• Assistant Professor, Global Health
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International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH)
Department of Global Health, University of Washington
325 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
United States

Email: 
lanej3@uw.edu
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Biography 

Jeff Lane, JD, MPH, is Co-Director of the University of Washington’s (UW) International Training and Education Center for Heath (I-TECH) and an Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Global Health. He is also an affiliate faculty member with the UW Global Medicines Program and the UW Implementation Science Program.

Prior to joining UW, Jeff practiced health care regulatory law in Seattle, Washington where he was a partner in the firm’s health care practice group. During his career, Jeff has worked to strengthen health policy and regulatory environments in the United States and more than a dozen countries around the world, including Botswana, Cambodia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, and Ukraine. Jeff’s research focuses on how health policy and law impact access to essential medicines and health workers around the world.

Some of his recent projects include:

  • Developing guidance for national medicine regulatory authorities on emergency use authorizations for medicines and vaccines
  • Evaluating the implementation of pharmacist-initiated HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) laws in the United States
  • Assessing the availability and affordability of medicines in the WHO Africa region
  • Strengthening capacity for HIV service delivery in India, Jamaica, Mozambique, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine
  • Analyzing scope of practice laws affecting equitable access to cardiovascular health services in rural areas of the United States
  • Strengthening advanced HIV disease services in Mozambique

Jeff teaches Policy Development and Advocacy for Global Health (GH523) every spring and co-teaches Global Health Pharmacy: Medicines, Practice, and Policy every winter (GH543). He received his Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Health from UW.

Education 
  • MPH (University of Washington)
  • JD (University of Washington)
Health Topics 
  • Global Health Governance
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Policy Monitoring
Publications 

Lane J, Andrews G, Orange E, Brezak A, Tanna G, Lebese L, Carter T, Naidoo E, Levendal E, Katz A. Strengthening health policy development and management systems in low- and middle- income countries: South Africa's approach. Health Policy OPEN. 2020 Dec 1; 100010.

Lane J, Verani A, Hijazi M, Hurley E, Hagopian A, Judice N, Sanford S, MacInnis R, Zelek S, Katz A, Monitoring the Policy Reforms Needed to Achieve an AIDS-Free Generation: A Roadmap to Strengthen Policy Development, Implementation, and Monitoring Capacity in PEPFAR Countries. 11 PloS One 2 (2016).

Lane J, Barnhart S, Luboga S, Arudo J, Urassa D, and Hagopian A, The Emergence of Hospital Accreditation Programs in East Africa: Lessons from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Global J Med & Pub Health. 2014; 3(2).

Lane J, Gilead Sciences Licenses Five HIV/AIDS Drugs to New Medicines Patent Pool: The Start of a New Trend? American Bar Association, International Law News. 2011 December; Vol. 41 No. 1.

Lane J, The Need for Effective Licensure Laws for Mid-Level Health Care Providers in Countries Facing Chronic Physician Shortages: A Case Study of the Marshall Islands’ Health Assistants. Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 2008 June; 17: 767-97.