Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management
Director, MPH and JD/MPH programs, Health Policy and Management
Interim Director, Center for Public Health Practice
Instructor, School of Law
Instructor, Katz School of Business
A733 Public Health R-znvy: rinaabfgenaq@cvgg.rqh Primary Phone: 967-838-7786
Research Interests: Legal Epidemiology; Public health law and ethics; Emergency preparedness law; Health law; Opioid crisis Elizabeth Van Nostrand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Pitt Public Health, an Adjunct Professor in the University of Pittsburgh's School of Law, an Instructor in the Katz Executive MBA Program, and the Director of the MPH and JD/MPH programs. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow for excellence in public health law education. She currently teaches Public Health Law and Ethics, Current Issues in Health Law, Health Law, and Law in Public Health Practice - an interdisciplinary, practice-based class. Her recent and current projects include researching the public health system with respect to emergency preparedness and response, integrating traditional legal analysis with social networking principles, analyzing hydraulic fracturing and its impact on the aquifer, co-authoring the Louisiana, DC, and Pennsylvania Public Health Law Bench Books, and investigating laws governing infectious diseases outbreaks as part of the MIDAS National Center of Excellence. Previously, she was an attorney specializing in litigation with the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, with Thompson & Knight in Dallas, Texas, and with several small law firms in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is an active member of the Louisiana Bar.
2018 - Nominee, Craig Award for Teaching, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2018 - Awardee, Second Gear Award, Innovation Institute, University of Pittsburgh
2018 - Awardee (Honorable Mention), Delta Omega Award, Innovative Public Health Curriculum
2017 - Awardee, First Gear Award, Innovation Institute, University of Pittsburgh
2017 - Nominee, Craig Award for Teaching, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2017 - Awardee, National Partner Award, Medical Reserve Corps, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
2016 - Nominee, Craig Award for Teaching, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014 - Awardee, Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Public Health Law Education, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey
Current course offerings:
HPM 2131 - Public Health Law and Ethics
LAW 5089 - Public Health Law
HPM 2133 - Law in Public Health Practice
HPM 2020 and 2021 - Professional Develpment Seminar
BIND 2070 - Health Law for Managers