Experience
Katherine Drabiak, JD, is a Professor at the University of South Florida in the College of Public Health. She is also Co-Director of the Law and Medicine Scholarly Concentration Program at USF’s Morsani College of Medicine. Drabiak’s research and consultations have included a variety of topics in health law, including:
- Medicine & Healthcare
- Health privacy
- Pharmaceutical marketing practices
- Physician licensing
- Abortion
- End of life care
- Emerging Science & Technology
- Ethics of reproductive technology (IVF, surrogacy, egg donation)
- Regulation of emerging technologies (Mitochondrial replacement therapy, genome editing human embryos, regenerative medicine)
- Genetic testing
- Artificial intelligence, digital technology, Big Data
- Public health law
- Environmental risk litigation
- Substance abuse policy
- Police power and control of communicable disease
- Ethics
- Clinical medical ethics
- Public health ethics
- Research ethics
Drabiak has authored numerous law review articles and written for peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics; Bioethics; AMA Journal of Ethics, and Clinical Ethics. Her writing has also appeared in popular media outlets such as The Hill, Chicago Tribune, and Orlando Sentinel.
See Drabiak’s research here.
See Drabiak’s CV.
She has experience consulting in both research ethics and clinical ethics to develop guidance policies and best practices. She is an active member of Advent Health’s Medical Ethics Committee and has worked with the Florida State Bar Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the 13th Judicial Circuit, and the Florida Department of Health Executive Leadership Program.
Education and Credentials
- University of California Santa Barbara: BA
- Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis: JD
- Licensed to Practice Law in Indiana
