I'm an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of health policy and health innovation equity. My work emphasizes the perspectives of patients and the broader public as key evidence for informing how policies can improve equitable access to quality care.

I have 12 years of experience conducting mixed methods empirical health services research in the contexts of genomics, vaccines, and cancer.  Using qualitative and survey-based quantitative analytic methods, I examine public opinion toward and patients' experiences with health care and public health services, specializing in disparities in access to health services and emerging health technologies among medically underserved populations. I also have practical field experience working in global health, education, and health program evaluation in Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and South Africa. 

As a doctoral candidate in Harvard's Health Policy program, I'm part of the 2023-2027 cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars program. I'm a Master of Public Health graduate from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Global Health and Maternal and Child Health (2020); graduate of Rice University in Global Health Technologies (2013); Fulbright Scholar (Spain 2013-14); and co-inventor of the DoseRight® Syringe Clip, a patented device that helps prevent overdosing when using an oral syringe to administer liquid medication.