Shelly Simana

Shelly Simana
- Fellow, Center for Law and the Biosciences
Biography
Shelly Simana’s research focuses on the nexus between bioethics and law, as well as health law. It explores issues at the frontier of scientific developments and how the law treats them. Specifically, her research centers around questions stemming from genetic, reproductive technologies, and biotechnology. Shelly’s work has been published or is forthcoming in the UC Irvine Law Review, Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Journal of Law and the Biosciences, and the Current Stem Cell Reports.
Previously, Shelly served as a visiting scholar in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a research associate in the Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Education
- S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
- LL.M., Harvard Law School
- LL.B. and B.A. in Government, Radzyner Law School; Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Israel