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Fazal Khan

Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., University of Chicago
J.D., M.D., University of Illinois

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Courses

Health Law
Public Health Law

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Biographical Information

Fazal Khan joined the University of Georgia School of Law in the fall of 2006 as an assistant professor specializing in health law.

His current research focuses on two major themes. One is the effect of globalization on healthcare, including examining issues such as the outsourcing of clinical drug trials to developing countries, medical tourism and the concept of "biosecurity" as part of national security. His other major focus is the impact of emerging biotechnologies on society including the use of epigenetics to regulate environmental exposures and the promise and peril of cloning, stem cell technology and nanotechnology.

Khan has considerable experience in both the legal and medical fields. As a litigation associate for the Chicago firm Jenner & Block, he conducted a bioethics investigation for a major academic hospital's transplant program, drafted an appellate amicus brief on the epidemiology of Agent Orange exposure and represented hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical companies in various other legal matters. In addition, he developed a mock trial on scientific evidence for the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence and assisted in the development of the Federal Judicial Center's Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

He has also held multiple teaching and research assistantships. These include positions with the University of Illinois College of Medicine, College of Law and Institute for Government and Public Affairs, as well as the University of Chicago's departments of biological sciences and pharmacology/physiology.

Currently, Khan is a board member for AIDS Athens, volunteers with the Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center and is a member of the American Bar Association and Muslim Advocates. He has also volunteered with the American Civil Liberties Union in 2003.

He earned his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Chicago, where he was a National Merit Scholar. As part of the University of Illinois' Medical Scholars program, he graduated magna cum laude from law school in 2000 and earned his M.D. in 2003. He served as book review editor for the University of Illinois Law Review and was a Richardson Scholar at the College of Medicine.

Representative Publications

• The Human Factor: Globalizing Ethical Standards in Drug Trials Through Market Exclusion, 57 DePaul L. Rev. 877 (2008)
• International Human Rights and Clinical Drug Development, Dean Rusk Center Newsletter (Winter/Spring 2008)
• The Use of Toxicology in Tort Litigation: A Survey of Federal and State Jurisdictions, American Bar Association (2004) (contributing author)
• Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Federal Judicial Center (2000) (research assistant)

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