Tara Sklar, JD, MPH
Professor Tara Sklar is the Faculty Director of the Health Law & Policy Program and a Distinguished Public Service Scholar at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She also holds appointments as Associate Director of Telehealth Law & Policy at the UA College of Medicine-Tucson and Senior Advisor with Innovations in Healthy Aging at the UA Health Sciences. Professor Sklar’s teaching and research bridges the gap between healthcare and law by aligning where the law can help mitigate health disparities and improve patient care for vulnerable populations. Her work examines legal, regulatory, and ethical issues that arise in adapting to a diverse aging population, with a particular focus on digital health equity. Her legal scholarship is published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, and Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, among many others. Her forthcoming book, “Telehealth Law & Policy in a Nutshell,” is under contract with West Academic Publishing. She teaches courses on Telehealth Law & Policy and Aging & the Law.