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Joe Amon, PhD, MSPH, is a researcher and advocate focusing on marginalized and vulnerable populations and the impact of political determinants, such as laws, and their enforcement, on health.
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Human rights; right to health; discrimination; HIV; key populations; violence; police; detention
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Prof Joe Amon is the Director of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights and Distinguished Professor of the Practice in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to his appointment in October 2024, Amon was the Director of the Office of Global Health and Clinical Professor at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health. Trained in molecular parasitology, he has worked for a wide range of governmental and non-governmental organizations. During his ten-year tenure at Human Rights Watch he founded programs on human rights and health, disability and the environment. Dr. Amon has also held visiting or adjunct academic appointments with Paris School of International Affairs (SciencesPo), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Princeton, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins Universities. Amon was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Health and Human Rights in November 2023. From 2019-2023, he was the Journal’s Senior Editor.