Events by Academic Year: 2017-2018
Health Law Workshop: I. Glenn Cohen
Presentation Topic: "Cops, Docs, and Code: A Dialogue Between Big Data in Health Care and Predictive Policing" This paper is not available for download. To request a copy…
Caring for High Need Patients: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium
High-need patients require the most attention from health care providers and the health care system, with the top 1% of patients taking up more than 20% of health care expenditures. This panel…
Fourth Annual Harvard-UCLA Food Law and Policy Conference: Food Innovation and the Law: Navigating the Next Frontier
The Food Law Lab at Harvard Law School and the Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law hosted the 4th Annual Harvard-UCLA Food Law and…
The Cost of Medications: Current Realities and the Future of Pharmaceutical Pricing Regulations in the United States
From “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli to huge price jumps for the EpiPen to the Hepatitis C treatment that costs $1000 per pill, pharmaceutical pricing is a major issue in…
What’s Next for the ACA?: A Lecture by Larry Levitt
Larry Levitt delivered a lecture on the future of the Affordable Care Act and health care in America. Larry Levitt is Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives at the Kaiser…
Health Law Workshop: Alicia Ely Yamin
Presentation Topic: "Democracy, Health Systems and the Right to Health: Narratives of Charity, Markets and Citizenship" This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in…
Book Launch: Law, Religion, and Health in the United States
In July 2017, Cambridge University Press published Law, Religion, and Health in the United States, co-edited by outgoing Petrie-Flom Center Executive Director Holly Fernandez Lynch, Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen, and…
Health Law Workshop: Francis X. Shen
Presentation Watch Professor Shen's inaugural lecture as the 2017-2018 Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience: "The Neurolaw Revolution"! Topic: "How Dangerous are Youth Sports for…
Health Law Workshop: Jody L. Madeira
Presentation Download the Presentation: "Terminating the Paper Trail: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Multimedia Informed Consent Application in Reproductive Medicine" For context, please also read: "Is Informed…
The Ethics of Health Care Reform: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium
Congress has been locked in debate over the last year about repealing the Affordable Care Act. There have been numerous controversies over the process used, as well as the outcome…
The Neurolaw Revolution: A lecture by Francis X. Shen
Couldn't join us for the event? Check out the panelist's slide presentation below! Description Rapid advances in the brain sciences offer both promise and peril for the law.…
2017 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Open House
At this event, faculty, colleagues, and students with shared interests in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics came together to learn about what the Petrie-Flom Center does and how people…
Health Law Workshop: William M. Sage
Presentation Download the Presentation: "Fracking Health Care: The Need to Safely De-Medicalize America and Recover Trapped Value for Its People" About the Presenter William M. Sage is James…