is an expert on the legal and ethical issues raised by genetic research鈥攊ncluding compiling large collections of biological specimens.
鈥淚nternational collaboration in genetic research is extremely valuable in advancing understanding and developing new therapies,鈥 Rothstein said. 鈥淲e need to make sure that essential privacy laws don’t unnecessarily interfere with research.聽
Rothstein has a joint appointment at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law and the School of Medicine. He holds the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and is the founding director of the university鈥檚 Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law. He frequently writes and comments on issues of bioethics, genetics and health privacy.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Rothstein will conduct the research with co-investigator Bartha Maria , a medicine professor and director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Legal experts from 26 countries will take part in the research effort.
Their findings and recommendations will take aim at removing legal impediments to international collaboration on health research and be published in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics in 2016.