College Overview
Katherine Drabiak, JD
Professor
Contact Info
Office: CPH 2138
13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC56
Tampa, FL 33612-3805
Phone: 813-974-1335
Email: kdrabiak@usf.edu
Education & History
Came to USF
2015
Education
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
JD, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Discipline
Law
Specialization
Health Law
Public
Health Law
Medical
Ethics/Bioethics
Other Information
Biography
Katherine Drabiak, JD, is a Professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health and College of Medicine. She is also Co-Director of the Law and Medicine Scholarly Concentration Program at USF’s Morsani College of Medicine. Drabiak’s teaching and research is focused in health law, public health law and medical ethics. Drabiak has authored numerous law review articles and her scholarship has appeared in a variety of other journals including the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics; American Medical Association Journal of Ethics; Bioethics; Clinical Ethics; and popular media outlets.
She has experience consulting in both research ethics and clinical ethics to develop guidance policies and best practices. She is currently a member of Advent Health’s Medical Ethics Committee and has worked with the Florida State Bar Association, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the 13th Judicial Circuit, and the Florida Department of Health Executive Leadership Program.