Anna Mastroianni

Charles I. Stone Professor Emeritus of Law

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Education

B.A., B.S., University of Pennsylvania J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School M.P.H., University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Expertise

Bioethics — Family Law — Genetic Testing — Health Care Law — Medical Research Ethics — Prescription Drugs — Reproductive Rights — Stem Cells

Selected Publications

Benjamin E. Berkman, Anna C. Mastroianni, Leila Jamal, Coleman Solis, Holly A. Taylor, & Sara Chandros Hull, The Ethics of Repurposing Previously Collected Research Biospecimens in an Infectious Disease Pandemic, 43 J. Ethics & Human Rsch. 1–17 (Feb. 23, 2021) (Early View—Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue).
Jeffrey P. Kahn, Leslie Meltzer Henry, Anna C. Mastroianni, Wilbur H. Chen, & Ruth Macklin, Opinion: For Now, It’s Unethical to Use Human Challenge Studies for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development, PNAS, Oct. 29, 2020, at 1-5.
Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics (Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn & Nancy E. Kass eds., Oxford University Press, 2019). 904 pages.
Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research (2d ed., Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 2018). 248 pages.

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Biography
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Anna Mastroianni, JD, MPH, is a Charles I. Stone Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law and Associate Director of the university’s Institute for Public Health Genetics. She holds additional faculty appointments in the UW’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine. Before joining the UW faculty, she worked as a practicing health care attorney and served in a number of legal and governmental policy positions in Washington, D.C. Her scholarly work examines the intersection of law, bioethics, public health, and health policy, with special emphasis on the legal and ethical challenges arising in research with pregnant women, the use of genetic technologies in public health, reproductive rights, and family building through assisted reproductive technologies.

Professor Mastroianni is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for her contributions to health policy, law, and bioethics. She serves on consensus, advisory, and oversight committees, both nationally and internationally. For the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, that work has included examining: ethics and policy for oversight of social sciences research, policies for the National Immunization Program‘s research procedures and data sharing, ethical and policy issues in the introduction of mitochondria replacement techniques, and ethics of health standards for long-duration space flight. She has served as a member of the National Institutes of Health Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee and as Trustee of the Population Council. She is a current member of the Standing Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments, and since 2014 has chaired the Wellcome Trust (UK) Medical Humanities & Social Science Selection Panel.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

