Health Systems and Population Health

Research Interests

Dr. Karwaki’s scholarship focuses on the intersection of health law, bioethics, and health policy, and her research examines the impact of law and regulation on health care access and delivery, including emerging trends in health care delivery, health care professionalism, and provider-patient relationships.

Bio

Tanya E. Karwaki, JD, LLM, PhD is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health.

Tanya has experience in health policy, health law, and health ethics. Tanya’s professional experience includes serving as a law clerk to Kitsap Superior Court and Washington State Court of Appeals, Counsel to the Washington State Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee, and clinical risk manager for Harborview Medical Center. She has an expansive breadth and depth of interdisciplinary teaching experience and has served as the Director of the Barer Institute for Law and Human Global Services at the UW School of Law.

Tanya earned her Master’s in Zoology from the University of California, Davis, and her Juris Doctor, Master’s and Doctorate in Law from the UW School of Law.

Education

PhD Law, University of Washington, 2016
LLM University of Washington, 2012
JD Law, University of Washington, 1996
MA Zoology, University of California (Davis), 1990
BS Cell Biology, University of Washington, 1987

Academic Programs and Affiliations

• Master of Health Administration Program
• Health Informatics and Health Information Management
• Institute of Public Health Genetics