An Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, Dr. Bustillos has also held faculty appointments at Saint Louis University’s Center for Health Care Ethics, and its College for Public Health and Social Justice, as well as the Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Dan is also active in health policymaking at both state and federal levels–most notably in the areas of health disparities, vaccination, cancer prevention, and pandemic preparedness. Dan’s textbook Understanding Health Care Ethics & Medical Law was published in 2013. Currently, Dan is at work on a book manuscript on the landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court case of Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, and on how a historical re-contextualization of this case can help us understand current vaccination controversies. An Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, Dr. Bustillos has also held faculty appointments at Saint Louis University’s Center for Health Care Ethics, and its College for Public Health and Social Justice, as well as the Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Dan is also active in health policymaking at both state and federal levels–most notably in the areas of health disparities, vaccination, cancer prevention, and pandemic preparedness. Dan’s textbook Understanding Health Care Ethics & Medical Law was published in 2013. Currently, Dan is at work on a book manuscript on the landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court case of Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, and on how a historical re-contextualization of this case can help us understand current vaccination controversies.

Vaccine, Immunology