Barbara A. Noah

Professor of Law

EDUCATION

B.A., Union College
J.D., Harvard Law School

COURSES TAUGHT

Torts
Bioethics
Health Law Liability & Quality
Health Care Finance & Delivery
Genetics & the Law
Medical Technology Law
Public Health Law
End-of-Life Law

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: bnoah@law.wne.edu
Phone: 413-782-1432
Office: L 202

GENERAL INFORMATION

Professor Noah received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Union College, summa cum laude.  After completing her studies at Harvard Law school, she spent two years in private practice in Washington, DC, specializing in food and drug law. She then taught Health Law and Bioethics courses for eight years at the University of Florida’s Colleges of Law, Medicine, and Health Professions as a Lecturer in Law. Professor Noah also has prior experience as a member of a hospital ethics committee and an institutional review board at Florida’s teaching hospitals. She joined Western New England University’s law faculty as an Associate Professor in 2005 and teaches Torts and a variety of Health Law subjects, including Bioethics, Liability and Quality Issues in Health Care, Health Care Finance and Delivery, Public Health Law, Genetics and Law, and Food and Drug Law. Her current research interests include pediatric and adolescent health issues, conflicts in end-of-life decision making, clinical research ethics, and the impact of politics in science and medicine.

CURRICULUM VITAE

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PUBLICATIONS

Books

Lars Noah and Barbara A. Noah, LAW, MEDICINE, AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (2002). Digital Commons

Journal Articles

Barbara A. Noah (2013, forthcoming). Two Conflicts in Context: Lessons from the Schiavo and Bland Cases and the Role of Best Interests Analysis in the United Kingdom. 36 Hamline L. Rev.

Barbara A. Noah (2013, forthcoming). In Denial: The Role of Law in Preparing for Death. 21 Elder Law Journal--U. Illinois

Barbara A. Noah (2012). The Role of Race in End of Life Care. 15 J. Health Care L. & Pol'y 349-378 (2012).

Barbara A. Noah, Race and Healthcare in America: Foreword, 10 HOUS. J. HEALTH L. & POL'Y 195 (2010). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Just a Spoonful of Sugar: Drug Safety for Pediatric Populations, 37 J.L. MED. & ETHICS 280 (2009). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Book Review: Human Rights and Healthcare, 18 L. & POL. BOOK REV. 441 (2008).

Barbara Noah, A Prescription for Racial Equality in Medicine, 40 CONN. L. REV. 675 (2008). SSRN Digital Commons

Lars Noah & Barbara A. Noah, A Drug by Any Other Name ... ? Paradoxes in Dietary Supplement Risk Regulation, 17 STAN. L. & POLICY REV. 165 (2006). Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, The Role of Religion in the Schiavo Controversy, 6 HOUS. J. HEALTH L. & POL'Y 319 (2006). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Foreword: Dietary Supplement Regulation in Flux, 31 AM. J.L. & MED. 147 (2005). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, A Review of the New York State Task Force on Life & the Law's Report: Dietary Supplements: Balancing Consumer Choice & Safety, 33 J.L. MED. & ETHICS 860 (2005). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Bioethical Malpractice: Risk and Responsibility in Human Research, 7 J. HEALTH CARE L. & POL'Y 175 (2004). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Politicizing the End of Life: Lessons from the Schiavo Controversy, 59 U. MIAMI L. REV. 107 (2004). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, AIDS and Antiretroviral Drugs in South Africa: Public Health, Politics, and Individual Suffering, 31 J.L. MED. & ETHICS 144 (2003). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, The Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Research, 29 AM. J. L. & MED. 221 (2003). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, The Invisible Patient, 2002 U. ILL. L. REV. 121 (2002).

Barbara A. Noah, Adverse Drug Reactions: Harnessing Experiential Data to Promote Patient Welfare, 49 CATH. U. L. REV. 449 (2000). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Constitutional Qualms Concerning Governmental Restrictions on Tobacco Product Advertising, 29 U. TOL. L. REV. 637 (1998). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Racial Disparities in the Delivery of Health Care, 35 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 135 (1998). SSRN Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, The Managed Care Dilemma: Can Theories of Tort Liability Adapt to the Realities of Cost Containment?, 48 MERCER L. REV. 1219 (1997). SSRN Digital Commons

Lars Noah & Barbara A. Noah, Nicotine Withdrawal: Assessing the FDA's Effort to Regulate Tobacco Products, 48 ALA. L. REV. 1 (1996). Digital Commons

Barbara A. Noah, Racist Health Care? 48 FLA. L. REV. 357 (1996). SSRN Digital Commons

Lars Noah and Barbara A. Noah, Liberating Commercial Speech: Product Labeling Controls and the First Amendment, 47 FLA. L. REV. 63 (1995). Digital Commons