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Lisa Eckstein

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Law

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  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer
    Law
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  • Faculty of Law, Office of the Faculty of Law, 2.2 Faculty of Law Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Dr Lisa Eckstein is an adjunct Senior Lecturer in Law and Medicine/Health Law in the Faculty of Law in the College of Arts, Law and Education. Her area of specialisation is ethical and legal issues associated with medical research, with a focus on clinical trials and innovative technology. With national and international colleagues, she is researching how clinical trials and other forms of research should be governed, including the role of Human research Ethics Committees and Data and Safety Monitoring Boards. Lisa is the CT:IQ Programme Director and Director of Philanthropic Activities at Bellberry Ltd.

Biography

Before joining the University of Tasmania Lisa completed a her Masters of Health Law at the University of Sydney, a Doctor of Juridical Science at Georgetown University Law Centre and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. She has extensive public service experience, including employment as a Legal Officer for the Australian Law Reform Commission (2007 – 2010), and policy roles for state and federal health departments (2004 – 2007).

Career summary
Qualifications

SJD, Georgetown University Law Center, USA, 2012. Thesis: Researching Race Responsibly: Engaging Minority Racial and Ethnic Groups and Their Members in United States Biomedical Research Regulation
MHL, University of Sydney, Australia, 2010.
LlB, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2003.
Bsc, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2003.

Memberships

Professional practice
Member, Australasian Association of Health Law and Bioethics

Other

Member, Georgetown University Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation Interest Group in Health and Science Literacy - 2013 – present

Administrative expertise
Chair, Human Research Ethics Committee (2019 – 2021)

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • Faculty of Law

FIELD OF RESEARCH