Dr. Persad’s research interests include the ethical and legal dimensions of health insurance, health care financing (both domestically and internationally), and markets in health care services, as well as the ethics and regulation of medical research. He also is interested in distributive justice, including the allocation of scarce medical interventions, and in the ethical issues posed by social and economic mobility. His work has been published in journals including The Lancet, American Journal of Law and Medicine, Ethics, and several law reviews.