Priti Patnaik

Priti Patnaik is the Founding Editor of the Geneva Health Files, a weekly investigative newsletter that tracks power and politics in global health.
In her twenty years in journalism, she has reported on global health, international trade, finance and illicit financial flows. She has worked as a reporter in Geneva, New York City and New Delhi. Outside of journalism, she has worked at a UN public health agency.
Priti has a master’s degree in Development Studies from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a master’s degree in Business and Economic Reporting from New York University. She has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, genetics and chemistry from Osmania University, India.
Her book "The TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the World Trade Organization" [ISBN: 9782970162711] is a blow-by-blow account of the highly political and, often contentious negotiations around the TRIPS Waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) between October 2020 and June 2022.
In her twenty years in journalism, she has reported on global health, international trade, finance and illicit financial flows. She has worked as a reporter in Geneva, New York City and New Delhi. Outside of journalism, she has worked at a UN public health agency.
Priti has a master’s degree in Development Studies from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a master’s degree in Business and Economic Reporting from New York University. She has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, genetics and chemistry from Osmania University, India.
Her book "The TRIPS Waiver Negotiations at the World Trade Organization" [ISBN: 9782970162711] is a blow-by-blow account of the highly political and, often contentious negotiations around the TRIPS Waiver proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) between October 2020 and June 2022.
