Clinical Research and the Law

About the Author

Patricia M. Tereskerz, JD, Ph.D. Associate Professor,Research Director, Program in Ethics & Policy Patti Tereskerz joined the University of Virginia Center forBiomedical Ethics in the fall of 2001. She is Director of theProgram in Ethics and Policy at the Center and chairs the Conflictsof Interest Committee for the University. Previously she served asAssistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of Health Lawand Policy at the University's International Healthcare WorkerSafety Center, where she was a recipient of the AORNJournal's Excellence in Research Award. Prior to joining thefaculty of the Medical School, Tereskerz practiced law with Buck,Hogshire & Tereskerz, Ltd., in Charlottesville, and remains ofcounsel with the firm, now Buck, Toscano &Tereskerz, Ltd.Tereskerz has many publications in areas of both law and medicalresearch, some of which have appeared in the New England Journalof Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA), and the Milbank Quarterly (See attached CV). Sheand a colleague have recently published several articles on patentlaw and proposed patent reform, including two which appeared inNature Biotechnology and another article is forthcoming in NatureBiotechnology in September. She is also author of a publishedhandbook on needlestick injuries and the law, and is co-author of abook on the prevention and management of occupational exposure toHIV. She has served on various editorial boards.