Anya Prince

David H. Vernon Professor in Law
Biography

Overview

Anya Prince is the David H. Vernon Professor of Law. Her teaching and research interests explore health and genetic privacy, with a particular focus on genetic discrimination, the health privacy implications of big data, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic testing. Her interdisciplinary work has been published in legal, bioethics, and medical journals. Professor Prince is a former Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Before joining the legal academy, she served as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the UNC Center for Genomics and Society. Professor Prince has also worked as a Skadden Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Cancer Legal Resource Center in Los Angeles, California.

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Research areas

  • Health privacy and discrimination
  • Ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomic testing
  • Reproductive health privacy
  • Bioethics

Teaching areas

  • Health Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Torts
  • Genetics and the Law

Awards and honors 

  • Bridging Bioethics, Research & Policymaking Greenwall Foundation – PI – 2024
  • Beyond the Medical (R01) – Co-PI – (2022-2026)
  • William T. Barker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Insurance Law, Berkeley Law (Spring 2023)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Bioethics, Visiting Scholar (2023-2026)
  • Shin Research Scholar, International Insurance Society (2021)
  • Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) (2015-2020)
  • Saint Louis University/American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Health Law Scholar (2020)
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Education
MPP, JD, Georgetown University
BA, University of California, Los Angeles