Stacey Lee, JD

Stacey Lee, JD, joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2008. She is a Professor in the practice track with expertise in business law, health law, and negotiations.   She also holds a joint appointment at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stacey's research interests have focused on pharmaceutical manufacturers' international and domestic influence on access to medicines and transformative healthcare negotiations. Before entering academia, Stacey practiced law for over ten years. She began as a securities litigator and later became in-house counsel for two of the country's largest healthcare corporations. Stacey also served as the senior regulatory specialist for America's Health Insurance Plans – the United States' largest national healthcare trade association.

Stacey is a Fulbright Specialist for her expertise in negotiations and healthcare law and has received numerous research grants and fellowships for her teaching innovations. She has received several awards for Faculty Excellence, including the Excellence in Teaching Award, year after year, at both Bloomberg and Carey. In addition, Stacey was a featured TEDx speaker on the topic of "Patient Voices." Her interviews, quotes, and writings have appeared in the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, CBS, CNN, Bloomberg Radio, USA Today, NPR, TODAY.com, among other media outlets. Stacey's work has also featured in prominent law reviews and peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Yale Journal of Health Policy and Ethics, Annals of Health Law, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and Health and Human Rights International Journal.

Education

• JD, Law, University of Maryland School of Law
• BBA, Management, Loyola University

Research

Selected publications

• Lee, Stacey B., Healthcare Negotiations for Faculty, in  The Academic Medicine Starter Kit: Timeless Tips & Guidance for Early-Career Faculty Members 137 (K.A. Skarupski ed., 2024)  
• Lee, Stacey B., A Women’s Guide to Navigating a Successful Career in HCIT, Empowering Your Path: Contract Savvy in HCIT Mastering the Art of Employment Agreements and Negotiations, (Routledge Taylor& Francis Group 2024).
• Lee, Stacey B., et al., "An Empathetic Ear: Strategies of Employer Health and Wellness Negotiations" The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD), Behavioral Economics, Build Back Better? 2022.
• Lee, Stacey B., et al., "Harnessing the Wind: A PISC Accountability Framework," American Law Review, 71 Am. U. L. Rev. F. 71, 2021.
• The Expanded Access Cure: A 21st Century Framework for Companies, J. BUS. ETHICS (May 2017).
• Untested Drugs to Treat Ebola: A Case of Uncompassionate Compassionate Use?  O. N. UNIV. L. REV., Vol. 42, No. 2, 361–394 (Spring 2016).
• Stacey B. Lee, Drug Shortage Crisis: What Happens When Generic Manufacturers "Just Say No," OR. L. REV. Vol 90 No. 2, 355–402 (2014)
• Stacey B. Lee, Can Incentives to Generic Manufacturers Save Doha's Paragraph 6?, 44 GEO. J. INT’L L. 1387–1421 (2013).

Teaching

Current

• Business Law, Health Care Law and Regulation
• Health Care Law and Regulation
• Negotiation in Health Care Settings
• Business Law

Honors and Distinctions

• Outstanding Teaching Award    2018 – 2023 Bloomberg School of Public Health Ranked among 20% of all faculty for Negotiations in Healthcare Settings course for the Fourth Term, Winter Session, and Summer Institute.
• Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence    2016 – 2023 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Awarded to faculty who provided exemplary contributions to the school.
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence - Awarded to faculty who provide exemplary service to the school. 2016–2022
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Outstanding Teaching Award- Ranked among 20% of all faculty for Negotiations in Healthcare Settings course for the Fourth Term, Winter Session, and Summer Institute. 2017–2022
• Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Excellence in Teaching Award - Student nominated award based on course evaluations and pedagogy in Business Law and Legal Foundations of Health courses. 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018
• Fullbright Specialist - Selected for Fullbright Specialist Roster for expertise in Healthcare Law and Negotiations. 2017–2020
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Carey Business School Faculty of the Year - The MBA/MPH cohort nominated student award based on course evaluations and pedagogy in Business Law and Negotiations courses. 2012, 2014
• Faculty Fellow – Greenwall Fellowship Program in Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Health Policy, 2011–2012.
• Health Law Scholar – Selected by the American Society Law Medicine & Ethics and the Saint Louis University Center for Health Law Studies, 2010.
• Bar Admissions
  • United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1997
  • State of Maryland, 1995
• Maryland Court Certified Mediator

