Marcus Low is editor of the South African public health magazine Spotlight and an employee of the public interest law centre SECTION27 (formerly known as the AIDS Law Project). He previously worked as Policy Director at the Treatment Action Campaign, an influential AIDS lobby group. Low was involved in advocacy relating to the conclusion of the 2013 WIPO Marrakesh Treaty and its domestication in South Africa. He is currently pursuing a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences. He is the author of the public health-related novel ‘asylum’ (published in South Africa in 2017, UK publication scheduled for April 2019).