Joan H. Krause

University of North Carolina School of Law

Professor Joan H. Krause is Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law at UNC School of Law, Professor (Secondary Appointment) of Social Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She received her B.A. with Honors in Political Science from Yale University and her J.D. with Distinction from Stanford Law School, after which she clerked for the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and worked as an Associate in the Health Practice Group of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. in Washington, D.C. She previously taught at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and the University of Houston Law Center, where she served as Co-Director of the University of Houston Health Law & Policy Institute. She joined the UNC faculty in 2009, was named Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor of Law in 2011, and served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development from 2012-2016. She teaches Health Law survey courses, Criminal Law, Fraud & Abuse, Women & Health Law, Issues in Pharmaceutical Law & Policy, and a J.D/M.D. seminar on Current Issues in Law & Medicine. Her research interests include health law, criminal law, and women and the law.

Presentation (PPTX format): Trust and the Female Patient