Kristen Rosati

Practice Areas

- Health Care Law

- Data Privacy & Security

Professional Memberships

- American Health Law Association (AHLA) President (2013 – 2014); Fellow (2021); Board of Directors (2006 – 2015); Governance Council (June 2017 to September 2018)

- Founding Member, Arizona Leadership Council, Take the Lead Women (October 2015 to present)

- Member, Planning Committee, "Optimizing Public-Private Partnerships for Clinical Cancer Research-a Workshop," National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Washington, D.C., October 17-18, 2023)

- Member, Planning Committee, “Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing – a Workshop,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Workshop (April 28, 2021)

- Member, Planning Committee, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Neuroscience Data in the Cloud (May 2018 – September 2019)

- Member, Program Planning Committee for AHLA Artificial Intelligence Convener Session (2020 – 2021)

- Planning Committee, AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute (2015 – 2020)

- Planning Committee, AHLA Precision Medicine Institute (2016 – 2017)

- Member, Arizona State University Health Futures Council (November 2018-2021)

- Healthcare Leadership Council for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (2013 – 2015)

Publications

- Author, “Legal Compliance and Good Data Stewardship in Data Sharing Plans,” Harvard Data Science Review (July 28, 2022)

- Co-author, “Designing a Trusted Framework for the Application of AI in Health Care,” AHLA White Paper (Sept. 3, 2021)

- Author, “Coping with Evolving Standards of Data De-identification,” 2021 Health Law Handbook, Thomson Reuters Health Law Series (Aug. 2021)

- Co-author, “Legal Compliance in Using Biospecimens for Research,” Chapter 4, Health Law and Compliance Update, Wolters Kluwer (2018)

- Co-author, “Privacy Compliance in Clinical Research,” Bloomberg Law (October 2017)

- Co-author, “Health Care Data Breaches: Practical Advice for Trying Times,” AHLA Journal of Health Law and Life Sciences (February 2017)

- Co-author, “Health Care Data Breaches: Practical Advice for Trying Times,” AHLA Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law February 2017)

- Co-author, Anatomy of a Health Care Data Breach, Aspen Publishers' Health Law and Compliance Update (2014)

- Co-author, “A Policy Framework for Public Health Uses of Electronic Health Data,” 21 PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY & DRUG SAFETY 18 - 22 (2012)

- Author, Using Electronic Health Information for Pharmacovigilance: The Promise and the Pitfalls, Journal of Health & Life Sciences Law, Vol. 2, No. 4 (July 2009)

- Panel moderator, "Health AI Governance", American Health Law Association, The Complexities of AI In Health Care (Chicago, IL, May 17, 2024)

- Co-speaker, "The Cutting Edge of Digital Health Privacy Law", American Telemedicine Association 2024 NEXUS (Annual Meeting) (Phoenix, AZ, May 5, 2024)

- Speaker, "The Legal Landscape for Data Sharing in the U.S.," Brain Health Nexus Workshop (Washington, D.C., Mar. 7-8, 2024)

- Speaker, "A Quick Tour through Legal Issues in Data Sharing," Optimizing Public-Private Partnerships for Clinical Cancer Research-a Workshop," National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Washington, D.C., October 17, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "Meta Pixel and Other Online Tracking Technologies-Investigation and Legal Response" Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (July 19, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "Web Tracking Technologies Investigation and Response," Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (Jun 8, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "Web-Tracking Technologies: Investigation and Legal Response," Nashville Healthcare Privacy Network Meeting (April 13, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "Arizona Health Law Annual Review: Health Data Developments," Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 24, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "What's the Big Deal? Tips on Transactions Involving 'Big Data' and Genomics," Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals and Physicians and Hospitals Law Institutes (Orlando, FL, Jan.30-31, 2023)

- Co-speaker, "AI Compliance Challenges," CommonSpirit CRP National Summit (Las Vegas, NV Dec. 13, 2022)

