HEALTH LAW LAB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law
Erika Hanson (she/her) is a Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School where her work focuses on addressing the social determinants of health and health equity. Through this work, she advises community-based organizations, state agencies, and coalitions regarding the legal pathways and policy implementation strategies to integrate payment and delivery of health-related social needs services - such as food and housing supports for those with chronic illness, experiencing high-risk pregnancy, and others in need - into our health care system. Erika also leads the Center's work as a partner to design Guaranteed Income as treatment pilots for seriously ill patients and their families.
Prior to joining Harvard, Erika was a Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society in New York City for nearly five years, where she represented clients, conducted class action litigation, and led policy advocacy on a wide range of health law issues. Before moving to New York, Erika was a Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow and a Reproductive Rights & Health Legal Fellow at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C.
John Card (he/they) joined the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School in 2022 as a Staff Attorney. Prior to joining the Center, John was a staff attorney at the Health Law Institute in Jamaica Plain where he provided free legal services to people living with or at high risk of HIV. His prior work focused on a variety of areas, including tenant rights, public benefit appeals, and criminal record sealing. John also has expertise in LGBTQ+ organizing, harm reduction and substance use disorder, and policing and public health. John graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in May 2019 and is a licensed member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Job Titles:
- Director of the Center for Health Law
Katie (she/her) is the Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School's Whole Person Care initiative. Katie joined the Center in 2014 and currently focuses her work on the Center's Whole Person Care initiatives, including the Center's Health Law Lab, Food is Medicine, and Specialty Care projects. In her work on these initiatives, she has had the opportunity to work with community-based organizations, state agencies, health care providers, and coalitions to develop strategies to increase access to innovative services to address critical health and social needs. Prior to joining the Center, Katie was an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP. She is a licensed member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law
Rachel Landauer (she/her) is a Clinical Instructor at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School, where she works with partners to advocate for health care policy and practice reform. In particular, Rachel focuses on the Center's Whole Person Care, reproductive justice, and specialty care initiatives; her projects address pressing issues including health care regulatory compliance for social care interventions, information sharing and data privacy, and the diffusion of innovative care models that promote health equity.
As part of the Health Law Lab, Rachel is especially passionate about building the capacity of organizations, through resource development, trainings, and other tools, to break down silos between the health care and social services sectors.
Rachel graduated from UCLA School of Law in May 2016 as a member of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, and with a Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Prior to joining the Center, Rachel was an associate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. She is a licensed member of the California Bar.
Sara joined the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation in 2023 as a Health Law and Policy Clinical Fellow with the Whole Person Care Team. Sara holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School, where her focus was on health and technology law policy. During her LL.M., Sara served as a Research Assistant at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, working for the Digital Home Health Initiative at the Center. She was also a clinical student attorney at the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Sara is a practicing attorney from Pakistan, where prior to her LL.M., she worked on the landmark virginity testing case, and led numerous women empowerment, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.