Public Policy Lab
Meera Rothman is a Design Research Analyst at the Public Policy Lab since September 2022, having previously served as a Research Intern at the same organization. Rothman is also involved with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication as a Website Editor and has held the position of Editor in Chief at the Yale Human Rights Journal, where leadership included publishing biannual online editions and a notable print edition. Prior experience encompasses a role as a Legal Trainee at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a Legal Intern with the PAIR Project, and a Research Intern at the Yale School of Public Health. Additionally, Rothman led the Students of Salaam organization as President and gained legislative experience through a research internship at the U.S. House of Representatives. Educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Health Policy, Planning & Financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University.
Public Policy Lab
The Public Policy Lab's mission is to design services that help Americans build better lives. We partner with government agencies – and the communities they serve – to create public services that are more effective, more respectful, and simple to use. Public programs are how our society invests in citizens. Too often, however, public services don’t feel very friendly, or even very useful. Here at the Public Policy Lab, we think the solution lies with the people themselves: when services are thoughtfully designed to serve the needs of their users, to be engaging and easy to use, then they’re more satisfying for citizens, as well as more effective and cost-efficient for government. We engage in research at the intersection of policy and user-centered design. We examine how policy goals and public services can be assessed through the experience of their users. We identify best practices from the design professions that can bring value to the public sector. And then we directly engage with government leaders and community members in projects to improve service delivery.