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Buyer Be Well: Misinformation and Misrepresentation in the Consumer Wellness Marketplace

The Law & Health Care Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law invites you to join us as we welcome Professor Leah Fowler for the first fall event in the 2026/2027 Rothenberg Speaker Series. The theme for this year’s series is “Misinformation, Misrepresentation, and Mistrust in Health Care.”

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Leah R. Fowler, J.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor

University of Houston Law Center

Leah Fowler is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston (UH) Law Center. Her work explores topics at the intersection of consumer technology and health, focusing primarily on smartphone applications and social media platforms. Her scholarship is published or forthcoming in the Georgetown Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, Alabama Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, American Journal of Law & Medicine, Pediatrics, Journal of Adolescent Health, Health Promotion Practice, and American Journal of Bioethics, among others. She teaches Contracts and health law courses.


Professor Fowler joined the Law Center in 2018 as a Research Assistant Professor and Research Director in the Health Law & Policy Institute. Prior to UH, Professor Fowler was the Health Policy Program Manager at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, where she maintains a designation as a Health Policy Scholar. Immediately after law school, she practiced law as a personal injury attorney.

 
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Date

Thursday, October 1st, 2026

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Time

4:15 - 5:15pm (ET)

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Location

Online Event

 

Questions? Email ggirguis@law.umaryland.edu

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