Maira Owais is currently a third year student studying in the Departments of Biology and Economics at Amherst College. Her academic and career interest are directed towards public health and global policy, with a particular focus on studying healthcare from an economic perspective and using the framework of health economics to better understand the intricacies of system structures. She has been working with the Health Systems Innovation Lab over the past year and has been fortunate enough to collaborate on a number of projects that has given her great insight into the field and cemented her interests in global health.
