Phone: (434) 924-3187

E-mail: th4n@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Health law (particularly bioethics and the law, end-of-life decision making, and medical malpractice), mental health law, public health law (particularly HIV/AIDS-related issues), psychiatry and criminal law (adults and juveniles), law and forensic evaluations, juror stress and other jury issues, elder abuse (particularly financial exploitation), child abuse, domestic violence

All Courses: Bioethics and the Law, Medical Malpractice, Mental Health Law, Psychiatry and Criminal Law, Public Health Law

Current Course(s): Medical Malpractice And Health Care Quality, Psychiatry And Criminal Law, Bioethics & The Law, Mental Health Law

In the media:

• "To Protect and Serve" (Waynesboro/Staunton News Virginian, 04/14/2008)
• "Mentally Ill in Jail Outnumber Those in Hospitals in Virginia" (WCAV-TV, 10/10/2007)
• "Questions of Competency Stall Legal Cases" (Roanoke Times, 07/22/2007)
• "OxyContin Settlement a Reversal of Fortune/Although Purdue Pharma Had Been Able to Shake Off Civil Lawsuits, It Couldn't Withstand a Federal Investigation" (Roanoke Times, 05/12/2007)
• "Study: Older Adults Less Reliable Witnesses/Report May Have Implications for Court Proceedings" (Daily Progress, 03/05/2007)
• "Squawking Chickens Hit Legislators' Door" (Roanoke Times, 10/24/2006)
• "Fleecing of Elderly a Hidden Offense/Fear and Denial Hamper State's Increased Efforts to Seek Justice" (Houston Chronicle, 09/24/2006)
• "Experts: Defendant's Mental Illness Can Lead to Vote for Execution" (Associated Press , 05/01/2005)
• "Experts: Insanity, Death Penalty in Highway Shootings Tough Sell" (Associated Press, 04/10/2005)
• "Hypnosis Evidence Contested in Va./Testimony Tainted, Defense Argues" (The Washington Post , 03/03/2005)
• "They Also Serve" (AScribe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/09/2003)
• "Commentary: Everyday Heroes, Courting Stress" (The Washington Post, 12/01/2003)
• "We, The Jury" (Hamilton Spectator, 11/29/2003)
• "For Jurors, Stress of Capital Case Can Linger/Researchers Find an Emotional Toll" (The Washington Post, 11/21/2003)
• "Teen Sniper Suspect To Plead Insanity" (National Post, 11/11/2003)
• "Jury Selection Begins For Second Sniper Suspect" (The Gazette, 11/11/2003)
• "Jury Selection Starts In Malvo Sniper Trial" (Deseret News, 11/10/2003)
• "Malvo's Defense To Stress Control By Muhammad" (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/10/2003)
• "Jury Selection Starts In Malvo Sniper Trial" (Associated Press, 11/10/2003)
• "One Sniper Case Ends, Another Begins" (Windsor Star, 11/10/2003)
• "Teen Using Insanity Defence In Sniper Trial" (Hamilton Spectator, 11/10/2003)
• "Malvo's Defense Will Follow Strategy Of Muhammad's Prosecutors" (Associated Press, 11/09/2003)
• "Malvo Defense Watches Muhammad Prosecutors" (Associated Press, 11/08/2003)