Events by Type: Conferences
Seventh Annual Health Law Year in P/Review
Description At the Seventh Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium, leading experts discussed major developments during 2018 and what to watch out for in 2019. Speakers covered hot topics including…
Drug Pricing Policies in the United States and Globally: From Development to Delivery
Couldn't join us? Check out the conversation on Twitter: @PetrieFlom #drugpricing and some of our speakers' slide presentations below! Description This one-day conference explored the current pharmaceutical pricing landscape…
New Funding Frontiers: Innovative Funding Models in Translational Research
The working group briefing book is available now for download. Description This one-day working group and conference explored the challenges in pursuing for-profit private funding for early stage translational research.…
Preventing Epidemics in a Connected World: Part of Outbreak Week at Harvard University
Description Led by the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), Outbreak Week was a University-wide effort to commemorate the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people around the globe. As…
Vaccines for Outbreaks in the Modern World: Part of Outbreak Week at Harvard University
Description Led by HGHI, Outbreak Week was a University-wide effort to commemorate the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people around the globe. Featuring keynotes from Michael Ryan, Deputy…
Media in the Age of Contagions: Part of Outbreak Week at Harvard University
Description Led by HGHI, Outbreak Week was a University-wide effort to commemorate the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people around the globe. At this symposium on "Media…
Putting Patients at the Center of Research: Opportunities and Challenges for Ethical and Regulatory Oversight
Description Efforts to place the patient at the center of medical research, spurred by the Affordable Care Act’s founding of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, have begun…
The Networking Exchange at the Broad Institute
Description The Networking Exchange showcased life science technologies developed at universities, research institutions, and hospitals of Massachusetts. The event provided a range of opportunities to engage with Massachusetts technology licensing…
2018 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Beyond Disadvantage: Disability, Law, and Bioethics
Couldn't make it to the event? Check out some of the speakers' slides here! "Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are…
Ordeals in Health Care: Ethics and Efficient Delivery
Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! Description Economic ordeals are interventions that deliberately make access to products or services more…
Our Aging Brains: Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue Influence
Couldn't join us? Check out the conversation online! #OurAgingBrains @PetrieFlom @mghclbb Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! With over 70 million Baby Boomers retiring, elder financial exploitation…
The Development and Certification of Decision Aids: Promoting Shared Decision-Making for Patients with Serious Illness
Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelist' slide presentations below! Decision aids can be highly-effective tools to promote shared decision making and support patients…
Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference 2018: Defining Death: Organ Transplantation and the 50-Year Legacy of the Harvard Report on Brain Death
The 2018 Annual Bioethics Conference explored the legacy of the 1968 report from the Harvard Medical School committee that proposed the concept of “brain death” as a new criterion for…
Diseases of Despair: The Role of Policy and Law
Description Anne Case and Angus Deaton shocked the world with their 2015 report that noted an increase in all-cause mortality among middle-aged white non-Hispanic men and women in the United States.…
Will Value-based Care Save the Health Care System?
Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! Description Value-based health care is one of the most pressing topics in health care…
Future Directions for Laboratory Animal Law in the United States: Pre-Workshop Webcast and Workshop
Video of the full event will be posted here soon! Want updates sent to your inbox? Sign up for our newsletter! Couldn't join us in person for the January 26…
Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review
Couldn't join us? Check out the conversation on Twitter: @PetrieFlom #healthlawpreview2018 and some of our speakers' slide presentations below! Description The Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review…
Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
The United States leads the world in incarceration. The “War on Drugs” and prioritizing punishment over rehabilitation has led to mass imprisonment, mainly of the nation’s…
National Summit on Advanced Illness Care
General Description C-TAC’s 2017 National Summit was the premier event for visionaries in advanced illness care who are actively reshaping the way care is provided. Held in Washington, DC…
Research with Biospecimens: Balancing Individual Interests and Social Goods
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…