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Bio

Sarah Hooper, JD is a Professor of Practice at UC Law SF and Executive Director of the UCSF-UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. In this capacity, she directs the JD Concentration in Health Law & Policy, co-directs the Master of Science in Health Policy & Law Degree (HPL) and serves as the Policy Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership for Seniors clinic.

Professor Hooper has dedicated her career to developing innovative medical-legal collaborations that can advance equity in health care. She has a special interest in complex care, and in particular the role of law and lawyers in improving systems of care for underserved older individuals with complex medical and social needs.

Her work encompasses clinical interventions such as the , research collaborations such as the , and educational initiatives for providers and the public such as the ,  Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý. She is currently developing a tool to support legal and financial decision making for older patients with cognitive impairment called Clarity. Her scholarship has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and Health Affairs Blog.

Professor Hooper is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in the Fitz Mullan Health Workforce Institute at George Washington ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ and serves on the Global Fellow Advisory Board for the Atlantic Institute.

Education

• ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of California, Hastings College of the Law
  J.D., Law 2008

• ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of California, Santa Barbara
  B.A., Law and Society 2005

• ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of London Queen Mary
  Study Abroad, Law & English 2004

• George Washington ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ School of Public Health
  Leader in Health Equity Fellow, Health Equity

Selected Scholarship

• NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 09/2021

• Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 08/2021

• Bill of Health 08/2021

• Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 03/2020

• Journal of the American Society on Aging 01/2020

• PLoS Med 03/2017

• Hooper S and Chiong W (Ed.: Miller B. and Cummings J), The Human Frontal Lobes: Functions and Disorders (3rd ed.) 12/2017

• Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 05/2014

• GeriPal 01/2013

• Institute on Aging Access to Justice Initiative 01/2012

• Annals of Internal Medicine 01/2011