Sara Davis

Sara (Meg) Davis is a Professor at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM), specializing in technology and human rights within global health systems. She leads the Digital Health and Rights Project, focusing on digital equity, data governance, and participatory research methodologies. Her work bridges anthropology, law, and policy, emphasizing marginalized communities’ voices in global health frameworks.

She holds a Ph.D. and MA from the University of Pennsylvania, with postdoctoral fellowships at Yale and UCLA. Prior roles include senior advisor on human rights at the Global Fund, where she institutionalized human rights in grant agreements across 120+ countries. Her research spans China, Kenya, Thailand, and Vietnam, addressing structural inequalities in digital access and global health governance.

Key research interests include digital gender divides, data colonialism, and participatory action research. Her recent work examines pandemic treaty negotiations through a human rights lens and evaluates mobile health technologies’ impact on youth in Bangladesh and Colombia. She advocates for citizen science and community-led approaches to health crises.

Major awards include the 2017 International Geneva Award. She teaches IM961: Global Digital Health and Human Rights at CIM, fostering interdisciplinary solutions to global health challenges.