Dr. Lazzarini has co-authored Human Rights and Public Health in the AIDS Pandemic, published by Oxford University Press in 1997. She has also co-authored national surveys on health information privacy, syringe-related laws, and HIV testing and counseling provisions which have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She serves as a Special Consultant for the Georgetown-Johns Hopkins Program on Law and Public Health and for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has worked with the World Health Organization on projects involving HIV-related legislation, employment policies, and human rights.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BA	University of California	History of Art
JD	University of California, Hastings College of Law	Law
MPH	Harvard School of Public Health	Public Health

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School	Medical Ethics

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award	UConn Health

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Education Council	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2018	2020
CQI Committee: LCME Standards 10, 11, 12	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2018	2020
MDelta Stage 1 Committee	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2018	2020
Undergraduate Medical Education Team (UME)	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2016	2020
VITALS Program Curriculum Development Committee	Education Committee	Chair	UConn Health	Local	2016	2020
Academic Performance Committee for School of Dental Medicine-1	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2014	2020
Honor Board Policy Committee	Education Committee	Chair	UConn Health	Local	2013	2020
School of Medicine Admissions Committee	Education Committee	member	UConn Health	Local	2010	2020
Appeals Committee of the Academic Merit Compensation Plan, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2007	2011
Appeals Committee of the Academic Merit Compensation Plan, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005	2007
Academic Advancement Committee, University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005
Health Policy and Primary Care Research Center Redevelopment Steering Committee, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005	2006
Code of Conduct Task Force, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2005
AIDS & Public Policy Journal	Editorial Board	Member	External	National	2005	2005
Center for Public Health and Health Policy Strategic Planning Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2004
Center for Public Health and Health Policy Academic Program Development Committee	Advisory Committee	member	UConn Health	University	2004	2008
Advisory Committee, Yale University Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project	Advisory Committee	Member	External	University	2003
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics	Editorial Board	Member	External	National	2003	2003
Clinical Ethics Committee, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2002	2020
Connecticut Hospital Association Board of Trustees’ Committee on Ethical Issues in Health Care Delivery	Advisory Committee	Member	External	State	2002	2020
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Symposium: Health, Law and Human Rights: Exploring the Connections, Volume 30:4, Winter 2002	Editorial Board	Co-Editor	External	National	2002	2002
Institutional Review Board, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1999	2003
Ethics Committee member, Hartford Hospital	Advisory Committee	Chair	External	Local	1999	2003
UConn, JDH Clinical Ethics Committee	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	Local	1999	2020
Clinical Ethics Committee, University of Connecticut Health Center	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	1998	2002
Ethics Committee member, Holyoke Hospital	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Regional	1994	1999
Bioethics Committee, Hospice Life Care of the Pioneer Valley, Holyoke, MA	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Regional	1993	1998
Advisory Board, River Valley AIDS Project, Holyoke, MA	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Regional	1993	1993
Board of Trustees, Unitarian Universalist Rowe Camp and Conference Center Rowe, MA	Advisory Committee	President	External	Regional	1991	1997
Core Group Member, 20/20 Vision, Amherst, MA	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Regional	1988	1991
Board of Trustees, Unitarian Universalist Rowe Camp and Conference Center, Rowe, MA	Advisory Committee	Board Member	External	Regional	1987	1991
American Journal of Public Health	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Australian Journal of Human Rights	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	International
Clinical Infectious Diseases	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Connecticut Medicine	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	State
Culture, Health, and Sexuality	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Drug and Alcohol Dependence	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
International Journal of Drug Policy	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	International
Journal of the American Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
New England Journal of Medicine	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	Regional
AIDS and Public Policy	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Professional/Scientific Organization	Reviewer	External	National
Oxford University Press	Professional/Scientific Journal	Reviewer	External	National
Campus Resource Team	Advisory Committee	member	UConn-Storrs	State		2020

Public health law, privacy and confidentiality; surrogate decision-making at the end of life; HIV prevention among pregnant women and injection drug users; and health and human rights.

