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Associate Professor Daniel Aaron serves at the University of Utah College of Law, specializing in health law and regulatory policy. He actively bridges legal scholarship with public health practice through his role in developing the university's first public health law course—a CDC-funded collaboration between the College of Law and the School of Medicine's Division of Public Health for the 2025-2026 academic year. This initiative positions him within Columbia Mailman School's national cohort for public health law education development.
Professor Aaron's research critically examines the legal frameworks shaping healthcare systems, with particular focus on cancer care regulation, FDA oversight, opioid crisis accountability, and gender-affirming care policies. His scholarship consistently analyzes how deregulatory trends, judicial decisions, and corporate practices impact health equity and population outcomes. Recent work investigates Supreme Court challenges to health agencies, medical malpractice standards, and the legal dimensions of health disparities across racial and ethnic groups.
His publication portfolio reveals a strategic focus on high-impact health law intersections: analyzing how bankruptcy proceedings affect public health (notably the Sackler family litigation), examining regulatory gaps in direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and evaluating climate change litigation for health protection. Aaron's work demonstrates particular attention to vulnerable populations, with recurring themes of systemic barriers to care access and the tension between market forces and public health imperatives.
Through the CDC-funded 'Teaching Public Health Law' initiative, Aaron contributes to building national capacity for training public health professionals in legal navigation. This project connects him with institutions including Morehouse School of Medicine and Kent State University, fostering cross-institutional knowledge sharing about law's role in shaping health outcomes. His collaborative approach exemplifies the growing recognition that effective public health requires interdisciplinary legal understanding.
