Professor of Law and Biomedical Ethics
Associate Director, Law-Medicine Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
WebsiteResearch Interests: Bioethics, Informed consent, Health law, Reproductive law, Human subjects research, FDA law, Public health law
Committees/Memberships: American Academy of Pediatrics, Ethics Committee, Legal Consultant, 2007-present
NIH, National Heart Lung Blood Institute, Heart Network, PRC and DSMB, 2007-present
NIH, National Cancer Institute, Pediatric Central IRB, 2006-present
NIH, National Heart Lung Blood Institute, IMMEDIATE Trial, PRC (2005) and DSMB, 2006-present
McDonald Women's Hospital, Reproductive Ethics Committee, Cleveland Ohio, 1999-present
Publications: "Of Elephants and Embryos: A Proposed Framework for Legal Personhood," 5959 (2) Hastings Law Journal 369 (2007).
"Side Effects & Money Talks" Film Review 7(3) American Journal of Bioethics (2007)
Presentations: "Putting the Community back into the 'Community Benefit', Standard Health Law Professor's Conference, June 2008
Privacy and Gene Doping in Sport, The Hastings Center, Garrison, NY, May 2007