Benjamin E. Berkman, Anna C. Mastroianni, Leila Jamal, Coleman Solis, Holly A. Taylor, & Sara Chandros Hull, The Ethics of Repurposing Previously Collected Research Biospecimens in an Infectious Disease Pandemic, 43 J. Ethics & Human Rsch. 1–17 (Feb. 23, 2021) (Early View—Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue).
Jeffrey P. Kahn, Leslie Meltzer Henry, Anna C. Mastroianni, Wilbur H. Chen, & Ruth Macklin, Opinion: For Now, It’s Unethical to Use Human Challenge Studies for SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Development, PNAS, Oct. 29, 2020, at 1-5.
Anna C. Mastroianni, Robert Franceschini, Sarah L. Wicks, & Leslie Meltzer Henry, The Pathway Forward: Insights on Factors that Facilitate Research with Pregnant Women, 42 J. Ethics & Human Rsch. 2–16 (July-Aug 2020).
Jeremy Sugarman, Jean Anderson, Ahmet Baschat, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Jessica L. Bienstock, Timothy E. Bunchman , Niraj M. Desai, Elena Gates, Aviva Goldberg, Paul C. Grimm, Leslie Meltzer Henry, Eric B. Jelin, Emily Johnson, Christine B. Hertenstein, Anna C. Mastroianni, Mark R. Mercurio, Alicia Neu, Lawrence M. Nogee, William J. Polzin, Steven J. Ralston, Ronald M. Ramus, Megan Kasimatis Singleton, Michael J.G. Somers, Karen C. Wang, & Renee Boss. “Ethical Considerations Regarding Amnioinfusions in the Treatment of Fetal Bilateral Renal Agenesis,” 131(1) Obstetrics & Gynecology 130-134 (2018).
Carla Saenz, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Rieke van der Graaf, Leslie Meltzer Henry, & Anna C. Mastroianni, Ethics, Regulation, and Beyond: The Landscape of Research with Pregnant Women, 14 Reprod. Health 173-78 (2017 Supp. 3).
Anna Mastroianni, Leslie Meltzer Henry, David Robinson, Theodore Bailey, Ruth R. Faden, Margaret O. Little, & Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Research with Pregnant Women: New Insights on Legal Decision-Making, 47 Hastings Ctr. Rep., no. 3, 2017, at 38-45.
Carleigh B. Krubiner, Ruth R. Faden, R. Jean Cadigan, Sappho Z. Gilbert, Leslie M. Henry, Margaret O. Little, Anna C. Mastroianni, Emily E. Namey, Kristen A. Sullivan, and Anne D. Lyerly Opinion, Advancing HIV Research with Pregnant Women: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities, 30 AIDS 2261-65 (2016).
Beth E. Rivin, Douglas S. Diekema, Anna C. Mastroianni, John N. Krieger, Jeffrey D. Klausner & Brian J. Morris, Critical Evaluation of Adler's Challenge to the CDC's Male Circumcision Recommendations, 24 Int'l J. Child. Rts. 265-303 (2016).
Jessica A. Cohen, Anna C. Mastroianni & Ruth Macklin, Ethical Issues for Late-State Trials of Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for HIV and Pregnancy, 127 Int'l J. Gynecology & Obstetrics 221-24 (2014).
Lisa V. Brock & Anna Mastroianni, Clinical Ethics and Law, Ethics Med. (Jan. 22, 2013).
Effy Vayena, Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Caught in the Web: Informed Consent for Online Health Research, Sci. Translational Med., Feb. 20, 2013, at 1-3.
Effy Vayena, Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Ethical Issues in Health Research with Novel Online Sources, 102 Am. J. Pub. Health 2225-30 (2012).
Anna C. Mastroianni, Michelle M. Mello, Shannon Sommer, Mary Hardy & Thomas H. Gallagher, The Flaws in State “Apology” and “Disclosure” Laws Dilute Their Impact on Malpractice Suits, 29 Health Aff. 1611-19 (2010).
Anna C. Mastroianni, Slipping Through the Net: Social Vulnerability in Pandemic Planning, Hastings Center Rep., Sept.-Oct. 2009, at 11-12.
Tori Lallemont, Anna Mastroianni & Thomas M. Wickizer, Decision-Making Authority and Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: A Survey of State Laws, 44 J. Adolescent Health 323-34 (2009).
Anna C. Mastroianni, Sustaining Public Trust: Falling Short in the Protection of Human Research Participants, Hastings Center Rep., May-June 2008, at 8-9.
Debra A. DeBruin, Stacy Lee Scholder, Jeffrey Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni, Mary Faith Marshall, John Lantos & Jeremy Sugarman, Educational Approaches to the Responsible Conduct of Clinical Research: An Exploratory Study, 82 Acad. Med. 32-39 (2007).
Anna C. Mastroianni, Liability, Regulation and Policy in Surgical Innovation: The Cutting Edge of Research and Therapy, 16 Health Matrix 351-442 (2006).
Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni, Creating a Stem Cell Donor: A Case Study in Reproductive Genetics, 14 Kennedy Inst. Ethics J. 81-96 (2004), reprinted in Cross Cultural Biotechnology: A Reader 43-55 (Michael C. Brannigan ed., Rowman & Littlefield 2004).
Jeffrey Kahn & Anna Mastroianni, Introduction, Looking Forward in Bioethics, 32 J. L. Med. & Ethics 196-97 (2004).
Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn, Risk and Responsibility: Ethics, Grimes v Kennedy Krieger, and Public Health Research Involving Children, 92 Am. J. Pub. Health 1073-76 (2002).
James F. Childress, Ruth R. Faden, Ruth D. Gaare, Lawrence O. Gostin, Jeffrey Kahn, Richard J. Bonnie, Nancy E. Kass, Anna C. Mastroianni, Jonathan D. Moreno & Phillip Nieburg, Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain, 30 J. L. Med. & Ethics 170-78 (2002).
Pasquale Patrizio, Anna C. Mastroianni & Luigi Mastroianni, Disclosure to Children Conceived with Donor Gametes Should Be Optional, 16 Hum. Reprod. 2036-38 (2001).
Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni, Commentary, Moving from Compliance to Conscience: Why We Can and Should Improve on the Ethics of Clinical Research, 161 Archives Internal Med. 925-28 (2001).
Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Swinging on the Pendulum: Shifting Views of Justice in Human Subjects Research, Hastings Center Rep., May-June 2001, at 21-28, reprinted in Harv. Health Pol'y Rev., Spring 2002, and in Health Care Ethics in Canada 325-31 (Franc?oise Baylis et al. eds., 2d ed. Thomson Nelson 2004); updated and revised in Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, Conflict of Interest and Liability 47-60 (Trudo Lemmens & Duff Waring eds., University of Toronto Press 2006), reprinted in 2 Seimei rinri to h? [Bioethics and the Law] 422-34 (Higuchi Norio & Iwata Futoshi eds., Koubundo Publishers 2008).
Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn, Encouraging Accountability in Research: A Pilot Assessment of Training Efforts, 7 Accountability Res. 85-100 (1999), reprinted in substantial part in Investigating Research Integrity: Proceedings of the First ORI Research Conference on Research Integrity 215-21 (Nicholas H. Steneck & Mary D. Scheetz eds., Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2000), available at http://ori.dhhs.gov/documents/proceedings_rri.pdf.
J. Kahn & A. Mastroianni, Innocents Abroad? The Ethics of International Research, Minn. Med., July 1999, at 28-29.
Anna C. Mastroianni, A Dividing Policy: Making Rules about Embryo Research, 20 J. Andrology 688-91 (1999).
Franklin O. Smith, Joanne Kurtzberg, Evelyn M. Karson, Craig W.S. Howe, Benjamin Wilfond, Hal E. Broxmeyer, Anna C. Mastroianni, Samuel Gross & Jeremy Sugarman, Umbilical Cord Blood Collection, Storage and Transplantation: Issues and Recommendations for Expectant Parents and Patients, 10 Cancer Res. Therapy & Control 217-26 (1999).
Anna C. Mastroianni, National, Independent Oversight: Reinforcing the Safety Net for Human Subjects Research, 7 Accountability Res. 303-09 (1999), reprinted in Research and Decisional Capacity: Responding to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission 243-49 (Adil E. Shamoo ed., Taylor & Francis 2000) and in Human Experimentation and Research (George F. Tomossy & David N. Weisstub eds., Ashgate Publishing 2003) (International Library of Medicine, Ethics, and Law Series).
Anna C. Mastroianni, HIV, Women, and Access to Clinical Trials: Tort Liability and Lessons from DES, 5 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y 167-91 (1998).
Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn, The Importance of Expanding Current Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research, 73 Acad. Med. 1249-54 (1998).
Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Introduction to Special Issue, Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Kennedy Inst. Ethics J., Sept. 1996, at ix-xi.
Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Remedies for Human Subjects of Cold War Research: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee, 24 J.L. Med. & Ethics 118-26 (1996).
Anna Mastroianni & Jeffrey Kahn, Research Ethics, the Cold War, and Protecting Human Subjects: The Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, Newsl. Phil. & Med. (Am. Philosophical Ass'n), Spring 1996, at 84-89.
Anna C. Mastroianni, Ruth Faden & Daniel Federman, Women and Health Research: A Report from the Institute of Medicine, 4 Kennedy Inst. Ethics J. 55-62 (1994).
Jacqueline J. Glover, Anna Mastroianni, Keith R. Anderson & Joanne Lynn, Abridged Brief as Amicus Curiae of the American Geriatrics Society in Support of the Petitioner, Nancy Beth Cruzan, by Her Parents and Co-Guardians Lester L. and Joyce Cruzan, 38 J. Am. Geriatrics Soc'y 570-76 (1990).
M.S. Metzman, A. Mastroianni & J-F Strauss, Fatty Acid Composition of Unfertilized and Fertilized Eggs of the Sea Urchin, Arbacia punctulata, 13 Lipids 823-24 (1978).

