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ALF is pleased to welcome Dr. Barbara Pfeffer Billauer to its Advisory Council. Professor Billauer is an internationally recognized scholar of public health law, bioethics, and laws of medical care, concentrating on the integration of science and law as it affects day-to-day policy and legal outcomes.
In welcoming Dr. Billauer to ALF’s leadership, Chairman Hayward Dan Fisk observed that “her extensive knowledge, credentials and experience at the intersection of Law and Science, track nicely with ALF’s ongoing history as the leading organization in America advocating for sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, among other critical mission areas. We welcome Dr. Billauer’s contribution to ALF’s advocacy for sound science moving forward.”
Dr. Billauer earned a B.S. (Hons.) in Biology and Science Education, a Master’s Degree in Occupational Health with a concentration in biomechanics, a law degree, and a Ph.D. in Law and Science, and holds a certificate in public health risk management. Dr. Billauer is Professor of Law and Bioethics in the International Program in Bioethics of the University of Porto in Portugal, holds a Research Professorship at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC., and is an Adjunct Professor of scientific evidence at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina.
She has lectured and published extensively, including in the Harvard Bill of Health, with the American Council on Science and Health, the Greensboro News and Record, and in other scholarly journals and law reviews, along with writing and editing seven books for lay and academic audiences. Her work is consistently reprinted in various publications including Real Clear Science and Real Clear Health.
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