[Perspectives] Sarah Baird: understanding, action, and optimism

When Sarah Baird appears on my computer screen, things are not quite as expected. For one thing, while she is Professor of Global Health and Economics in the Department of Global Health of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA, she is speaking from New Zealand. For another, she has an American-sounding accent, but is wearing a Rugby World Cup top—not a sport usually associated with the USA. I ask about her background. “My parents are from New Zealand”, Baird explains.