Sara Gerke is Assistant Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. She previously served as a Research Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.
Professor Sara Gerke
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Gerke earned a degree in law from Germany and a master’s degree in medical ethics and law from King’s College London. Before joining Penn State Dickinson Law as assistant professor of law in 2021, Gerke served as a Research Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. Before joining Harvard, Gerke was the General Manager of the Institute for German, European and International Medical Law, Public Health Law and Bioethics of the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Gerke currently leads several research projects funded by the EU and NIH. Her research focuses on the ethical and legal challenges raised by artificial intelligence and big data in health care in the US and EU. She also researches comparative law and ethics of other cutting-edge issues, such as stem cell research. Her work has appeared in journals, such as JAMA, Science, and Nature Medicine. She was named a 2021 Health Law Scholar by the American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics.
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