• Clinical Instructor, Global Health
  • Senior Research Advisor, OutRight Action International
Amie Bishop

Seattle, WA
United States

Phone Number: 
206-465-1373
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Biography 

Ms. Bishop is a global health and human rights consultant and has worked in more than 20 countries. Since 2019, she has served as Senior Research Advisor for OutRight Action International, a global LGBTIQ human rights organization, where she also was on the Board of Directors for 9 years and Co-Chair for 3 years. She is the author of a groundbreaking report on the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTIQ populations globally (2020), as well as the nature and extent of so-called conversion therapy worldwide. Other consultancies with various global health organizations (e.g., PATH, FHI360, DAI) have focused on HIV, TB, and health access for key populations. She has expertise in qualitative research and monitoring and evaluation; interim program leadership; program design and grant writing capacity-building; and strategic planning. From 1989 to 2014, she worked at PATH, where she held various leadership and technical roles, including Ukraine Country Director, focusing primarily on TB, and HIV, and on women’s cancers. Ms. Bishop served on Seattle’s Women in Global Health Advisory Panel for three years and was on the Jackson School's MAAIS program Advisory Committee representing LGBTIQ human rights for 5 years. She holds Master’s Degrees in Social Work and Public Health from Columbia University and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco.

Education 
  • MSW, Columbia University
  • MPH, Columbia University
  • BA, Pomona College
Country Affiliations 
Health Topics 
  • Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Sexuality
  • Social Justice and Human Rights
  • TB
DGH Centers, Programs and Initiatives and Affiliated Organizations 
Publications 

Bishop, A. USAID’s Humanitarian Action Policy Should Be LGBTIQ-Inclusive. OutRight Action International, July 2022.

Bishop A, Saeed, N, and IraQueer. I Need to Be Free: What It Means to be a Queer Woman in Today’s Iraq, OutRight Action International and IraQueer. January 2022.

Bishop A. , Vulnerabilities Amplified: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBTIQ People. OutRight Action International, May 2020.

Bishop A. HARMFUL TREATMENT: The Global Reach of So-Called Conversion Therapy. OutRight Action International. 2019.

Bishop A, Dvaladze A, Tsu V, Duggan C. Tanzania Breast Health Care Assessment: An Assessment of Breast Cancer Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Tanzania. Susan G Komen; Breast Cancer Initiative 2.5, Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children. October 2017.