Presentation Download the Presentation: “Once Ticketed, Twice Shy? Specific Deterrence from Road Traffic Laws” About the Presenter David M. Studdert is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is a leading expert in the fields of health law and empirical legal research. His scholarship explores how the legal system influences the…
Presentation Topic: “‘Dead But Not Disabled’: A Feminist Legal Struggle for Recognition” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Aziza Ahmed is Professor of Law at the Northeastern University School of Law. She is an internationally renowned expert…
Panel Description New technologies with implications for human health and enhancement are developing at breakneck speed, with fundamental changes in genomic medicine, reproductive technology, neuroscience, and even how we die. Each of these technologies raises important questions at the intersection of ethics, law, and politics. What role should the government have in regulating scientific innovation?…
Presentation Presentation: “Law, Transformative Technologies and the Automation Age: Lessons from the Past for a High-Tech Future” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Belinda Bennett is a Visiting Scholar at the Petrie-Flom Center in fall 2017.…
This panel at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities examined issues addressed at Petrie-Flom’s 2015 conference “Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications,” and the edited volume that arose from the conference which was published in 2017. Description How should individual interests related to privacy and autonomy intersect with public interests…
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 in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter I. Glenn Cohen is Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom…
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 will examine what policies can optimize the care of such patients and whether systems can be designed to better serve their needs. What…
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 Policy Conference, which this year addressed food sector innovation and the law. This event was cosponsored by the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard…
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 the news and in Washington. The regular introduction of new, often expensive therapeutics as well as controversial price increases for familiar drugs attract bipartisan attention and…
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 Family Foundation and Senior Advisor to the President of the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as a Senior Health Policy Advisor to…
