Tara Sklar
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Professor Tara Sklar is the Faculty Director of the Health Law & Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She also serves in an executive leadership role as Associate Director of Telehealth Law & Policy at the Arizona Telemedicine Program in the College of Medicine-Tucson and as a subject matter expert with the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers.
Professor Sklar's scholarship examines legal, regulatory, and ethical challenges at the intersection of technology and healthcare delivery, focusing on virtual care and digital health innovations for an aging population. Her research is published in leading health and law journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, and Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, and in books with Cambridge University Press, New York University Press, and the American Public Health Association Press. A nationally recognized expert, Professor Sklar has made appearances on Good Morning America, NPR's Science Friday, and PBS World. Her analysis regularly features in major media outlets including ABC’s FiveThirtyEight, Axios, Bloomberg Law, MIT Technology Review, and The Verge.
At Arizona Law, Professor Sklar pioneered an expansive online curriculum featuring over 35 Health Law & Policy courses and five certificate programs. This interdisciplinary portfolio was developed collaboratively with faculty across seven University of Arizona colleges and industry leaders from global companies. She teaches cornerstone courses in Telehealth Law & Policy, Aging & the Law, and guest lectures across the University's health sciences colleges with the goal to prepare graduates to better meet the needs of the future legal and healthcare workforce.
Before joining Arizona, Professor Sklar established the first online Master of Aging degree as Founding Faculty Director at the University of Melbourne, connecting nine colleges and building an international Industry Network in Aging. Her professional background includes work with Ascension Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Health & Human Services, and the Food & Drug Administration. Professor Sklar has secured over $4 million in grants and philanthropic support from federal agencies, private donors, and funding awards at the University of Melbourne and the University of Arizona.
Representative Publications
Regulating Digital Health Care for the Cognitively Impaired, 19 J. of Health & Life Sci. L. 97 (2024) (with Kathryn Huber).
Digitally Enabled Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services, in Digital Health Care Outside of Traditional Clinical Settings, I. Glenn Cohen, Daniel B Kramer, Julia Adler-Milstein, & Carmel Shachar, eds., Cambridge University Press (2024) (with Kathryn Huber).
Immigrant Workers’ Voices as Catalysts for Reform in the Long-Term Care Industry, 55 Ariz. St. L. J. 3 (2023) (with Shefali Milczarek-Desai).
Addressing State-Based Barriers to Decentralized Clinical Trials, 7 J. of Clinical & Translational Sci. 162 (2023) (with Stephanie Zawada, Kevin Ruff, & Bart Demaerschalk).
The Research Exemption Carve Out: Understanding Research Participants Rights Under GDPR and U.S. Data Privacy Laws, 60 Jurimetrics 1 (2020) (with Mabel Crescioni).
Preparing to Age in Place: The Role of Medicaid Waivers in Elder Abuse Prevention, 28 Annals Health L. & Life Sci. 2 (2019) (with Rachel Zuraw).
Affordability Boards: The States’ New Fix for Drug Pricing, 381 New Engl. J. Med. 1301 (2019) (with Christopher Robertson).
Elderly Gun Ownership and the Wave of State Red Flag Laws: An Unintended Consequence That Could Help Many, 27 Elder L.J. 1 (2019).
Education
- J.D. University of Houston Law Center
2007 - M.P.H. University of Texas Health Sciences Center
2007 - B.A. Tulane University
2002
Graduated magna cum laude.
Work Experience
- Professor of Health Law and Director, Health Law & Policy Program
James E. Rogers College of Law
2019 - present - Professor of Health Law and Director of Graduate Health Sciences Programs
James E Rogers College of Law
2018 - 2019 - Fellow in Law and Public Health Group
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
2016 - 2018 - Director of Aging Programs
School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
2013 - 2016 - Adjunct Associate Professor in Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University
2011 - 2013 - Director of Access and Community Health
Carondelet Health Network
2008 - 2010