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Kathryn Zeiler is Professor of Law and Nancy Barton Scholar at the Boston University School of Law. She was Senior Academic Fellow at the Center while on sabbatical from Georgetown Law School during the Fall 2010 semester. Professor Zeiler was working on a co-authored book to be published by Yale University Press titled “To Sue is Human: A Profile of Medical…

Senior Academic Fellow2023-2024 Dr. Rochelle Walensky served as the 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-23), Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2012-2021), and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital (2017-2021). Dr. Walensky is an infectious disease clinician whose research has focused on infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS policy, including cost-effective…

Senior Fellow in Advanced Care and Health Policy2016 – Mark Sterling, JD, is the Project’s inaugural Senior Fellow in Advanced Care and Health Policy. For over 35 years, Mark has been an advisor to mission-driven healthcare organizations.  His experience includes serving as partner in a leading global law firm, as general counsel and chief strategy officer of…

Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience2021 – 2022 Elyssa Spitzer, J.D., is the fourth Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience. Elyssa was a Justice Catalyst Legal Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights, where her work focused on developing new legal theories for protecting and advancing reproductive rights and justice. Prior to CRR, Elyssa led a…

Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience2014 – 2015 In 2014-2015, Amanda C. Pustilnik served as the inaugural Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience as part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center. Amanda is an Associate Professor of Law at…

Senior Fellow and Project Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience2015 – 2017 Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, was the second Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience at the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, a collaboration between the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Petrie-Flom Center. Dr. Kinscherff is a forensic and clinical psychologist and an…

Senior Fellow Frances Kamm has twice been a Senior Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. Frances is the Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and also holds an appointment at the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences as a member of the Department of Philosophy. During her first turn as a…

International Fellow in Law, Policy, and Neuroscience2022 – 2023 Saul Glick is the International Fellow for Law, Policy, and Neuroscience for the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience a collaboration between the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) and the Petrie-Flom Center. After graduating with an MA in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, Saul joined London’s…

Senior Fellow2018 – 2023 Douglas Eby is the inaugural Senior Fellow for the Innovative Funding Models Project. Doug’s role is to advance the work of the Project by developing a policy/research agenda, planning the convening of the working group, co-authoring a report on the working group’s findings, and being available as a resource for interested members of the Harvard…