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Jennifer L. Piatt

Jennifer L. Piatt, JD,is a Research Scholar and Co-director, Center for Public Health Law & Policy, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, ASU.


Articles by Jennifer L. Piatt

A vaccine protest in 2021.

COVID vaccines went ‘on trial.’ Are routine childhood vaccine mandates at risk?

By James G. Hodge, Jr., Jennifer L. Piatt, Erica N. White, Leila F. Barraza | Biosecurity
A school employee gets vaccinated against COVID-19.

Amid a public health crisis, the Supreme Court could be poised to stop Biden’s vaccine mandates

By James G. Hodge, Jr., Leila F. Barraza, Jennifer L. Piatt, Erica N. White | Biosecurity