Erika Hanson

Erika Hanson is a Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, where she works with partners and students to advance innovative health care models. Erika primarily focuses on legal and policy implementation matters concerning health care financing and delivery of services that address the social determinants of health, reproductive justice, and the design of cash payment as treatment pilots for seriously ill patients and their families.

Prior to joining Harvard, Erika was a Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society in New York City where she represented clients, conducted class action litigation, and led policy advocacy on a wide range of health law issues, and she was a Georgetown Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellow and a Reproductive Rights & Health Legal Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C. She is a licensed member of the New York State bar.