 Joanna Sax Associate Professor of Law
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine [Cell and Molecular Biology]
B.S., University of Wisconsin [Zoology]
Professor Sax joined the California Western faculty in 2009. She earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania. After law school, Professor Sax was an associate in the San Francisco office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, where she litigated a wide variety of cases in state and federal court. Prior to law school, Professor Sax received a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Professor Sax's research combines her scientific background and legal education to focus on issues in biomedical policy.
Courses: Contracts; Law, Science and Medicine; Trusts & Estates
Selected Publications:
Application of Default Rules to Address Financial Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medical Centers, 87 Ind. L. J. Supp. 53 (2012).
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Science, 21 Loy. Annals Health L. 291 (2012).
Evaluation of Academic Scientists' Responses to Situations that Pose a Conflict of Interest, 12 Cancer Biology & Therapy 4 (2011) (co-author N.M. Doran).
Protecting Scientific Integrity: The Commercial Speech Doctrine Applied to Industry Publications, 37 Am. J.L. & Med. 203 (2011).
Access to Prescription Drugs: A Normative Economic Approach to Pharmacist Conscience Clause Legislation, 63 Maine L. Rev. 81 (2010).
Reforming FDA Policy for Pediatric Testing: Challenges and Changes in the Wake of Studies Using Anti-Depressant Drugs, 4 Ind. Health L. Rev. 62 (2007).
The States "Race" with the Federal Government for Stem-Cell Research, 15 Loy. Annals Health L. 1 (2006).
Selected Presentations:
Strengthening Financial Conflict of Interest Rules at Academic Medical Centers, 2012 Law & Society Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Science, 2011 Law & Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Protecting Scientific Integrity: The Commercial Speech Doctrine Applied to Industry Publications, Symposium: Marketing Health: The Growing Role of the Commercial Speech Doctrine in Health Regulation, Boston University School of Law, February 2011.
Access to Prescription Drugs: A Normative Economic Approach Calls for an End to Conscience Clause Legislation, The 2009-2010 Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series, University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
Access to Prescription Drugs: A Normative Economic Approach Calls for an End to Conscience Clause Legislation, 2010 Law & Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.
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jsax@cwsl.edu
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225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
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