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Kate Todrys is a human rights lawyer who specializes in health and human rights research and advocacy.

She currently serves as a member of the policy and New York executive committees of Human Rights Watch and as a pro bono attorney representing children seeking asylum for the Safe Passage Project. As a researcher with the Health and Human Rights division of Human Rights Watch, Kate focused on the health of prisoners, migrants, and sex workers; she has also worked with the Millennium Villages Project at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

Kate has published numerous peer-reviewed public health journal articles, including in the Lancet; her op-eds have run in Jurist, the Huffington Post, Grist, and other outlets. She has been honored with the 2010 International AIDS Society HIV/TB Research Prize and a Robert L. Bernstein fellowship. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and an A.B. from Harvard College

Awards and Recognitions

Formal Education

Northwestern University

1985 – 1991 – gravida nibh vel velit et auctor alimo quet menean solli

Columbia University

1985 – 1991 – gravida nibh vel velit et auctor alimo quet menean solli

Previous Works

1999 – Best New Writer Award

2001 – Best New Novel

2005 – Best New Writer Award

2007 – Best New Novel

2011 – Best New Writer Award

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2012 – Best New Novel

2015 – Best New Writer Award

2017 – Best New Novel