Dr. Regiane Garcia Appointed as Adjunct Professor in Human Rights

We are excited to congratulate Dr. Regiane Garcia on her appointment as an Adjunct Professor in Human Rights and welcome her to our Global College community!

Dr. Regiane (Regi) Garcia is a lawyer, legal scholar, and policy specialist with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of health and human rights, health law, social policy, and governance innovation, grounded in a steadfast commitment to equity and social justice. She currently serves as a Senior Policy Analyst with the British Columbia Ministry of Health, working on the province’s response to the overdose crisis.

She also serves as a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her research examines the legal, privacy, security and ethical dimensions of data sharing governance in the context of machine learning and learning health systems. Drawing on qualitative and empirical legal methods, she works to inform equitable, rights-based approaches to data sharing system design.

Regi holds a PhD in Law from the University of British Columbia, where her dissertation examined participatory governance in Brazil’s public health system and its implications for population health outcomes. She also holds an LLM from the University of Toronto and a Law Degree from Mackenzie University in São Paulo. Regi was admitted to the Brazilian Bar in 1997 and practiced as a litigator prior to pursuing graduate studies in Canada.

Her current research includes international and multidisciplinary collaborations, including: the development of privacy-preserving frameworks for cross-border health data sharing in the Cascadia Corridor; an investigation into the intersections of health and justice in Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court; and an exploration of stigma associated with neglected tropical diseases in Ghana.