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The Health Law and Policy Program was
established at the College in 2001. Thanks to a recent gift by alumnus
Jon David Epstein '67, and his wife,
Beth, the program is now the first alumni-named and supported program at
the College of Law — The Jon David and Elizabeth A. Epstein Health Law
and Policy Program. Jon David Epstein is a partner and co-head of the
Health Law Section of Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Houston, Texas.
The program promotes cutting-edge research, policy analysis, and public
service/public engagement on critical issues in health care, promotes
collaboration between scholars focused on health law and policy, and
facilitates collaboration among government leaders, practitioners, and
academic researchers on issues of increasing complexity. The program faculty
are currently partnering with other universities, both domestically and
abroad, on a variety of research projects.
The program faculty are currently partnering with other universities,
both domestically and abroad, on a variety of research projects.
The Epstein Health Law and Policy Program has established partnerships
with various units on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus,
including the College of Medicine, the Department of Community Health,
and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs for various
research and public service projects.
David Hyman
Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine, is considered one of
the nation's top health law scholars, has published articles on
a wide range of subjects, including managed care, professional
liability, consumer protection, professional responsibility,
tax exemption, and civil procedure. He is on the editorial board
of the American Journal of Law & Medicine, and recently completed
work as Special Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission on the
evolving health care marketplace and antitrust policy.
Richard Kaplan
Peer and Sarah Pederson Professor, is an internationally recognized
expert on U.S. taxation and tax policy who also developed one of
the first law school courses on elder law and who has been faculty
advisor for the Elder Law Journal since its inception in 1993.
He served on a 12-member panel on The Future of the Health Care
Labor Force in a Graying Society, chaired by former U.S. Secretary
of Labor Lynn Martin.
Robert F. Rich
Professor of Law and Political Science, and Professor in the
Institute of Government and Public Affairs, is Director of the
program. Rich has recently published articles on managed care,
genetic discrimination, mental health policy, and the State
Children's Health Insurance Program. He was recently awarded
the Mercator Professorship (supported by the German National
Science Foundation) at Humbolt University in Berlin , where
he worked with German researchers on issues relating to
comparative health systems, comparative health law and policy,
and the future of the social contract. In 2004, he spent two
months in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign
and International Social Law to work on a health law and policy project.
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