Her work has a special emphasis on legal and ethical challenges arising in research with pregnant women, family-building through assisted reproductive technologies, reproductive rights and the use of genetic technologies in public health. Mastroianni is the author of many scholarly books and peer reviewed publications and plans to continue that tradition. So I’ve spent half my time at the law school and half my time at the Institute.” In addition to UW Law, Mastroianni has held multiple appointments in the School of Medicine (two departments: Pediatrics and Bioethics & Humanities), School of Public Health (Department of Health Systems and Population Health), and the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Hospital. “Factoring in public health sciences, genetics, bioethics, and economics totally fit into my conception of what health law should and could be. “I taught Beginning of Life for two years and was then competitively hired for an interdisciplinary position in health law and public health - it was a tenure track position in law but with major commitments to what is now known as the Institute for Public Health Genetics,” Mastroianni remembers. Kuszler was building a health law program and offered her an opportunity to teach a course as an adjunct professor. She credits UW Law Professor Pat Kuszler for her start in teaching. “I learned not only consensus but compromise, and the value of apology.” “I learned the value of transparency and accountability, and the lasting but invisible impact of prevention versus post hoc remediation,” Mastroianni says. Mastroianni came to appreciate the impact of health policy at the population level and got a holistic view that fortified her future experiences as a teacher and mentor. Her most formative experiences included leading a National Academies of Sciences study on women’s underrepresentation in clinical trials and helping lead a White House investigation into government conduct of Cold War radiation research on unsuspecting Americans. area as a healthcare attorney working with law firm clients, the federal government, and nongovernmental and advocacy organizations. “My first 10 years after law school stimulated my interest in the impact and power of law on the public’s health,” Mastroianni says. and later a UW master’s in public health degree while working at a law firm after her husband was recruited by Microsoft to the Seattle area. in 1986 at the University of Pennsylvania. The daughter of two ob-gyn physicians in Philadelphia, Mastroianni completed two bachelor’s degrees and a J.D. There’s always a sunrise on the horizon.” “You can’t be a curious person and ride off into the sunset. “There’s no sunsetting ever,” Anna Mastroianni says of her retirement. In celebration of their impacts on the legal community and countless students, learn about Anna Mastroianni, Kathleen McGinnis and Mary Whisner as they share their stories and reflect on their many years at UW Law.įormer Associate Director, UW Institute for Public Health Genetics In 2022, the University of Washington School of Law bid farewell to retiring members of its community.
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