Sara Gerke

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Website / gerke@illinois.edu

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Sara Gerke is an Associate Professor of Law and Richard W. & Marie L. Corman Scholar at the College of Law, as well as an Associate Professor at the European Union Center, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her current research focuses on the ethical and legal challenges of artificial intelligence and big data for health care and health law in the United States and Europe. Professor Gerke is leading several research projects funded by the NIH and the European Union (Horizon Europe). She has over 80 publications in health law and bioethics, especially AI and digital health. Her work has appeared in leading law, medical, scientific, and bioethics journals, including The George Washington Law Review, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Science, Nature Medicine, BMJ, The American Journal of Bioethics, and the Hastings Center Report. Her work has been covered in media venues such as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Times, Forbes, Scientific American, Bloomberg Law, CBC, USA Today, and others.