Dr Sameera Mahomedy

Senior Researcher & Team Lead

Dr Sameera Mahomedy is a senior researcher in health law and policy at PRICELESS SA. She holds an LLB, an LLM (cum laude) and a PhD in law from the University of Stellenbosch. Her areas of interest include health promotion, child-directed marketing, commercial determinants of health and constitutional law. She has lectured advanced Constitutional Law, Legal Philosophy and advanced Legal Philosophy. In addition, she is co-author of the Property Law and Constitutional Property Law components of Juta’s Quarterly Review of South African Law.

She is also a Fellow of the Ubuntu Dialogues, which is hosted by Stellenbosch University and Michigan University. She is passionate about the co-creation of interventions which speak to the lived realities of the most vulnerable and marginalised populations and improve the health and well-being of all.