Past Events

Presentation Jeff McMahan’s paper: Radical Cognitive Limitation

Presentation F. M. Scherer’s paper: Markets and Uncertainty in Pharmaceutical Development

Presentation Anup Malani’s paper: Clinical Trials, the Market for Observations and the Cost of Medical R&D

Presentation Henry Grabowski’s paper: Priority Review Vouchers to Encourage Innovation for Neglected Diseases

With the advance of medical technologies and the increasing power over life and death that they afford, discussions of “human dignity” have begun to take a more central role in bioethics. How should we view this dignity discourse? Is “human dignity” a useful concept that leads to determinate answers on issues like stem cell research…

Presentation Darius Lakdawalla’s paper: The Welfare Effects of Medical Malpractice

Presentation Susan Wolf’s paper: Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: Analysis and Recommendations

This conference examined sources and effects of and possible solutions to the fragmented state of the American healthcare system. The event convened more than twenty of the nation’s leading scholars who presented new research on the problems and solutions to our disorganized and overburdened system. The conference proceedings were published in 2010 by Oxford University…

Presentation Frances Kamm’s paper: What is and is not working with Enhancement?

Presentation Kathryn Zeiler’s paper, co-authored with Michelle M. Mello : “Empirical Health Law Scholarship: The State of the Field”