Lance Gable

Lance Gable is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Minor in Law Program at Wayne State University Law School. He specializes in public health law, bioethics, and health policy, with a focus on emergencies, human rights, and global health governance.

Education: J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and B.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.

Research Interests: Overlap of law, ethics, and public health; legal responses to pandemics; healthcare equity; and mental health rights. His work includes assessing legal frameworks for crises like COVID-19, wastewater surveillance ethics, and volunteer healthcare worker protections during disasters.

Publications: Authored/co-authored over 35 journal articles, books, and reports, including key works on pandemic legal strategies, HIV/AIDS policy, and mental health governance. His recent work focuses on legal epidemiology and equitable healthcare access.

Awards: Recipient of the 2010 WSU Academy of Scholars Junior Faculty Award for Humanities/Social Sciences.

Professional Contributions: Served as interim dean of Wayne Law (2016–2017), co-chaired Wayne State’s Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, and advised the Michigan Department of Health on resource allocation during emergencies.