Dr. Walter G. Johnson is a Fellow at the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. His research examines the legal implications of and responses to emerging technologies, especially in biomedicine. His current focuses are on FDA law and policy, regulatory sandboxes, and global neurotechnology governance, and his publications cover a range of topics including administrative law, international law, artificial intelligence, public health law, and human rights.
Dr. Johnson’s work has appeared in Law & Social Inquiry, Regulation & Governance, Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Human Rights Law Review, and Law, Innovation & Technology, as well as essays in outlets including the Washington Post, Nature Biotechnology, and Slate. His co-edited book, Reproduction Reborn: How Science, Ethics and Law Shape Mitochondrial Replacement Therapies, was published in 2023 (with Diana Bowman and Karinne Ludlow).