SCOTT BURRIS, J.D., L.L.D.

Professor, Beasley School of Law, Temple University

Associate Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

Scott Burris is a professor at the Beasley School of Law of Temple University, and Associate Director of the Center for Law and the Public’s Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. His research focuses on how law influences public health and health behavior.

His publications include The Law and the Public’s Health: A Study of Infectious Disease Law in the United States, 99 Columbia L. Rev. 59 (1999), Studying the Legal Management of HIV-Related Stigma, 42 Am. Behavioral Scientist 1229 (1999), Law and the Social Risk of Health Care: Lessons from HIV Testing, 61 Albany L. Rev. 831 (1998) and Reducing Sexual Transmission of HIV from Those Who Know They Are Infected: The Need for Personal and Collective Responsibility, 13 AIDS 297 (1999). His work has been supported by major health organizations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has served as a consultant on public health law with organizations ranging from the United Nations Development Programme and the American Psychological Association to the Institute of Medicine and the producers of the Oscar-winning film “Philadelphia.” As an attorney and Board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, he has represented people with HIV facing discrimination from employers, service providers and the government.