FL Food is Medicine Facts by CHLPI Harvard Law School

Florida Food is Medicine Fact Sheet by Erika Hanson, CHLPI at Harvard Law School with the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition.

The inaugural webinar in the Movers & Shakers Webinar Series with the Florida Health and Nutrition Coalition on May 5, 2023. Speaker Erika Hanson is a Clinical Instructor and Attorney in the Health Law and Policy Clinic at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School where she focuses on policy advocacy to address the social determinants of health, improve health equity, and mitigate health disparities with a focus on the needs of low-income people living with chronic illnesses. She has a particularly active portfolio dedicated to nurturing the integration of Food is Medicine interventions into health care delivery and financing at the state level. She previously worked as a Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society in New York City for nearly five years, where she provided direct services, conducted class action litigation, and led policy advocacy on a wide range of health law issues. Prior to working at The Legal Aid Society, Erika was a Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow and a Reproductive Rights & Health Legal Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C.