Michele Mekel, J.D., M.H.A., M.B.A.

Michele Mekel is Executive Director/Legal Fellow at the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future, and Associate Director/Legal Fellow at the Center on Nanotechnology and Society at Chicago-Kent College of Law within Illinois Institute of Technology. Previously, she was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at Queen's University Centre for Health Services and Policy Research in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, where she conducted a comparative study of Canadian and U.S. academic-affiliated health policy research centers. As an attorney licensed in Illinois and Missouri, Mekel served as a law clerk for the Missouri Supreme Court. In addition, her experience in health care administration includes work as: the compliance officer and corporate planner for a regional health maintenance organization; the director of publications and promotions at the Missouri Hospital Association; and a fellow with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. Her academic portfolio contains a number of legal and health-related publications and presentations; she is also an associate editor for Nanotechnology Law & Business. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she earned her: Juris Doctor (graduating order of the coif), Master's of Health Administration, Master's of Business Administration, and Bachelor's of Journalism (graduating magna cum laude). During law school, Mekel served as editor-in-chief of the Missouri Law Review.