Michele Bratcher Goodwin
Professor
The University of California, Irvine School of Law
Professor Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. She is the recipient of the 2020-21 Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California and is the first law professor at the University of California, Irvine to receive this award. Professor Goodwin is credited with helping to establish and shape the health law field. She directed the first ABA accredited health law program in the nation and established the first law center focused on race and bioethics. Professor Goodwin received her B.A. in Sociology; Anthropology; and African Languages & Literature from the University of Wisconsin and her J.D. from Boston College Law School.
