Lisa C. Ikemoto

Lisa C. Ikemoto is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law, specializing in bioethics, health care law, and reproductive rights. Her research examines intersections of race, gender, disability, and wealth in biomedical technology access. She holds affiliations with the Aoki Center for Critical Race & Nation Studies, Health System Bioethics Program, and Feminist Research Institute.

Education: B.A. in English (American Studies) and History from UCLA (1984); J.D. from UC Davis School of Law (1987); LL.M. from Columbia Law School (1989).

Research focuses on reproductive justice, eugenics history, and global fertility markets. Notable work addresses religious exemptions in healthcare, racial disparities in genomic research, and reproductive tourism. Over her career, she has contributed to landmark cases like Song v. U.S. and Railroad and Mineworker cases related to Japanese American internment redress.

Her awards include the Vital Bridges Award (2006) and Distinguished Alumni Award (2002). Ikemoto serves on boards of the Guttmacher Institute and Reproductive Health Technologies Project. Her publications span legal journals, health policy analyses, and critical race theory critiques, emphasizing systemic inequities in law and science.