Experience
Katherine Drabiak, JD, is a Professor at the University of South Florida in the Colleges of Public Health and Medicine. 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:
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- Genetic testing
- Health privacy
- Ethics of reproductive technology (IVF, surrogacy, egg donation)
- Regulation of emerging technologies (Mitochondrial replacement therapy, genome editing human embryos, regenerative medicine)
- Artificial intelligence, digital technology, Big Data
- Environmental risk litigation
- Substance abuse policy
- Clinical medical ethics
- Pharmaceutical marketing practices
- Research ethics involving human subjects
- Public health law (exercise of police power, control of communicable disease, public health ethics)
- Constitutional law
Drabiak has authored numerous law review articles and peer reviewed publications. Her scholarship has appeared in a variety of journals including the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics; American Medical Association Journal of Ethics; Bioethics; Clinical Ethics; and in popular media outlets.
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.
Education and Credentials
- University of California Santa Barbara: B.A.
- Indiana University School of Law- Indianapolis: J.D.
- Licensed to Practice Law in Indiana
