The Maeve McKean Women’s Law & Public Policy – O’Neill Institute Fellow

Loyce Pace and Maeve McKean

Hosted by Georgetown University’s Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program and the O’Neill Institute for Nation and Global Health Law

“Even in her short career, Maeve’s impact on the health and global health communities was profound. It is such an honor for us to launch this fellowship in Maeve’s memory; we are so proud to support a fellowship to advance health equity in the District, which suffers from some of the most stark health disparities in the nation, and around the globe. Maeve did everything with a spirit of joy, and it is in that spirit that we launch this Fellowship. We look forward to the generations of dynamic and determined women who advance health equity in her name.”

– Jill Morrison, Director, Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship &
– Katie Gottschalk, Executive Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

 

In memory of Maeve McKean’s dedication to public service, and to honor a legal career devoted to serving others, the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law will support a named Fellow each year to work in the Washington D.C. community at an organization focused on solving the most intractable public health issues.

A graduate of the joint degree program between Georgetown University Law Center and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Maeve was a Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellow 2009-2010. Her first year after graduating, Maeve was selected as a Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow, dividing her service between International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS and the Center for Health and Gender Equity. As she would do throughout her career, Maeve was dedicated to using her education and skills as a lawyer to improve the lives of the most vulnerable.

In 2019 Maeve returned to Georgetown University as the Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative, a cross-university partnership based out of Georgetown University Medical Center, and later that year was jointly appointed as the Associate Director of the HIV Policy Lab at the O’Neill Institute.

Bookending her dedicated career to serve the local and global communities, the Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program and the O’Neill Institute for Nation and Global Health Law are joining together to ensure Maeve’s legacy and impact continues after her tragic death in 2020.

Visit the Fellowships Page: https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/maevemckeanfellowship/

“I am deeply honored to be the first person to be trusted with carrying out Maeve’s legacy as a Maeve McKean Women’s Law & Public Policy –O’Neill Institute Fellow. I am committed to continuing Maeve’s work to transform systems that criminalize and abuse people living with HIV, and to advance health and reproductive justice for communities impacted by sex work and susbtance use. As a former sex education teacher and community organizer, I know that the best policy solutions come from the people who have lived experience with the particular policy at hand. I know that Maeve shared a commitment to community engagement and coalition building, and I take that spirit with me into this work.”

– Anna Reed, 2021/2022 Maeve McKean Women’s Law & Public Policy–O’Neill Institute Fellow

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