I am a first-year internal medicine resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital. I received my MD from Harvard Medical School in 2025 and my PhD from the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health in 2023. My dissertation focused on ethical issues related to global health priority setting. I also write about other topics in bioethics and health policy and co-host a podcast, Bio(un)ethical. I plan to pursue a career as a physician-researcher, focusing on issues at the intersection of ethics and global health.

Before starting my MD/PhD, I attended Brown University, where I completed an independent major in Human Rights. After graduating, I spent two years as a fellow in the NIH Department of Bioethics, where I worked on ethical issues related to health research priority setting. 

In my free time, I enjoy raising two cats, backpacking, and eating ice cream. You can reach me at leah_pierson(at)hms.harvard.edu.