May 12, 2026
Professor Medha D. Makhlouf gives Nordenberg Lecture and receives Achieving Excellence Award at Pitt Law
Her lecture was titled ‘The Past, Present, and Future of Immigrant Access to Health Care in the United States’
Pitt Law Professor Tomar Pierson Brown, Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Medha D. Makhlouf, and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Emeritus and Pitt Law Dean Emeritus Mark A. Nordenberg
CARLISLE—On March 17, Professor Medha D. Makhlouf delivered the annual Nordenberg Lecture in Law, Medicine, and Society. Her lecture was titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Immigrant Access to Health Care in the United States.” During a luncheon preceding the lecture, she was presented with the Achieving Excellence Award, which is given by Pitt Law’s Office of Equity & Inclusive Excellence, for her scholarship, teaching, and advocacy on improving access to health care for underserved groups.
The luncheon program preceding the lecture included presentations by Pitt Law professors Andrele Brutus St. Val and Sheila Vélez Martínez, who described local efforts to support Pittsburgh’s immigrant communities. Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusive Excellence Ann Sinsheimer presented the Achieving Excellence Award. Following the luncheon, Pitt Law Dean Jerry Dickinson gave opening remarks, and Pitt Law student Akia Seymour ’27 introduced Makhlouf.
Following the lecture, Professor Tomar Pierson Brown moderated a lively question-and-answer session. University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Emeritus and Pitt Law Dean Emeritus Mark A. Nordenberg, for whom the lecture is named, attended the events.
Professor Medha D. Makhlouf is the Elsie de R. and Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic at Penn State Dickinson Law. She has a joint appointment in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Penn State College of Medicine. Professor Makhlouf’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of health law, immigrants’ rights, and poverty law and policy. Her recent scholarship has been published in the Boston University Law Review, New York University Law Review, and the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics. Professor Makhlouf is currently writing a book, tentatively titled Health Justice for Migrants, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press.
