Kristina Baldwin Larson, JD, MBE

Kristina Baldwin Larson, JD, MBE is a lecturer within the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her BA in History of Science from Princeton University, her JD from Columbia Law School, and her MBE from Harvard Medical School. Kristina teaches the Foundations curriculum for Harvard’s Master of Science in Bioethics Program as well as Bioethics and Infectious Disease. Early in her career, Kristina worked as an attorney at Shearman & Sterling in New York. Subsequently, she was an adjunct lecturer in the Humanities Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey as well as a course coach at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. During her graduate work, Kristina examined the development of stem cell-based therapy for Parkinson’s Disease and focused on the role of public engagement in medical research. She also published research analyzing data sharing intentions for COVID-related interventional trials. Kristina is a member of The Hastings Center Advisory Council, and she serves on the board of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum as well as the Connecticut Committee for The Princeton Prize in Race Relations.