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Noam Schimmel earned a PhD in Media and Communication from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE, United Kingdom) in January, 2014. He has an MS in Philosophy, Policy and Social Value from the LSE. His interdisciplinary doctoral research examined American Democratic presidential healthcare reform rhetoric, American healthcare reform policy and politics, and the human right to healthcare. He was an O’Brien Fellow in Residence and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University Faculty of Law, Canada, where he is currently Associate Fellow. He was a Research Officer at the London School of Economics Department of Social Policy, LSE Health division, researching the human rights challenges facing internally displaced people globally in 2016. Noam is a Humanity in Action Senior Fellow (Amsterdam Fellowship 2001).
Updated May 2019
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