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Lauren Hammer Breslow is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at »¨¼¾´«Ã½, where she teaches Bioethics and Drafting Legal Documents. She is a lawyer, philanthropic advisor, and former nonprofit executive with expertise in bioethics and scientific grantmaking.

Previously, Professor Breslow served as Executive Director of The Sohn Conference Foundation, a New York City–based public charity funding pediatric cancer research. Before that, she co-founded Philanthropy Advisory Group, a consultancy that helps philanthropists and foundations design strategic grant programs, particularly in medical and scientific research. In these roles, she has represented foundations on scientific award committees and overseen the distribution of more than $60 million in philanthropic funds.

Professor Breslow serves on the Institutional Review Board at The Rockefeller University and on the Tri-SCI Embryo Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, which reviews research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, and The Rockefeller University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she provided pro bono legal services to the housing unit at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, for which the New York State Bar Association honored her as a 2021 Empire State Counsel Outstanding Pro Bono Volunteer.

A nationally certified health and wellness coach, Professor Breslow offers wellness programming at Haub Law and serves on the New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorney Well-Being. She also serves as a »¨¼¾´«Ã½ Mindfulness Champion.

She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, her M.P.H. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and her B.A. from Harvard University, all with honors. She clerked for the Honorable Barbara Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and is admitted to practice in New York, including the Southern and Eastern Districts.

• BA, Harvard University
• JD, Harvard Law School
• MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• Bioethics and Medical Malpractice LAW 868
• Drafting Legal Documents 825

• Empire State Counsel Outstanding Pro Bono Volunteer Award, 2021