Journal Articles

Books

Book Chapters

Conference Papers

Newsletters

Other

Reviews

Short Surveys

Websites

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Structural Racism: A systemic illness Part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Constance Baker Motley's Life and Work	Panel Discussion	CT Bar Assoc: Constance Baker Motley Speaker Series	2022	Virtual
Design and Delivery of a Required Graduate Certificate on Social Determinants of Health and Disparities for All UConn Medical Students	Talk	Association for Prevention, Teaching, and Research Annual Meeting	2019	Cleveland, OH
Diversity: An institutional framework to promote behavioral climate change	Talk	AMA: Accelerating Change in Med Ed	2019	Farmington, CT
Assessing the Public Health Response During and After the Emergency: Lessons from the HIV Epidemic	Talk	Annual Health Law Symposium, Saint Louis University Law School	2010	St Louis, MO
Mapping discarded sex- and drug-related items: An adjunct method of assessing risk	Poster	XVII International AIDS Conference	2008	Mexico City, Mexico
’Edging’: An emerging HIV risk or resilience factor?’	Poster	XVII International AIDS Conference	2008	Mexico City, Mexico
One man gathers what another man spills …’: a case study in research ethics	Poster	XVII International AIDS Conference	2008	Mexico City, Mexico
Local community capable of holistic approach to drug users - TADA network	Poster	XVII International AIDS Conference	2008	Mexico City, Mexico
Three “Easy” Policy Changes to Improve the Risk Environment for IDUs in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union	Talk	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
Legal and Policy Barriers to Effective Health Interventions among IDUs in Kaliningrad, Russia: Results of a Rapid Policy Assessment and Response Intervention	Poster	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
Legal treatment of preventive work with injection drug users in Temirtau, Kazakhstan	Poster	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
Drug law and the practice of its application in Ukraine in terms of harm reduction	Poster	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
After the Rapid Policy and Response Process: Drug Policy Change in Szczecin, Poland	Poster	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
The Governance of Care: The Influence of the Local “Power Map” on IDU Health Interventions in a Polish City	Poster	18th International Harm Reduction Conference	2007	Warsaw, Poland
Drug Policy and HIV Prevention in Russia	Talk	Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS	2004	New Haven, CT
The International Society on Urban Health & The Institute on Urban Health Research	Talk	3rd International Conference on Urban Health, Northeastern University	2004	Boston, MA
NIH Based Regulations on Human Subjects Research	Talk	12th International Conference: AIDS, Cancer and Related Problems	2004	St. Petersburg, Russia
HIV/AIDS Law Reform	Talk	Ministry of Justice, Tanzania, Committee on HIV/AIDS Law Reform	2004	Washington DC
Politics, Social Priorities, and Biomedical Research	Talk	Div. of Medical Ethics, Dep. of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School	2004	Boston, MA
Testifying on behalf of ACLU	Other	Committee of South Dakota Legislature re South Dakota House Bill #1019	2003	Pierre, SD
Is Living with HIV/AIDS a Crime?	Talk	Lavender Law Conference, Fordham University Law School	2003	New York, NY
Using a Legal or Human Rights Framework as a Tool in the AIDS Epidemic	Talk	Structural Inequality and HIV/AIDS at the Global and National Level Conf.	2003	New Haven, CT
Law, Policy and HIV/AIDS. “Preventive Medicine 2003”	Talk	American College of Preventive Medicine Conference	2003	San Diego, CA
Legal Issues and AIDS: Partner Notification and Testing of Minors	Talk	Pediatric Grand Rounds, Stamford Hospital	2003	Stamford, CT
Workshops for Indonesian Researchers on Research Methods using the Rapid Policy Assessment Tool. Conference on Drug Use and HIV/AIDS Research Methods	Talk	Bioethics/Medical Humanities and Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada Univ.	2003	Yogyarkarta, Indonesia
The Law and Harm Reduction	Talk	Staff Meeting, UCHC/CMHC HIV Prevention Program, UCONN Health Center	2002	Farmington, CT
HIV and Law, a Theory-Based Approach to Evaluating the Impact of Law	Talk	National Conference on Public Health Law	2002	Atlanta, GA
Responding to HIV/AIDS: Human Rights and Health	Talk	Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Yale Law School	2002	New Haven, CT
The Changing Roles of State and Non-State Actors	Talk	Intellectual Property and Human Rights Conference, UCONN Law School	2001	Hartford, CT
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: Emerging Norms	Talk	Yale University	2001	New Haven, CT
Measuring the Effectiveness of Criminal Law as an Intervention Tool, Health, Law, and Human Rights	Talk	An International, Cross-Disciplinary Conference Honoring Jonathan M. Mann	2001	Philadelphia, PA
