The NBC affiliate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, turned to Taleed El-Sabawi - an assistant professor of law with a Ph.D. in public health - to help viewers understand the lexicon of stay-at-home orders issued by municipalities across the state.
An Elon Law faculty member with an expertise in public health spoke at length with a North Carolina news station explaining to viewers the differences in various stay-at-home orders issued to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Assistant Professor Taleed El-Sabawi answered questions remotely from investigative journalist Lee Anne Denyer of WXII12 News for a March 27 segment, “What’s the difference? Experts weigh in on social distancing orders in effect on social distancing orders,” on the NBC affiliate out of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
“I can’t impress strongly enough that it is very important that folks comply with the stay at home orders,” El-Sabawi said. “We don’t want everybody getting the disease all at once because our health care system cannot support that.”
El-Sabawi has a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, Health Services Management and Policy. She practiced law in California and Nevada after earning her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, where she was articles editor of the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. El-Sabawi graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
Her research focus is in the areas of mental health and addiction policies, with particular attention to the intersection of drug policy, health law, and legislation, especially legislative responses to the opioid crisis.