Books or Treatises

Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics (Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn & Nancy E. Kass eds., Oxford University Press, 2019). 904 pages.
Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research (2d ed., Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 2018). 248 pages.
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (8th ed. Tom L. Beauchamp, LeRoy Walters, Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni eds., Wadsworth 2013). 777 pp.
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (7th ed. Tom L. Beauchamp, LeRoy Walters, Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni eds., Thomson Wadsworth 2008). 806 pp.
Ethics and Public Health: Model Curriculum (Bruce Jennings, Jeffrey Kahn, Anna Mastroianni & Lisa S. Parker eds., Association of Schools of Public Health 2003). 267 pages
Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research (Jeremy Sugarman, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn eds., Oxford University Press 1998). 190 pages.
Ethics of Research with Human Subjects: Selected Policies and Resources (Jeremy Sugarman, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn eds., University Publishing Group 1998). 244 pages.
Women and Health Research: Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies (Anna C. Mastroianni, Ruth Faden & Daniel Federman eds., National Academy Press 1994). 2 vols.

Book Chapters

Anna Mastroianni & L. M. Henry, Closing the Gap: Improving Women’s Health through Research Inclusion, in Oxford Handbook of Research Ethics. (D. MacKay & A. Iltis eds., Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2020).
Anna C. Mastroianni, Jeffrey P. Kahn, & Sridhar Venkatapuram, Bioethics in a Post-Covid World—Time for Future-Facing Global Health Ethics, Ch. 6, in COVID-19 and World Order: The Future of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation (Hal Brands & Francis J. Gavin, eds., Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020).
Jeffrey Kahn & Anna Mastroianni, Epidemiology and Informed Consent, in Ethics and Epidemiology 2d ed. (S. Coughlin S. & A. Dawson eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2020).
Jeffrey Kahn, Anna Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman, Examining Justice in Research: An Introduction and Overview, in Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research 1-12 (Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 2018).
Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy P. Sugarman, Pursuing Justice in Research, in Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research 208-15 (Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 2018).
Margaret Olivia Little, Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Anna C. Mastroianni & Ruth R. Faden, Ethics and Research with Pregnant Women: Lessons from HIV/AIDS, in Clinical Research Involving Pregnant Women 227-46 (Fran?oise Baylis & Angela Ballantyne eds., Springer 2016).
Anna C. Mastroianni & Luigi Mastroianni Jr., Egg Donation: Ethical Considerations and Regulatory Context, in Ethical Dilemmas in Assisted Reproductive Technologies 111-19 (Joseph G. Schenker ed., De Gruyter 2011).
Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni, Informed Consent in Epidemiologic Research, in Ethics and Epidemiology 71-83 (2d ed., Steven S. Coughlin, Tom L. Beauchamp & Douglas L. Weed eds., Oxford University Press 2009).
Jeffrey Kahn & Anna Mastroianni, The Implications of Public Health for Bioethics, in The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics 671-95 (Bonnie Steinbock ed., Oxford University Press 2007).
Anna Mastroianni, How Are We Doing? Outsiders Judge the IRBs, in PRIM&R Through the Years, 1974-2005: Three Decades of Protecting Human Subjects 362-69 (Paula Knudsen et al. eds., Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research 2006).
Kate Battuello & Anna Mastroianni, Legal Issues, in Gene-Environment Interactions: Fundamentals of Ecogenetics 411-26 (Lucio G. Costa & David L. Eaton eds., Wiley-Liss 2006).
Anna C. Mastroianni & Roger Jansson, The Legal Treatment of Surgical Innovation, in Ethical Guidelines for Innovative Surgery 93-116 (Angelique M. Reitsma & Jonathan D. Moreno eds., University Publishing Group 2006).
Lisa V. Brock & Anna C. Mastroianni, Sperm and Egg Retrieval for Posthumous Reproduction: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Considerations, in Office Andrology 267-83 (Phillip E. Patton & David E. Battaglia eds., Humana Press 2005).
Ruth Faden, Anna Mastrionni & Jeffrey Kahn, Beyond Belmont: Trust, Openness, and the Work of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, in Belmont Revisited: Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects 41-54 (James F. Childress, Eric M. Meslin & Harold T. Shapiro eds., Georgetown University Press 2005).
Anna Mastroianni, Geka shujutsu no gijutsu kakushin : H?teki sekinin to kisei [Surgical Innovation: Liability and Regulation], in Seimei rinri to h? [Bioethics and the Law] 382-420 (Norio Higuchi & Y?ko Tsuchiya eds., K?bund? 2005).
Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman, Implementing Justice in a Changing Research Environment, in Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research 166-73 (Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 1998).
Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman, Changing Claims about Justice in Research: An Introduction and Overview, in Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research 1-10 (Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeremy Sugarman eds., Oxford University Press 1998).

