Joanna Sax

  • Read more: Talking to Your Baby

    Talking to Your Baby

    By Joanna Sax In President Obama’s State of the Union address, he discussed creating affordable pre-school to all children.  Studies have shown that early childhood education is associated with academic success.  This is an important policy initiative; it’s also very expensive. In an effort to reduce the disparity in the academic profiles of children, there may be some…

  • Read more: Tobacco and Dietary Supplements – The Role of the FDA

    Tobacco and Dietary Supplements – The Role of the FDA

    By Joanna Sax Thank you for inviting me to blog.  Later this week, I’ll be attending Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Annual Conference on the FDA in the 21st Century.  My paper/presentation addresses the role of the FDA in the regulation of dietary supplements.  By way of preview, my paper compares similarities between the dietary supplement…

  • Read more: Introducing Joanna Sax

    Introducing Joanna Sax

    We’re excited to introduce and welcome Joanna Sax as a guest blogger for the month of May. Joanna is an Associate Professor of Law at California Western School of Law.  She teaches Contracts, Trusts & Estates and a seminar entitled Law, Science & Medicine.  Her main area of research is biomedical policy; specifically, how to…