Short Bio:

• Timothy Mackey is a Senior Research Associate, Institute of Health Law Studies, as well as a Ph.D student in the Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health. He has a global perspective and appreciation of diverse social and cultural backgrounds after living in a number of foreign countries in both developed and developing nations. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Political Science-International Relations at the University of California San Diego, and received a Masters in Advanced Studies Degree in the Joint Program in Health Law, University of California San Diego-California Western School of Law. He has a diverse background including working both in the public and private sector including completing an internship at the World Health Organization, volunteer work in governance of a non-profit organization and over 6 years of experience in legal and compliance positions in the medical device industry.

Selected Publications (from over 40):

• Tim K. Mackey, Bryan A. Liang, Thomas T. Kubic, Dangerous Doses: Fighting Fraud in the Global Medicine Supply Chain, FOREIGN AFFAIRS May 14, 2012, available at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137634/tim-k-mackey-bryan-a-liang-and-thomas-t-kubic/dangerous-doses?page=show
  
  Tim Mackey & Bryan A. Liang, Integrating Biodiversity Management and Indigenous Biopiracy Protection to Promote Environmental Justice and Global Health, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (2012) e1-e5: doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300408, [ePub ahead of print release].
  
  Tim K. Mackey & Bryan A. Liang, Rebalancing Brain Drain: Exploring Resource Reallocation to Address Health Worker Migration and Promote Global Health, HEALTH POLICY (2012) 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.006, [ePub ahead of print release]
  
  Tim K. Mackey & Bryan A. Liang, Lessons from SARS and H1N1/A: Employing a WHO-WTO Forum to Promote Optimal Economic-Public Health Pandemic Response, JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, doi:10.1057/jphp.2011.51 (2011)
  
  
• Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Direct to Consumer Advertising with Interactive Internet Media: Global Regulation and Public Health Issues, 305(8) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 824-825 (2011)
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  Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Reforming Direct-to-Consumer Advertising to Promote Patient Information and Safety Monitoring, 29(5) NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 397-400 (2011)
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  Tim Mackey & Bryan A. Liang, The Global Counterfeit Drug Trade: Patient Safety and Public Health Risks, 100(11) JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE 4751-79 (2011)
  
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• Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Prevalence and Global Health Implications of Social Media in Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising, 13(3) JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH: e64, doi:10.2196/jmir.1775 (2011)
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• Tim Mackey & Bryan A. Liang, Off Label Promotion Reform: A Legislative Proposal Addressing Vulnerable Patient Drug Access and Limiting Inappropriate Pharmaceutical Marketing,45(1) UNIV. OF MICH. J. LAW REFORM 1-54 (2011)
  
  Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Reforming Off-Label Promotion to Enhance Orphan Disease Treatment, 327(5963) SCIENCE 45 (2010)
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  Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Confronting Conflict: Addressing Institutional Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medical Centers,36(1) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 136-187 (2010)
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• Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Searching for Safety: Addressing Search Engine, Website, and Provider Accountability for Illicit Online Drug Sales, 35(1) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LAW & MEDICINE 125-184 (2009)
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• Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Preparing for Health Diplomacy Negotiations—Global Governance and the Failed Case of Taiwan, WHO, and SARS. In: Ellen Rosskam & Ilona Kickbusch, eds., NEGOTIATING AND NAVIGATING GLOBAL HEALTH: CASE STUDIES IN GLOBAL HEALTH DIPLOMACY, London: Imperial College World Scientific Press 173-202 (2012)
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  Bryan A. Liang & Tim Mackey, Addressing Illicit Online Pharmacies: Global Patient Safety and Regulatory Challenges. In: Perry Wang & Albert Wertheimer, eds., COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES VOLUME I: POLICY, ECONOMICS AND COUNTERMEASURES, London: ILM Publications: 75-85 (2012).

Select Presentations:

• 13th World Congress on Public Health: Timothy Mackey, Global Governance Policy for Brain Drain: Promoting Health Equity and Justice Through Reallocation of Resources, 13th World Congress on Public Health, World Federation of Public Health Associations, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 24, 2012
  
  Pat Ledden Memorial Faculty Luncheon Series: Timothy Mackey, Globalization of the Digital Drug Supply Chain: Using Public Private Partnerships to Combat the Scourge of Illicit Online Drug Sellers, University of California, San Diego – Faculty Club, San Diego, CA, April 11, 2012.
  
  8th Annual San Diego Health Policy Conference: Timothy Mackey, Evolution of Globalized Pharma Marketing: Risks, Opportunities and Developments in Emerging Markets, Institute of Health Law Studies, San Diego, CA, March 23, 2012.
  
  UC Global Health Day 2012: Timothy Mackey, Challenges in Global Health Governance: Combating Dangerous Medicines in the Digital Global Drug Supply Chain, Global Public Health Law Session, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, February 4, 2012.
  
  Global Health Conference 2011:  Timothy Mackey, Learning Lessons from Disease Outbreaks and the Revised International Health Regulations: A Joint WHO-WTO Forum to Ensure Balance in Economic and Public Health Actions in Emergency Response, Montreal, Canada, November 2011.
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• APHA Annual Meeting 2011:  Timothy Mackey, eDTCA 2.0: Global Regulation and Public Health Issues Associated with Interactive Internet Media, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2011.[Impact of Social Media on Public Health Section].
  
  
• California State University Student Research Competition:  Timothy Mackey, Off Label, Off Limits?: Assessing the regulation, debate, enforcement and potential policy considerations of off-label promotion, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA, May 2011.
  
  
• 7th Annual San Diego Health Policy Conference:  Timothy Mackey, Promoting Online Drug Safety: Leveraging Public Private Partnerships in Surveillance, Enforcement and Prevention of Illicit Online Drug Sales, Institute of Health Law Studies, San Diego, CA, March 2011.
  
  
• Consortium of Universities for Global Health:  Timothy Mackey, Preparing for Health Diplomacy Negotiations in Global Governance – The Failed Case of Taiwan, WHO, and SARS, CUGH 2010 Annual Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 2010.

Selected Awards:

• 2012 UCSD Interdisciplinary Scholar Awards:  The Interdisciplinary Scholar Award is awarded annually to the top 4 UCSD graduate students engaged in interdisciplinary research. 
  
  2011-2012 Carl L. Alsberg, MD Fellow for Safe Medicines:  Fellowship support from Partnership for Safe Medicines to conduct research on Internet drug sellers and develop global policy proposals to promote patient safety. 
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• 2011-2012 Inamori Fellowship:  Fellowship support from the Inamori Foundation that recognizes superior scholarship and contributions to society through graduate fellowships. 
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• President’s Award:  San Diego State University 2011 Student Research Symposium.  Awarded to top 10 oral presentations of 400 undergraduate and graduate researchers including honorarium.

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