Alina Schnake-Mahl, ScD, MPH, an assistant professor of health management and policy at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, has been appointed as a Center for Public Health Law Research Fellow for a two-year term.

Dr. Schnake-Mahl will collaborate with faculty and staff at CPHLR on collaborative projects and grants in legal epidemiology. Dr. Shnake-Mahl will continue her work examining the relationship between housing and occupation related policies (e.g., paid and earned sick leave laws, minimum wage laws, right to work, and source of income housing discrimination laws) on disparities in infectious disease or aging-related health outcomes.

The Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law supports the widespread adoption of scientific tools and methods for mapping and evaluating the impact of law on health.