Dr. Aaron Kesselheim

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Aaron Kesselheim is a Visiting Professor at Yale Law School, specializing in Food and Drug Administration Law. He has a strong background in law and medicine, holding an M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health, a J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Kesselheim has served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School within the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He leads the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL), which focuses on the intersections of prescription drugs, medical devices, patient health outcomes, and regulatory practices. In addition, he serves as a primary care physician at the Phyllis Jen Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Kesselheim's interdisciplinary approach combines insights from law and medicine to inform better regulatory practices and health policies.

Research Interests

Courses

Food Drug Administrative Law

Requirements for Yale Law School

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree
Application Checklist
  • LSAC LLM CAS registration
  • TOEFL scores
  • Two to four letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Two required essays (1,000 words and 250 words)
  • Curriculum vitae
Specialization Notes

Department of Law offers the Master of Laws (LL.M.) program.