Professional Publications

Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni, Editorial, Sunset on the RAC: When Is It Time to End Special Oversight of an Emerging Biotechnology, 18 Am. J. Bioethics, no. 12, 2018, at 1-2.
Anna C. Mastroianni & Leslie Meltzer Henry, Letter, Legal Complexities of Global Vaccine Compensation Systems, 317 JAMA 1911-12 (2017).
Ruth R. Faden, Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn, Letter to the Editor, Health Research and the HIPAA Privacy Rule, 299 JAMA 1259-60 (2008).
Jeffrey P. Kahn & Anna C. Mastroianni, Doing Research Well by Doing Right, Chron. Higher Educ., Feb. 15, 2002, at B24.
Anna C. Mastroianni & Jeffrey P. Kahn, Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy Research, in The Official Report for the 52nd World Medical Association General Assembly 39-41 (2000).

Panelist, Global Public Health, Ethics, Food Security, and Transnational Mitigation Strategies with Jessica Fanzo, Jeffrey Kahn, Sridhar Venkatapuram, Tom Inglesby, Lainie Rutkow, Alexandre White, World Order after Covid-19 Forum (Virtual Conference), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs (June 30, 2020)
Speaker, "Ethics, Regulation and Beyond: Policy Aspects of Research with Pregnant Women", Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No. 27, Institute for Global Public Policy, LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Fudan University (December 9, 2019)
Speaker, "The Relationship Between Law and Ethics and Their Respective Roles in Governance of Biomedical Research", Workshop on Biotech Governance, Institute for Global Public Policy, LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Fudan University (December 8, 2019)
Speaker, "Interdisciplinary Research: A Case Study on Pregnant Women and Research", Charm City Colloquium, University of Maryland Carey School of Law and Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (September 26, 2019)
Chair, "Pregnancy and Infectious Disease: Ethical, Legal, and Global Challenges in Clinical Research", 66th Annual Meeting, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (November 6, 2017)
Speaker, "Pregnant Women and Infectious Disease: Legal Issues", 66th Annual Meeting, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (November 6, 2017)
Speaker, "Research with Pregnant Women: Permissible Regulations, Cautious Practice, Ethics of Research in Pregnancy", with Leslie Meltzer Henry, Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, (November 3, 2017)
Co-Organizer, Secrecy, Security and Science: Reflection on the 20-year Legacy of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments Robert H. Levi Research Symposium (a Presidential Commission established by William Jefferson Clinton), John Hopkins University (October 5, 2016)
Speaker, "Research with Pregnant Women", with Leslie Meltzer Henry, 39th Annual Health Law Professors’ Conference, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (June 3, 2016)
Speaker, Country Report: United States International Symposium: Justice and Challenges in Clinical Research, Nagoya University (March 13, 2015)
Speaker, "Reflections on the History of IVF", History of IVF Workshop, Cambridge University (December 1, 2014)
Panelist, "Informed Consent in Health Research in the Online Environment", 6th World Conference on Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web, Medicine 2.0 (September 23, 2013)
"Legislating Apology for Medical Errors: When Just Saying "Sorry" Isn't Enough", Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University College of Law (April 25, 2011)
"The View from the Cloud: Electronic Health Information and Privacy in Public Health Research and Practice", University of Western Australia (March 21, 2011)
Speaker, "Cuándo, Qué y a Quién Se Debe Informar Acerca De Los Resultados De La Investigación y De Los Hallazgos Imprevistos De La Misma", Seminario Intensivo De Ética De La Investigación, Fogarty International Center (June 3, 2009)