In the Media

• Obama Care Case Mandate Shifts After Appeals Decision, Bloomberg Law (June 24, 2024) •    Surgeon General Calls for Warning Label on Social Media, WBAL Radio Live Drive-time  (June 18, 2024) Radio. •    The 9th Circuit  Court of Appeals  “just Ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional,” PoliFact, (June 18, 2024) 
• Elon Musk May Have More to Lose Under a Second Trump Term than He Has to Gain, Business Insider, June 16, 2024  
• How Trump Guilty Verdict Could Affect His Other Trials, Washington Examiner, (June 3, 2024) 
• Gov. Moore continues to advocate for federal funding to rebuild Key Bridge, WBFF Fox 45 (May 30, 2024) Television. 
• Drive Time for Abortions are Longest in Low-income Diverse Areas Across U.S, AXIOS.com (April 22, 2024)  
• New Florida bill lets parents sue social media companies for $10K for failing to remove the account of a child under 14, Business Insider.com (March 27, 2024) 
• Whistleblowers Call Out AI Flaws, AXIOS.com, (March 8, 2024) •    Obama Care Case Threatens Sweeping Loss of Preventative Care, Bloomberg Law, (March 1, 2024) 
• Apple Fights to Block Masimo’s New Watch on Heels of Import Ban, Bloomberg Law, (January 23, 2024)
• Texas 5th Circuit Bans EMTALI Abortions, USA Today, (Jan. 4, 2024)  •    What Mickey Mouse’s Public Domain Debut Means for Copyright Holders, HUB, (Jan. 2, 2024)
• An Early Version of Disney’s Mickey Mouse will Enter the Public Domain on January 1, CNN Business (Dec. 30, 2023)
•  Wyoming Ban on the Abortion Pill – Impact of SCOTUS review, USA Today, (Dec. 15, 2023)
• How a violent sex offender now accused of rape and Pava LaPere’s murder got out of prison early, NBC News.com, (Sept. 30, 2023) 
•  Effect of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, Healthnews.com, (Sept. 15, 2023) •    Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, NPR Los Angeles, AirTalk with Larry Mantle, (Aug. 29, 2023) Radio.
•  Northwell has until Aug.8 to respond to NYU Langone Lawsuit, Newsday, (July 8, 2023)
• Steamboat Willy Loses Trademark Protection Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (June 26, 2023)
• Impact of Dobbs One Year Later, KCBS San Francisco (June 24, 2023) Radio
• Dobbs One Year Anniversary CGTN America, (June 24, 2023) Television
•  COVID-19 Care Provider Shields Remain Strong Despite Scrutiny, Bloomberg Law, (May 19, 2023). 
• The Abortion Crisis in America CGTN America, The HEAT (May 4, 2023) Television. 
• Texas Abortion Pill Hearing, CGTN America, (Mar. 15, 2023) Television. 
• Arkansan Malpractice Bill Restricts Trans Youth Medical Care, A.P. Wire (Feb. 13, 2023). 
• FDA Food Safety Official Resigns, Washington Post (Jan. 24, 2023).  
•  Pro-Life March on the Mall, CTGN America, (Jan. 20, 2023) Television. 
• Negotiate Anything (Jan. 9, 2023) Podcast.  
• Johns Hopkins Faculty Factory, (Jan. 5, 2023) Podcast.
•  Hollywood’s Dilemma Over Working Through COVID Mirrors Offices Everywhere, Bloomberg Press, (Dec. 16, 2022). 
• The B-School Where Gender Parity is an Annual Event, Poets & Quants, (Dec. 7, 2022) 
• Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Donald Trump (Oct. 13, 2022) Television.
• Donald Trump Pleads the Fifth before the New York State Attorney General, CBC Canada, (Aug. 11, 2022) Television. 
•  Interview on Senate vote on Women’s Health Protection Act, CBC Canada, (May 11, 2022) Television. 
•  Roe v. Wade Draft decision Leaked JHU HUB, (May 9, 2022).
•  Interview on Leaked Supreme Court Opinion, CBC Canada, (May 11, 2022) Television.
• Constitutional Law Expert talks about Roe v. Wade, CBS46.com, (May 5, 2022) Television. 
• Interview about Mask Mandate on Public Transportation, a Danish newspaper, (Apr. 22, 2022). 
•  Personal Injury Protection Insurance, WalletHub, (Feb. 24, 2022). 
• Employers may have a Trove of Data on Job Candidates. Here’s how Workers can  Control the Narrative, The Washington Post, (Feb. 17, 2022). 
• Panel Interview on COVID-19 and Supreme Court Decision, Mike Gilliam, Let it Rip, CUNY-TV, (Feb. 1, 2022) Television. 
• White House Vaccine in Limbo as Deadline Approaches, TheWellNews.com, (Dec.16, 2021).