
Michael R. Ulrich, JD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Michael Ulrich is Assistant Professor of Health Law, Ethics, & Human Rights at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Law. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of public health, constitutional law, bioethics, and social justice, with an emphasis on the role of law in the health outcomes of marginalized and underserved populations. Professor Ulrich co-authored the 3d edition of Public Health Law (with Mariner, Annas, & Huberfeld), the leading casebook in the field. His writings have appeared in national and international journals, including Hastings Law Journal, Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, & Ethics, SMU Law Review, Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, George Washington International Law Review, Health Affairs, British Medical Journal, American Journal of Law & Medicine, Northeastern Law Review, and American Journal of Bioethics. Professor Ulrich has received national recognition for his scholarship, having been selected as a Health Law Scholar by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and a Public Law Junior Scholar by the American Constitution Society. His work has also been cited in briefs, including to the United States Supreme Court. Professor Ulrich has been a guest on This Week in Health Law Podcast as well as NPR numerous times, with his work and comments also appearing in NBC News, Slate, Daily Beast, The Appeal, and the Dallas Observer. Professor Ulrich’s teaching was recognized by his department peers with the Excellence in Teach Award in 2019. Prior to joining the BU faculty, Professor Ulrich was Research Scholar, Senior Fellow in Health Law, & Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where he helped launch and run the Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy at Yale Law School with Faculty Director Abbe Gluck. He also served as a bioethicist in the Division of AIDS, at the National Institutes of Health.
Education
- University of Maryland, JD Field of Study: Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights
- Harvard School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Public Health
- University of Maryland, BS Field of Study: Engineering
Classes Taught
- SPHLW854
- SPHPH719
Publications
- Published on 12/1/2022
Crosby SS, Ulrich MR, & Annas GJ. Migration and Health (Galea S, Ettman CE, & Zaman MH eds). Law, Migration, and Health in the U.S. Context. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago. 2022.
- Published on 12/1/2022
Ulrich MR. Why Money Is Well Spent on Time. AMA J Ethics. 2022 Dec 01; 24(12):E1155-1160. PMID: 36520971.
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- Published on 10/1/2022
Ulrich MR. Public Carry versus Public Health - The Harms to Come from the Supreme Court's Decision in Bruen. N Engl J Med. 2022 Oct 06; 387(14):1245-1247. PMID: 36193944.
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- Published on 8/1/2022
Ulrich MR. E-Racing Tobacco & Nicotine-Related Health Disparities. Food and Drug Law Journal. 2022; 77(2):219-45.
- Published on 6/1/2022
Sontheimer C & Ulrich MR. Addressing Stigma and False Beliefs About Mental Health: A New Direction for Mental Health Parity Advocacy. Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences. 2022; 31(2):101-14.
- Published on 5/1/2022
Ulrich MR. Second Amendment Realism. Cardozo Law Review. 2022; 43(4):1379-1440.
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- Published on 11/18/2021
Ulrich MR, Crosby SS. Title 42, asylum, and politicising public health. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022 Mar; 7:100124. PMID: 36777657.
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- Published on 11/17/2021
Ulrich MR & Crosby SS. Title 42, Asylum, and Politicising Public Health. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. 2021; 7:1-2.
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- Published on 7/22/2020
Raifman J, Larson E, Barry CL, Siegel M, Ulrich M, Knopov A, Galea S. State handgun purchase age minimums in the US and adolescent suicide rates: regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences analyses. BMJ. 2020 07 22; 370:m2436. PMID: 32699008.
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- Published on 5/1/2020
Ulrich MR. A Public Health Law Path for Second Amendment Jurisprudence. Hastings Law Journal. 2020; 71(4):1053-1100.
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News & In the Media
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Published on May 11, 2023
Law on Vaccine Mandates Sparks Doubts for Response to Next Virus
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Published on April 10, 2023
Abortion Pill Control Lies with FDA as Court Fight Tests Agency
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Published on March 31, 2023
Obamacare Court Decision Hits Hardest for Low-Income Americans
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Published on January 30, 2023
Reproductive Rights Clash with Religious Ones in Abortion Wars
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Published on October 25, 2022
Abortion Bans Collide with Red States’ Liberty, Autonomy Stands
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Published on October 14, 2022
The Constitutional Right to Carry Firearms in Public Will Harm Public Health
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Published on September 14, 2022
Abortion Pill Maker Eyes Changed Judiciary as It Mulls New Suit
- Published on July 12, 2022
- Published on June 25, 2022
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Published on June 23, 2022
Supreme Court Ruling Likely to Impact Who Can Carry a Handgun in Massachusetts
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Published on May 27, 2022
‘The Desire for Power Should Never Be Put Ahead of the Lives of Citizens’
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Published on May 10, 2022
Should You Delete Your Period-Tracking App? Experts Explain the Privacy Risks
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Published on October 21, 2021
Mass General Brigham Employees Lose Bid to Halt Unpaid Leave Over Vaccine Mandate
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Published on October 15, 2021
812 Boston City Employees Placed on Unpaid Leave Over Vaccine Mandate
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Published on September 23, 2021
Massachusetts State Police Union Asks Judge to Delay Vaccine Mandate for Troopers
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Published on August 9, 2021
‘Enough Is Enough’: Frustration Fuels New Push for Vaccine Passports
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Published on June 25, 2021
State’s Largest Health Care Providers to Require All Employees Get COVID-19 Vaccines
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Published on April 15, 2021
“Vaccine Passports”: COVID-19 Protection or Discrimination Against BIPOC and the Poor?
- Published on April 9, 2021
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Published on April 9, 2021
“Vaccine Passports”: COVID-19 Protection or Discrimination against BIPOC and the Poor?
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Published on April 5, 2021
As a Public Health Threat, Mass Shootings Require Public Health Solutions
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Published on October 28, 2020
Young Adult Suicide Rate Linked to States’ Handgun Purchase Age Laws
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Published on August 3, 2020
Raising Legal Age for Handgun Sales to 21 Could Prevent Hundreds of Teen Suicides
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Published on April 2, 2020
Trump Backs Down on Quarantine after Cuomo Warns It Would Be ‘Declaration of War’
- Published on March 27, 2020
- Published on March 20, 2020
- Published on March 19, 2020
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Published on March 12, 2020
Would Italian-Style Lockdowns to Curtail the Spread of Coronavirus Pass Legal Muster in the U.S.?
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Published on October 15, 2019
Professor Presents Gun Violence Research at Health Law Workshop
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Published on February 4, 2019
New Court Documents Reveal OxyContin Manufacturer’s Marketing Tactics
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Published on January 24, 2019
Live Mural Tackles National Gun Violence at Isabella Stewart Gardner
- Published on June 14, 2018
- Published on June 8, 2018
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Published on June 7, 2018
What the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Means for Public Health and the Rule of Law
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Published on June 5, 2018
What the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Means for Public Health and the Rule of Law
- Published on March 15, 2018
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Published on December 13, 2017
PHX Develops Custom Program for Chinese Public Health Officials and Physicians
- Published on September 9, 2016