Jennifer
Siegel

Jennifer obtained her Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a concentration in Infectious Disease.Throughout her academic career, she maintained an interest in health and life sciences, obtaining her undergraduate degree in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan and performing genetic research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Michigan. Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, cum laude, with a concentration in health law. At both the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins, her concentration theses focused on the legal and ethical challenges faced when obtaining informed consent from vulnerable populations participating in human subject research studies.

Jennifer currently serves as a voting member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, reviewing projects involving hazardous materials in order to reduce biohazardous risks.

Publications:

Informed Consent Requirements Under the Revised Common Rule. Health Law Perspectives, Sept. 15, 2018.

The Public Health Workforce and Willingness to Respond to Emergencies: a 50-state Analysis of Potentially Influential Laws.  J Law Med Ethics April 28, 2014 42(1): 64-71. 

Advancing Ethical Research Practices in the Military. 24 The ABA Health Lawyer, 1-10 (2012). (Winner of the 2012 American Bar Association Health Law Writing Section Annual Writing Competition)

Large Deletions of the PRKARIA Gene in Carney Complex. Clin. Cancer Res., January 15, 2008 14; 388.  

Frequent Phosphodiesterase 11A Gene (PDE11A) Defects in Patients with Carney Complex (CNC) Caused by PRKAR1A Mutations: PDE11A May Contribute to Adrenal and Testicular Tumors in CNC as a Modifier of the Phenotype. J. Clin. Endocrinol Metab. January 2011 96(1): E208-E214.

Presentations:

Clade X- Are America's Hospital's and Health Systems Ready for a Pandemic? American Bar Association's 17th Annual Washington Health Law Summit, Dec. 9-10, 2019, Washington, D.C. 

Trade Agreements and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, Co-Moderator, International Bar Association's 4th Annual, World Life Sciences Conference, June 3-4, 2016, San Francisco.

Ethical Responsibilities of a New Lawyer In the Practice of Law, Panelist, Consumer Attorneys of California's 54th Annual Convention, November 5-8, 2016, San Francisco.