Sara Rosenbaum J.D. is Emerita Professor of Health Law and Policy at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. Professor Rosenbaum has devoted her career to health justice for medically underserved populations. During her GW career, she served as the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy. Between 1993 and 1994 she served as a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Prior to joining the GW faculty, Professor Rosenbaum worked at the Children’s Defense Fund, the National Health Law Program, and Vermont Legal Aid.
Professor Rosenbaum has received many honors and awards and has been extensively recognized for her work in health care and civil rights. She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, served on CDC’s Director’s Advisory Committee and the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP). She was a founding Commissioner of Congress’s Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), which she chaired from January 2016 through April 2017. Among others, Professor Rosenbaum is the recipient of the National Academy of Medicine’s Adam Yarmolinsky Medal for distinguished service, the American Public Health Association Executive Director Award for Service, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Welch-Rose Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Health of the Public, and the Jay Healey Teaching Award from the American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics.