The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy Welcomes Three New Non-Resident Fellows
Rachel Sachs is the Treiman Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She is a scholar of innovation policy, exploring health law, food and drug regulation, and intellectual property law, with a particular focus on problems of innovation and access to new prescription drugs. Her scholarship has appeared in journals including The NYU Law Review, The Michigan Law Review, The Harvard Law Review, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Prior to joining the law faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, Professor Sachs was an academic fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and a lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School. She also clerked for the Hon. Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. While at Washington University in St. Louis, Professor Sachs has engaged with state and federal policymakers on the topic of prescription drug pricing, including testifying before the United States Congress. She currently serves on the Board of Editors for the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law.