Amy Zarzeczny is an Associate Professor, Graduate Chair, and the Centre for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy (CSIP) Health Innovation Research Cluster Lead with the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina campus. After completing law school at the University of Alberta, she clerked for Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal and practiced law with the firm of Reynolds, Mirth, Richards & Farmer LLP in Edmonton, Alberta. Zarzeczny subsequently obtained her Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science, following which she held an appointment as a Research Associate with the University of Alberta’s Health Law Institute. Zarzeczny later served as Crown Counsel with the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan in the Policy, Planning and Evaluation Branch. She is an External Research Fellow with the University of Alberta’s Health Law Institute and a pro bono member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. Zarzeczny's research focuses on health law and policy issues, with a particular interest in legal, bioethical and policy challenges associated with emerging biotechnology and medical innovations. She is grateful for funding support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation and the Stem Cell Network.