Developing a Public Health Agenda for Hepatitis C: What Can We Learn from Two Decades with AIDS?	Talk	Seton Hall Law School	2001	Newark, NJ
Ethics, Law, and Medicine	Talk	University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Orthopedic Residents	2001	Farmington, CT
Legal and Ethical Issues in Monitoring Risks of Antiretroviral Therapy in Pregnancy. Surveillance of Perinatally HIV Exposed, Uninfected Children for Prevention and Monitoring Toxicities Following Perinatal Exposure to Antivirals	Talk	Centers for Disease Control	2001	Atlanta, GA
Research on Water Policy and Law	Talk	A Global Enterprise for Water Technology	2001	Grand Rapids, MI
Medical Decision Making and Confidentiality	Talk	Link Rounds, University of Connecticut Health Center	2001	Farmington, CT
Legal Aspects of Medical Privacy and the Internet	Talk	Connecticut Hospital Association	2001	Waterbury, CT
Reducing Perinatal HIV: Legislative and Policy Approaches	Talk	Yale AIDS Colloquium	2001	New Haven, CT
Legal and Ethical Issues in Monitoring Risks of Antiretroviral Therapy in Pregnancy. Concepts and Strategies to Actively Monitor the Risks of Medications in Pregnancy: Enhancing Post Marketing Surveillance	Talk	Centers for Disease Control	2000	Bethesda, MD
Legal and Ethical Issues in the Conduct of HIV-related Research in Prison	Talk	XIII International AIDS Conference	2000	Durban, S. Africa
Is it Ethical to Prescribe or Dispense Syringes to Injection Drug Users?	Talk	XIII International AIDS Conference	2000	Durban, S. Africa
Ethics, Law, and Medicine	Talk	Hartford Hospital Housestaff Orientation	2000	Hartford, CT
Local and National Legal Issues. Forum on Public Health Data: Sharing & Confidentiality	Talk	Maine Bureau of Health, Division of Community & Family Health	2000	Waterville, ME
Mental Health and Competence	Talk	Link Rounds, University of Connecticut Health Center	2000	Farmington, CT
Ethics and Medicine	Talk	Grand Rounds. Rockville General Hospital	2000	Rockville, CT
The Ethics of Mergers: When a Religious Institution Buys Your Workplace	Talk	American Medical Women’s Association, UCONN Health Center	2000	Farmington, CT
Ethics and Medicine	Talk	Mini Medical School, University of Connecticut Health Center	2000	Farmington, CT
An Ethical Analysis of Physician Prescribing (Needles to Injection Drug Users)	Talk	Project on Harm Reduction in the Health Care System Experts Meeting	2000	Philadelphia, PA
State Laws, Regulations, and Policies Affecting Prevention of Perinatal Transmission	Talk	National Meeting of the Perinatal HIV Prevention Grantees, CDC	2000	Atlanta, GA
Ethics for the New Millennium Conference	Talk	Rowe Conference Center	2000	Rowe, MA
“Hot Topics” Medical Ethics and Medical Education	Panel Discussion	Ethics Panel - NECOM	1999	Farmington, CT
Consultation on USPHS Recommendations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Voluntary Testing for Pregnant Women	Talk	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	1999	Atlanta, GA
Reducing Perinatal HIV Transmission: Legal and Ethical Analysis of Issues & Results of a National Survey of State Laws, Regulations, Policies and Guidelines	Talk	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center Seminar, UCONN	1999	Farmington, CT
Ethical and Legal Issues in Mental Health	Talk	Behavioral Health Grand Rounds, Holyoke Hospital	1999	Behavioral Health Grand Rounds, Holyoke Hospital
Ethical Decision Making in Medicine	Talk	Community Education Program, Manchester Memorial Hospital	1999	Manchester, CT
Hearings on proposed law to regulate surrogacy agreements	Other	Law Revision Commission of Connecticut	1999	Hartford, CT
Futility	Talk	Grand Rounds, Rockville General Hospital	1999	Rockville, CT
Ethical Issues in Clinical Research	Talk	Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Colloquium	1999
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: Challenges for State, National, and International Law	Talk	26th Annual Conference, APIC	1999	Baltimore, MD
Legal and Ethical Decision-making in End-of-Life Care	Talk	RPCI. Baystate Hospital	1999	Springfield, MA
State Laws to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission	Talk	Perinatal Transmission of HIV Implementation Workshop. IOM	1999	Irvine, CA
State Laws to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission	Talk	AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families Fifth Annual Conference	1999	Washington DC
Ethics, Law and Social Issues Related to the Practice of Medical Genetics	Talk	Hartford Hospital Ethics Committee Retreat	1999	Farmington, CT
Confidentiality, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Session 7: Setting Up Registries and Cohorts	Talk	NIH, Detection of Potential Toxicities following Perinatal Exposure to...	1999	Bethesda, MD
Issues of Medical Futility	Talk	Community Education Program, New Milford Hospital	1999	New Milford, CT
Balancing Access and Privacy	Talk	Twentieth Annual T. Stewart Hamilton, M.D. Leadership Conference	1998	Farmington, CT
