Rebecca S Feinberg - Distinguished Chair in Health Law, Bioethics and Policy and Associate Professor of Law

rfeinber2@tourolaw.edu

Education

B.A., Yeshiva University
JD, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Master of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Master of Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca Feinberg is the Distinguished Chair of Health Law, Bioethics and Policy with her primary appointment as Associate Professor of Law.  She is cross appointed as Associate Professor of Public Health and Bioethics at New York Medical College. Her scholarship focuses on reproductive policy and ethics with a particular emphasis on assisted reproductive technologies. Her work has been published in law reviews, medical journals, and bioethics journals.  

Prior to joining Touro University, Professor Feinberg was a Teaching Associate Professor at DePaul University with cross appointments in the College of Science and Health and the College of Law. During her time at DePaul, she was a visiting Scholar at Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics and the Hastings Center.  

Professor Feinberg earned her juris doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and her Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2004 and her Master of Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2007. She served as Senior Ethics and Health Law Fellow at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.  In addition, she completed the Bioethics Fellowship at the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School and the Clinical Ethics Immersion Program at the Cleveland Clinic. Professor Feinberg earned her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women.