Ruqaiijah Ayanna Yearby
Associate Professor
BS, University of Michigan, 1996
MPH, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 2000
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000
University at Buffalo Law School
The State University of New York
624 O'Brian
Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
Phone:(716) 645-3683
Faculty Assistant:
Mary Voglmayr, 622 O'Brian Hall, Phone: (716) 645-5984
Biography:
Ruqaiijah Ayanna Yearby's research explores the ways in which laws enacted to grant equal access to quality health care through traditional means, particularly within nursing homes, while ostensibly aimed at protecting the disenfranchised, pose significant barriers to the victims of discrimination and exploitation by limiting their right to pursue legal claims to rectify egregious harms. In addition, her research examines non-traditional means of health care provision, including participation in clinical trials, and the manner in which the goals of scientific research conflict with the health needs of vulnerable populations. The aim of Yearby's research in this area is to highlight the absence of meaningful or sustainable benefit compared to the burden placed on this frequently ignored subset of society.
Areas of Interest
Administrative Law, Bioethics, Health Care Law, Law and Science, Law and Medicine
Selected Publications:
Articles
From the Mayflower to the Border Patrols: Who Deserves Access to Health Care in the United States? Annals of Health Law vol. 17: i-ix (2008)
Striving for Equality, But Settling for the Status Quo in Health Care: Is Title VI More Illusory Than Real? Rutgers Law Review vol. 59: 429-496 (2007)
A Right to No Meaningful Review Under the Due Process Clause: The Aftermath of Judicial Deference to the Federal Administrative Agencies, Health Matrix vol. 16: 723-783 (2006)
Is It Too Late For Title VI Enforcement?: Seeking Redemption of the Unequal United States' Long Term Care System Through International Means, DePaul Journal of Health Care Law vol. 9: 971-1004 (2005)
Good Enough To Use For Research, But Not Good Enough To Benefit from the Results of that Research: Are the Clinical HIV Vaccine Trials in Africa Unjust? DePaul Law Review vol. 53: 1127-1153 (2004)
Chapters
Regulation of Nursing Homes and Other Facilities, in Illinois Jurisprudence. Volume 28, Elder Law (2006) (467-638)
Medical Treatment Decisions in Illinois Jurisprudence. Volume 27, Health Care Law (2005) (823-862)
