
Ximena Benavides
- Assistant Professor, Legal Studies Program
B417 Moore-Rooker Hall
Education
- J.S.D., Yale Law School, 2022
- LL.M., Yale Law School, 2006
- LL.B., Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2002
- B.A., Humanities, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 1997
Research Interests
- Health Law and Policy
- Law and Innovation
- Health Political Economy
- Global Health Law
Publications
Journal Articles
- ‘Our Project, Your Problem’: The WHO mRNA Tech Transfer Hub (with Herder, M.), 4(9) PLOS Glob Public Health (2024) (peer-reviewed)
- Inequitable by Design: The Patent Culture, Law, and Politics Behind COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access, 56 (2) Mich. J. L. Reform 455 (2023)
- Post COVID-19: Supranational Regulatory Influence and Harmonization [Salud Postpandemia: Influencia Supranacional y Coordinación Regulatoria] 20(4) Int. J. Con. Law 1511 (2022)
- Disparate Health Care in Puerto Rico: A Battle Beyond Statehood, 23(3) U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 163 (2020)
Book Chapters
- The Financialization of Digital Clinical Trials, in Health Law as Private Law (I. Glenn Cohen, et al., eds., 2025)
- Moral Entrepreneurship: Integrating Equity with Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation, in Knowledge and Entrepreneurship in Public Policy (Christopher Coyne et al., eds., 2024)
- Promoting Political Equality in Healthcare, in Vol. 2: Public Sector Performance, Corruption and State Capture 238 (Susan Rose-Ackerman ed., 2024)
- The Law and Political Economy of Healthcare in the United States, in Markets, Constitutions, and Inequality 51 (Anna Chadwick et al., eds., 2022)
- Healthcare Data Ownership and Privacy: A Perspective for Digital Therapeutics, in Digital Therapeutics: Scientific, Statistical, Clinical, and Regulatory Development Aspects (Oleksandr Sverdlov and Joris Van Dam eds., 2022) (first author, with Licholai, G.)
Editorial Appointments
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 2024–present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Law and Political Economy, 2025–present
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Review of Political Economy, 2024–present
- Faculty Advisor, Yale Undergraduate Journal of Human Rights, 2023–2025
Awards, Honors, and Recognition
- ISPS Democratic Innovations Research Award, Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies, 2025
- Fox Fellowship, Yale University and University of British Columbia, 2021-22
- Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship, Mercatus Center, 2019-20, 2021-22
Prior Professional Positions
- Yale Global Health Fellow, GAVI, The Vaccines Alliance-COVAX Facility, 2021
- Legal Counsel, Inteligo Group, Intercorp, 2011-2016
- Senior Associate, CMS-Grau, 2001-2005, 2008-2011
- Associate, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, 2006-2008