David Branigan Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Ny, Us

New York

• Coordinated the 1/4/6x24 Campaign to scale up access to shorter, safer regimens for tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment and to generate the energy, political will, and funding to end TB.• Led TAG’s advocacy portfolio on TB diagnostics to promote the research and development of improved TB diagnostic technologies and equitable access to these technologies. • Created resources to sensitize activists, policymakers, and other stakeholders to the latest scientific advances relevant… Show more • Coordinated the 1/4/6x24 Campaign to scale up access to shorter, safer regimens for tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment and to generate the energy, political will, and funding to end TB.• Led TAG’s advocacy portfolio on TB diagnostics to promote the research and development of improved TB diagnostic technologies and equitable access to these technologies. • Created resources to sensitize activists, policymakers, and other stakeholders to the latest scientific advances relevant to the development and introduction of new TB diagnostics, including TAG’s TB diagnostics Pipeline Report and Activist’s Guides. • Advanced advocacy campaigns to promote equitable access to TB technologies according to the highest standard of care, with a focus on affordable and equitable pricing and country uptake.• Supported community engagement in TB research, including through working with the Global TB Community Advisory Board (TB CAB) to meet with product developers, review TB research study protocols, and ensure that conditions are in place to promote equitable access to new TB tools. Show less

New York

• Supported the Rights Claiming and Accountability Program to evaluate the impacts of the OPERA (Outcomes, Policy Efforts, Resources, Assessment) monitoring framework for economic, social and cultural rights, by designing a monitoring and evaluation system and conducting qualitative and quantitative research to inform the future development of OPERA resources.• Developed "Resourcing Rights," a public database of UN documents and court judgements on the "maximum available resources" norm… Show more • Supported the Rights Claiming and Accountability Program to evaluate the impacts of the OPERA (Outcomes, Policy Efforts, Resources, Assessment) monitoring framework for economic, social and cultural rights, by designing a monitoring and evaluation system and conducting qualitative and quantitative research to inform the future development of OPERA resources.• Developed "Resourcing Rights," a public database of UN documents and court judgements on the "maximum available resources" norm, used to support research by the UN CESCR and other human rights organizations and advocates. Show less

New York

• Researched and published news on pressing issues of intellectual property rights and their impact on global governance, emerging technology, access to medicines, global health policy, trade and development, and innovation ecosystems.

New York

• Volunteered videography at workshops, rallies, marches, and protests, and produced short videos to document actions, feature key activists and messaging, and inspire people to get more involved and invested in the housing justice movement.

Boston

• Led Bikes Not Bombs' International Programs work to increase engagement with international partners, improving dialogue and promoting meaningful co-development of projects, and informing more targeted technical assistance to support skills development and partner organization sustainability.• Managed eight ongoing economic development partnerships with bicycle organizations and social impact-oriented small businesses in West Africa, East Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and… Show more • Led Bikes Not Bombs' International Programs work to increase engagement with international partners, improving dialogue and promoting meaningful co-development of projects, and informing more targeted technical assistance to support skills development and partner organization sustainability.• Managed eight ongoing economic development partnerships with bicycle organizations and social impact-oriented small businesses in West Africa, East Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and organized the shipment of over 25,000 bicycles to these partners over six years.• Developed international program strategy to promote the goal of using the bicycle as a vehicle for social change and environmental sustainability; developed and implemented programs of technical assistance to support international partners, from advanced bicycle mechanics to bookkeeping; built and strengthened international bicycle-based development networks for information and resource-sharing; hired and managed International Programs staff; and led grant writing for the program. Show less

Ghana

• Supported eight people with physical disabilities to establish a worker-owned cooperative bicycle retail and wholesale business that refurbished and distributed over 3,000 bicycles per year in the Eastern Region of Ghana, while providing well-paying, full-time jobs to the worker-owners.• Trained the cooperative members in advanced bicycle mechanics, technical aspects of small business management, international shipping logistics management, and organizational strategic planning.

• Co-founded and directed a non-profit that provided educational scholarships to young people involved with a youth theater collective in Dangme East District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana, supporting eight young people to attend secondary school, and two to attend university.

Philadelphia

• Administered the daily financial and operational activities to assist the Executive Director and staff of a small, historically Quaker, multi-service community non-profit that provided youth programs, energy bill financial assistance, a community food pantry, and family counseling for truancy.

Ghana

• Supported the reinvigoration of four village-based Water and Sanitation Committees and facilitated their collaboration to develop and manage latrine-building and water pipe-expansion projects in the Songornya ("mouth of the Songor lagoon") salt-mining coastal area of southeast Ghana. • Supported a self-organized youth theater collective to create a safe, creative space for young people from the surrounding villages to co-develop and perform community dramas and facilitate community… Show more • Supported the reinvigoration of four village-based Water and Sanitation Committees and facilitated their collaboration to develop and manage latrine-building and water pipe-expansion projects in the Songornya ("mouth of the Songor lagoon") salt-mining coastal area of southeast Ghana. • Supported a self-organized youth theater collective to create a safe, creative space for young people from the surrounding villages to co-develop and perform community dramas and facilitate community educational workshops on issues of sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence awareness and prevention, and youth empowerment in Dangme East District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Climate Action And Governance

International Affairs, Ms, Governance And Rights, 4.0

International Affairs Graduation Student Speaker, 2018

Ba, Anthropology

Distinguished Young Alumni Award, 2012