#  Natalie Bao Tram Le, ALM 

 



##  About 

   ![Natalie Le](/sites/g/files/omnuum6046/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/nataliebaotramle/files/headshot_0.jpg?itok=0iUrwcoC) 

 

**Natalie Bao Tram Le** is a research assistant to [Dr. Robert J. Blendon](https://hsph.harvard.edu/profile/robert-j-blendon/), Emeritus at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research interests include health policy, political polarization, women's rights, and public opinion. Natalie co-authored a paper in the [*New England Journal of Medicine*](https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr2411712) with her colleagues, examining the implications of the 2024 election outcome for U.S. health policy.

As a master's student, she completed her thesis on the advancement of women's rights and its economic impact in Saudi Arabia, under the guidance of [Dr. Melani Cammett](https://www.gov.harvard.edu/directory/melani-cammett/). Previously, she was a Special Student in Government at the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a [Frédéric Bastiat Fellow](https://www.mercatus.org/students/frederic-bastiat-fellowship-alumni) at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Natalie holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Government and a Graduate Certificate in International Relations from the Harvard University Extension School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Philosophy, with a concentration in Politics, Philosophy, and Law, from the College of Charleston. In her spare time, she enjoys rowing with the [Rowing Club at Harvard Kennedy School](https://sites.google.com/site/hksrowingclub/about-us) and sculling at Harvard Recreation.