She obtained her J.D. with Health Law and Policy Specialization Certificate from Dalhousie University, and her masters and doctorate from the University of Toronto. Lorian also completed a fellowship at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Her research interests include regulation and governance of the health care system, hospital and governmental liability and accountability, patient safety, health system organization and finance, comparative health policy, and the regulation of health professionals. Lorian's work has been published in numerous legal and health policy journals including the Canadian Medical Association Journal, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Alberta Law Review, and Queen's Law Journal.