Vanessa Gruben

Vanessa Gruben B.Sc.H. (Queen’s), LL.B. (Ottawa), LL.M. (Columbia) is Vice-Dean Academic and Associate Professor in the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and a member of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. She also leads the Ottawa Hub for Harm Reduction – a multidisciplinary forum for scholars and community organizations who work on innovative harm reduction strategies. She is co-editor of the 5th edition of the Canadian Health Law and Policy. Professor Gruben teaches courses in Health Law and a seminar on Access to Health Care.