Elizabeth Pendo
Elizabeth Pendo is the Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law and a member of the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law, which has been the number one health law program in the country for the last 14 years. She is an expert in disability law and legal theory, health law and policy, and bioethics, and her research focuses on greater access to health care and health equity, work opportunities, and full participation in society for people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.
Professor Pendo has published in leading journals in law, health law and policy, medicine, and ethics on topics including: the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar laws to governmental, business, and employer responses to COVID-19; disability health disparities; disability data collection; disability bias and discrimination in health care; the experiences of people with disabilities and physicians who treat them; and obligations of providers, institutions, insurers, and employers under federal and state antidiscrimination laws. She is also one of the authors of Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, 8th ed. (American Casebook Series, West) and Bioethics and Law in a Nutshell, 2nd ed. (West).
She is a frequent collaborator on interdisciplinary projects, including a 2020 report on the role of law and policy in achieving specific disability and health goals for Healthy People 2020 Law and Health Policy Project, a partnership between the HHS ODPHP, the CDC, and the CDC Foundation funded through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is also an investigator on a project funded by the Greenwall Foundation working with diverse state medical board members around the country – physicians, lawyers, administrators, and public members— to identify promising practices and essential resources needed to protect patients.
Finally, Professor Pendo is frequently invited to speak at academic conferences and events, and to lawyers, health care providers, and professional and community organizations across the country. She is active in national organizations designed to serve scholars in her areas of expertise, legal education, and the legal profession.
Address: Saint Louis University School of Law
100 N. Tucker Blvd.
Saint Louis MO 63101
Professor Pendo has published in leading journals in law, health law and policy, medicine, and ethics on topics including: the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar laws to governmental, business, and employer responses to COVID-19; disability health disparities; disability data collection; disability bias and discrimination in health care; the experiences of people with disabilities and physicians who treat them; and obligations of providers, institutions, insurers, and employers under federal and state antidiscrimination laws. She is also one of the authors of Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems, 8th ed. (American Casebook Series, West) and Bioethics and Law in a Nutshell, 2nd ed. (West).
She is a frequent collaborator on interdisciplinary projects, including a 2020 report on the role of law and policy in achieving specific disability and health goals for Healthy People 2020 Law and Health Policy Project, a partnership between the HHS ODPHP, the CDC, and the CDC Foundation funded through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She is also an investigator on a project funded by the Greenwall Foundation working with diverse state medical board members around the country – physicians, lawyers, administrators, and public members— to identify promising practices and essential resources needed to protect patients.
Finally, Professor Pendo is frequently invited to speak at academic conferences and events, and to lawyers, health care providers, and professional and community organizations across the country. She is active in national organizations designed to serve scholars in her areas of expertise, legal education, and the legal profession.
Address: Saint Louis University School of Law
100 N. Tucker Blvd.
Saint Louis MO 63101
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