Events with Recording

  • Read more: The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution
    Apr 5

    The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution

    Couldn’t attend the event? Check out some of our speakers’ slide presentations! Panelists Topic: The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution Topic: Post-9/11 Uses of Public Health and Medicine by National Security Agencies Topic: National Security and Biology Learn More Select speakers’ slide presentations: This event was free and open to the public. Cosponsored…

  • Read more: The Future of Health Law and Policy
    Mar 29

    The Future of Health Law and Policy

    The Petrie-Flom Center’s 10th Anniversary Conference Celebration The Petrie-Flom Center celebrated its first decade and kicked off the next by looking at the future of health law and policy! The Center brought together Petrie-Flom and other prominent Harvard Law School alumni to discuss major trends, developments, and open questions in the fields of health law…

  • Read more: The Limits to Consumerism in Health Care
    Mar 2

    The Limits to Consumerism in Health Care

    A Lecture by Mary Anne Bobinski Couldn’t attend the event? Check out some of our speakers’ slide presentations! Description It is often said that health care has moved from paternalism, in the form of “doctor knows best,” to consumerism, in which patients expect to be able to obtain treatment consistent with their values and preferences….

  • Read more: Canaries in the Coal Mine
    Feb 22

    Canaries in the Coal Mine

    People with Disabilities and Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis A lecture by Tom Shakespeare About the Speaker Tom Shakespeare is Senior Lecturer at Norwich Medical School, the University of East Anglia. From his website: My primary research interests are in disability studies, medical sociology, and in social and ethical aspects of genetics. I have had a long…

  • Read more: Assessing the Viability of FDA’s Biosimilars Pathway
    Feb 18

    Assessing the Viability of FDA’s Biosimilars Pathway

    Couldn’t attend the event? Check out some of our speakers’ slide presentations! Description The 2010 passage of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act was intended to create a pathway for the approval of biosimilar drugs, to bring to market less expensive versions of innovators’ biologic therapeutics in the same way the Hatch-Waxman Act has…

  • Read more: Fetal Pain: An Update on the Science and Legal Implications
    Feb 10

    Fetal Pain: An Update on the Science and Legal Implications

    Learn more about the presentations – check out slides below! Amanda Pustilnik, JD and Maureen Strafford MD discussed fetal pain, including advances in neuroscience and treatment and their implications for the law. Amanda Pustilnik, JD, served as the inaugural Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience as part of the Project on Law and Applied…

  • Read more: Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review
    Jan 29

    Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    Couldn’t attend in person? Learn more about the event: Description The Fourth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium featured leading experts discussing major developments during 2015 and what to watch out for in 2016. The discussion at this day-long event covered hot topics in such areas as health insurance, health care systems, public health,…

  • Read more: A Conversation with Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA Commissioner 2009-2015
    Jan 20

    A Conversation with Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA Commissioner 2009-2015

    Description The Petrie-Flom Center hosted a conversation with former FDA Commissioner (and former New York City Health Commissioner), Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, led by Peter Barton Hutt, former Chief Counsel to FDA and current Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP and Lecturer on Law at HLS. Topics discussed included FDA’s role and the changing…

  • Read more: Neuroethics Seminar: Plugged-In Patients
    Dec 3

    Neuroethics Seminar: Plugged-In Patients

    Brain-Computer Interfaces Event Description This event was free and open to the public. Twitter: Follow @HMSbioethics on Twitter and join the conversation using #neuroethx Connecting the human brain to a computer is no longer science fiction. Patients unable to control their bodies will soon be able to control computers and external devices, like wheelchairs, using…

  • Read more: Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications
    Nov 16

    Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications

    An edited volume based on this conference is due out from MIT Press in September 2017. Check it out! Learn more about the presentations – check out some of our speakers’ slides below! Couldn’t attend in person? Join the conversation online: Go to @PetrieFlom on Twitter and use #specimenscience! Description Many important advances in human…