Parmet Ranked Among Top 10 Most-Cited Health Law Faculty in the United States

11.21.2024 — Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law Wendy E. Parmet, a leading expert on public health law, health law and disability law, has been ranked No. 7 among the “10 most-cited health law faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023,” according to Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports. The ranking is based on data provided by Professor Greg Sisk and his colleagues at the University of St. Thomas. Parmet, faculty director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, is a prolific author who is nationally renowned for her interdisciplinary thinking and problem solving on issues related to public health.

“There is no honor greater than knowing that your work is being read and cited by your peers,” said Parmet, the author of hundreds of articles about public health, bioethics, discrimination, health law and AIDS law in leading law and public health journals. Her books include Constitutional Contagion: Covid, the Courts and Public Health (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and Populations, Public Health, and the Law (Georgetown University Press, 2009); The Health of Newcomers: Immigration, Health Policy, and the Case for Global Solidarity (co-author; NYU Press, 2017); Ethical Health Care (Prentice Hall, 2005); and Debates on U.S. Health Care (co-editor, Sage Press, 2012). She is also regularly quoted in the national press.

“Wendy Parmet has long been a trailblazer in public health law,” said Dean James Hackney. “Her cutting-edge research, writing and advocacy continue to redefine how we address complex health challenges through interdisciplinary thinking and putting ideas into action. We are incredibly proud of all that she has accomplished and her national leadership in health law.”

Parmet also serves as co-editor of Northeastern Law’s SSRN online publications, Human Rights and the Global Economy and the Northeastern University School of Law Public Law and Legal Theory Paper Series. In 2016, Parmet was honored with the prestigious Jay Healey Health Law Teachers Award by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) at its annual conference. In 2022, the American Public Health Association (APHA) Law Section selected her for its Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Law Award.