Dr. Hannah van Kolfschooten (Ph.D, LL.M.) is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She studies the intersection of law, health and technology.
She obtained a Ph.D. in Law (dr. iur.) on the topic of EU regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and the consequences for patients’ rights protection (University of Amsterdam, 2025). She was a visiting researcher in-residence at Harvard Law School, University of Verona, and Fondation Brocher. She is an independent legal consultant on AI policy and regulation for non-profit organization Health Action International.
She occasionally shares her expertise with governments, non-profits, and health organizations. She is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (TAG-AI).