Public Health Surveillance: Moving to National HIV Reporting	Talk	12th World AIDS Conference	1998	Geneva, Switzerland
Privacy Issues and Immunization Registries	Talk	CDC NIP Public Hearing	1998	Washington DC
State Regulation of Access to Syringes	Talk	HIV and Substance Abuse Conference	1998	Holyoke, MA
HIV and Human Rights	Talk	Harvard MIT Visions Conference	1998	Cambridge, MA
HIV, AIDS and Human Rights: International Issues	Talk	Conference - HIV, AIDS and Law: Taking Stock and Moving Forward. Harvard	1998	Cambridge, MA
Immunization Information Systems: Privacy and Confidentiality Issues	Talk	Testimony before the Maine legislature	1998	Augusta, ME
Preliminary Report: State Efforts to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission	Talk	IOM, Scientific Meeting on Measures to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission	1998	Washington DC
HIV/AIDS and Public Health Law Reform	Talk	Un. of Durban-Westville/Medical Research Council International Colloquium	1998	Durban, South Africa
Immunization Information Systems: Legal Issues in Drafting an Immunization Registry Law	Talk	Department of Health and Stakeholders Meeting	1997	Portland, ME
Laws and Regulations Limiting Access to Sterile Syringes: Review of a National Survey	Talk	HIV Prevention For Injection Drug Users. Illinois Department of Health	1997	Chicago, IL
Legal Issues in Developing Immunization Registries	Talk	State Legislators' Briefing	1997	Portland, ME
Legal Issues in Developing Immunization Registries	Talk	State Legislators' Briefing	1997	Concord, NH
Update: Ongoing Surveys of State Legislation: Water Quality and Cryptosporidium; Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission; and Data Sharing Between TB and HIV/AIDS Programs	Talk	1997 CSTE Annual Meeting	1997	Saratoga Springs, NY
Update: Prevention of HIV/AIDS Among Injection Drug Users: Results of a National Survey of Syringe Laws and Regulations	Talk	1997 CSTE Annual Meeting	1997	Saratoga Springs, NY
Breaking Confidentiality to Protect the Public's Health. Networking session, Confidentiality: Preserving Trust in Health Care	Talk	Massachusetts Health Decisions, Bioethics Cooperative, Quarterly Meeting	1997	Sharon, MA
Current Issues in Bioethics: Overview of bioethical Principles and the role of hospital ethics committees	Talk	Health care professionals’ education program: Ethics Week at Valley Health	1997	Health care professionals’ education program: Ethics Week at Valley Health
Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices	Panel Discussion	Community education program: Ethics Week at Valley Health Systems	1997	Holyoke, MA
Injection Drug Use, HIV and the Law: Results of a National Survey of Syringe Laws and Regulations. HIV and Injection Drug Use in Rhode Island: Confronting the Epidemic	Talk	Rhode Island Department of Health, CDC, Brown University	1997	Providence, RI
Legal Issues in Developing Immunization Registries: Update Confidentiality and State Registry Laws	Panel Discussion	CDC, National Immunization Program Annual Meeting	1997	Detroit, MI
Laws and Regulations Limiting Access to Needles and Syringes: A National Survey and Recommendations for Law Reform	Talk	Harvard School of Public Health	1996	Boston, MA
Prevention of HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users: A National Survey of Syringe Laws and Regulations. HIV, Injection Drug Use and Syringe Laws: An expert consultation	Talk	CDC, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Carter Presidential Ctr	1996	Atlanta, GA
Legal and Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research: Research on human subjects, the physician patient relationship, conflicts of interest	Talk	Astra Merck Regional Cardiovascular Consultants Conference	1996	Panama City, FL
Challenges in Developing and Implementing Immunization Registries: Legislative Issues	Talk	CDC National Immunization Program Annual Meeting	1995
Results of a Legislative Survey of State Privacy and Confidentiality Laws	Talk	Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Annual Meeting	1995
Preliminary Report of a National Survey of Laws and Regulations Limiting Access to Needles and Syringes	Talk	Association of State and Territorial Health Officials	1995
Confidentiality and HIV Related Legislation: AIDS, Law and Humanity	Talk	India Law Institute	1995	New Delhi, DL, India
The Inter relationship between Women's Rights and Health in the AIDS Pandemic	Talk	Women’s Law Association, Harvard Law School	1994	Boston, MA
Women’s Rights as Human Rights	Talk	Women and International Development, Spring Policy Workshop	1994
Legal Issues of Reproductive Rights and Women’s Rights	Plenary Lecture	Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Policy Briefing	1994
The Impact of Recent Court Cases on Women’s Reproductive Rights	Talk	McLean Hospital, Women’s Medical Association	1993
End of Life Issues: The Right to Die after Cruzan	Talk	Holyoke Hospital, Continuing Medical Education Program	1993	Holyoke, MA