Events

  • Read more: Save The Date: Making Science Work with Sir Paul M. Nurse

    Save The Date: Making Science Work with Sir Paul M. Nurse

    With Panelists: Eric Lander, Broad Institute and Biology, MIT Lisa Randall, Physics, Harvard University Charles Rosenberg, History of Science, Harvard University Moderated by: Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School Wednesday, February 6 5:00 – 7:00 pm Pfizer Lecture Hall Mallinckrodt Chemistry Lab B23 12 Oxford Street, Harvard University Cambridge,…

  • Read more: Upcoming, Feb. 6 – Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law

    Upcoming, Feb. 6 – Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law

    THE NORTHEASTERN PROGRAM ON HEALTH POLICY & LAW PRESENTS: HIV/AIDS Policy Grand Rounds: Drug Use and HIV: A Tale of Toxic Law In the wake of the HIV epidemic, legal and policy tools became critical in combatting the epidemic. The HIV/AIDS Policy Grand Rounds is an interdisciplinary series of workshops designed to explore the history, application,…

  • Read more: Upcoming event: Seminar on food subsidies and health at Tufts

    Upcoming event: Seminar on food subsidies and health at Tufts

    Next Wednesday, Professor Sean Cash of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts will deliver a seminar presentation titled, “Fat Taxes and Thin Subsidies: Can food price interventions improve health?” Professor Cash will discuss the efficacy and health impacts of food price interventions that increase the cost of undesirable foods and/or decrease…

  • Read more: Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues

    Conference Announcement: Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues

    The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health announces its annual conference, Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Countries: Ethical Issues, to be held in Boston on April 18-19, 2013. Description Until very recently, universal coverage (“UC”) has been achieved in the health systems primarily in the wealthiest countries. Though there have been notable exceptions, including…

  • Read more: Tomorrow! Food & Drug Law: Past, Present & Future

    Tomorrow! Food & Drug Law: Past, Present & Future

    Food & Drug Law: Past, Present & Future Celebrating Peter Barton Hutt’s 20 Years (thus far) at HLS Thursday, January 17, 2013 Wasserstein 2019; Milstein West AB Harvard Law School 4:00pm (reception to follow) Peter Barton Hutt has worked at the Washington, DC law firm of Covington & Burling, specializing in Food and Drug Law, for…

  • Read more: The Society for Philosophy and Disability Is Official

    The Society for Philosophy and Disability Is Official

    By Nir Eyal With an approved constitution, elected officials and now, recognition from all three divisions of the American Philosophical Association (APA), a new society is finally official. The Society for Philosophy and Disability, or SPD, will hold its first two sessions at the February 2013 Central APA meeting in New Orleans. SPD is a…