ADVISORY BOARD

Debra Greenfield

Following a long a successful career in the film and television industries, Debra Greenfield received her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2001, and a MA in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University, Chicago in 2006; since becoming an attorney she has worked on cases involving genetics and biotechnology. Her Master's thesis, published in the Annals of Health Law, explored the issue of "unjust enrichment" as applied in the context of patents on human genetic material illustrated by the case of Greenberg v. Miami Children's Hospital. She has also published in both the Hastings Center Report and its Bioethics Forum. Additionally Ms. Greenfield serves on the ABA subcommittee on Reproductive and Genetic Technologies; the Los Angeles Bar Association Bioethics Committee; and the Center for Health Care Ethics of Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles. A fellow with the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, she has recently joined the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics where she will continue to work on the issue of the legality of patents on human genetic material, as well as the legal status of human tissue and genetic material provided for medical research. As one of the founding members of the Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, a CA advocacy group developed in response to the CA Stem Cell Initiative, her research interests also include an analysis of the ethical, social, and legal implications of the regulations promulgated as a result of the new agency created by the law of Proposition 71.