Presentation Download the Presentation: “Defining Death: Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons” About the Presenter Robert D. Truog is Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology & Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Truog received his medical degree from the University of California,…
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs was pleased to announce the first Harvard Research Symposium on the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society (or as we call it, the Food+ Symposium). The Symposium featured 20 Harvard faculty members from 8 schools and a dozen departments giving 7 minute “speed presentations” on their current…
The measles outbreak centered around Disneyland in California in early 2015 reignited the contentious debate over childhood vaccination in the United States. This discussion addressed the ethical, legal, and public health issues surrounding vaccines, including mandates, exemptions, parental rights, and the role of misinformation in modern medicine. Panelists Media Coverage Recording Cosponsored by the Petrie-Flom…
Presentation Professor Kapczynski’s presentation, “Order Without Intellectual Property Law: The Flu Network as a Case Study in Open Science,” is available upon request. Please contact Jennifer Minnich (jminnich@law.harvard.edu) if you would like a copy. About the Presenter Amy Kapczynski is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School and director of the Global Health…
Professor Stephen J. Morse, JD, PhD, former MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, discussed how – or whether – new knowledge about the brain is changing legal concepts of agency and responsibility. Moderated by Petrie-Flom Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience Professor Amanda C. Pustilnik. Stephen Morse Stephen J. Morse is the Ferdinand Wakeman Hubbell…
On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center of Harvard Medical School, the CLBB Pain & Suffering working group presented a symposium addressing key issues at the intersection of pain and the law. A reception preceding the event was held directly outside the amphitheatre at 6pm. The symposium began at 7pm.…
There have been recent calls to establish a framework convention on health grounded in the human right to health. But is there really a human right to health? If there is, what does it entitle us to, and how do we decide? This lecture by John Tasioulas offered new answers to these questions, and further…
The Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium featured leading experts discussing major developments during 2014 and what to watch out for in 2015. The discussion at this day long event covered hot topics in such areas as health insurance, health care systems, public health, innovation, and other issues facing clinicians and patients. For…
What makes food “natural”? Do consumers understand “natural” claims on food labels? In the absence of robust federal guidelines, are state laws or class action lawsuits appropriate mechanisms for addressing false or misleading “natural” claims? This talk examines these issues and highlights an emerging tool for regulatory science – the Immersive Sensory Technology Lab. The…
The recent outbreak of Ebola has called attention to the substantial difficulties associated with developing and testing new products for time-sensitive epidemics. What are the legal, ethical, and economic barriers to getting essential treatments and preventative measures from the lab into the hands of patients – and how can they be overcome? The Petrie-Flom Center…
