Michelle Mello (BA ’93), professor of law and professor of health policy, was the winner of Stanford Law School’s 2024 Barbara Allen Babcock Award for Excellence in Teaching. Based on student feedback, the Babcock award is given to instructors who teach first-year courses and who promote “inclusion of learning, intellectual rigor and commitment to the highest standards of professional integrity, mentorship and service.”

Mello, an empirical health law scholar whose research is focused on understanding the effects of law and regulation on health care delivery and population health outcomes, holds a joint appointment at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Health Policy. SL