- Co-speaker, "Year in Review" (a tour through major developments in health care over the last year), AHLA Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, June 27, 2022); Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ, February 25, 2022); AHLA Physicians and Hospitals Institute and Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute (New Orleans, LA, February 2, 2022); AHLA Fraud & Compliance Forum (September 21, 2021); "Year in Review," AHLA Annual Meeting (June 28, 2021); AHLA Physicians and Hospitals Institute (Feb. 10, 2021); AHLA Fraud & Compliance Forum (Sept. 30, 2020); AHLA Annual Meeting (June 29, 2020); AHLA Physicians and Hospitals Institute (Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 10, 2020); AHLA Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, June 24, 2019); Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (Phoenix, Feb. 20, 2019)

- Speaker, "Legal Issues in Data Sharing," Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing - a Workshop, "National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Virtual Workshop (April 28, 2021); AHLA Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute (San Antonio, TX, February 4, 2019)

- Speaker, “Legal Considerations - Patient Privacy and Data Security,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Cancer Policy Forum Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Using Digital Health Applications in Oncology (July 13, 2020) (virtual)

- Speaker, “Coping with Evolving Standards for De-Identification of Clinical Information,” National Cancer Institute, Workshop (Washington D.C., Feb. 25, 2020)

- Speaking of Health Law podcast, AHLA (Feb. 14, 2020)

- Moderator and co-speaker, “Doing Deals in the Genomic and Big Data Era, AHLA” Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute (Arlington, VA, Jan.10, 2020)

- Co-speaker, “Navigating Privacy Challenges in Collaborative Care Access,” Health Care Compliance Association- Nashville Regional Compliance Conference (Nashville, TN, Nov. 15, 2019)

- Speaker, “Regulatory and Ethical Challenges in ‘Big Data’ Research,” University of California Ethics, Compliance & Audit Symposium (Newport Beach, CA, Oct. 29, 2019).

- Speaker, “Privacy in the Use of Big Data for Research,” The National Academies of Sciences-National Cancer Policy Forum, Workshop on Applying Big Data to Address the Social Determinants of Health in Oncology (Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2019)

- Moderator and Speaker, “Best Practices in Privacy Protection,” The National Academies of Sciences-Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, Workshop on Neuroscience Data in the Cloud (Washington D.C., Sept. 24, 2019)

- Speaker, “A Trip Through the GDPR (European Union General Data Protection Regulation),” Arizona Health Information Management Association Annual Meeting (Jun. 14, 2019)

- Speaker, “Protecting Genomic Information,” Arizona State University, Workshop on Patents and Data Sharing/Access for Molecular Diagnostics (Tempe, Arizona Dec. 6, 2018)

- Speaker, The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its Impact on US Healthcare Entities, Health Care Compliance Association- Nashville Regional Compliance Conference (Nashville, TN, Nov. 16, 2018)

- Speaker, Sentinel System: Data Sharing for Public Health Activities and Data Use Agreements, Sentinel System Annual Summit (Boston, MA, Nov. 6, 2018)

- Speaker, "Future Proofing'" Your Activities: Keeping up with Regulatory Developments,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, workshop Harnessing Mobile Technology to Predict, Diagnose, Monitor, and Develop Treatments for Nervous System Disorders (Washington, D.C., June 6, 2018)

- Co-speaker, “Navigating New Terrain: Recent Developments in Human Subjects Research Regulation,” Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions, AHLA (Jan. 25, 2018)

- Speaker, “Control and Protection of Biospecimens and Genomic Data,” Legal Challenges in Precision Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland, OH, April 7, 2016)

Career

Kristen is considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys. She also has deep experience in data sharing for research and innovation, data breaches, state consumer data privacy, biobanking and genomic privacy, and clinical research compliance. Kristen is a sought-after national speaker on these issues and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is the past President (2013-2014) of the American Health Law Association, the nation’s largest health care legal organization.

Personal

Kristen started her educational journey at the University of Michigan Medical School, but decided to go to law school instead to pursue health policy. Kristen is still deeply interested in science and the practice of medicine, which she brings to her legal practice.

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