A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium Event Description Minority racial and ethnic groups in the US have long experienced disparities in access to health care and worse health outcomes, undermining broader social, political, and economic equality. One component of these disparities are various stereotypes that affect how minority patients are perceived and treated. This session…
COVID-19’s Legacy & Evolving Legal Doctrines Seminar Series Description On February 2, we hosted the first installment of the COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact, and Legacy Seminar Series. This seminar series considered the ethical, legal, regulatory, and broader social and institutional impacts that COVID-19 has had, as well as the longer-lasting effects it may…
A Panel Discussion Event Description The American health care system struggles to meet the needs of all citizens, and opinions are split on how to improve health care in the United States to meet these needs. Two major health policy reform ideas have emerged: Medicare for All and incremental expansion of health care built on…
Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done about It Online Viewing Event Description Reshaping health insurance is a divisive topic in American politics today. Our current system expects patients to bear substantial health costs through deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance, creating a tradeoff for patients that can keep them from accessing the…
A Conversation with Justice Mumbi Ngugi Event Description Mumbi Ngugi is a Judge of the High Court of Kenya who is internationally acclaimed for her role in building Kenya’s jurisprudence on social and economic rights. Since the adoption of the Constitution of 2010, Justice Ngugi has made landmark judgments to uphold its transformative promise, including…
Technology, Access, and the Law Online Viewing Event Description Advances in neuroimaging, genetics, and mobile health apps are creating unprecedented opportunities to detect subtle brain changes that may predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. But how much trust should we have in these new technologies, who will have access to…
Scientific, Ethical, Regulatory, and Legal Considerations Online Viewing Event Description In-vitro fertilization (IVF) patients can now choose from a number of ‘add-ons’ that are offered as supplements to the standard IVF paradigm. These procedures can add to the overall expense of IVF. Public and expert opinion is split on these costly procedures. While some argue that…
Tools to Encourage Organ Availability Online Viewing Couldn’t join the webinar? Event Description Organ donation saves and improves lives every day, but there are not nearly enough organ donors to meet the demand for transplantation. In 2019, 19,267 U.S. donors made possible a record-setting 39,718 transplants, but more than 109,000 Americans remain on the organ…
Couldn’t join the webinar? Event Description Science has shown psychedelics to offer resilience and comfort where there seemed to be none. The Food and Drug Administration calls them “breakthrough therapies” for mental health conditions that lack effective treatments. Indigenous communities have known their benefits for centuries, but legal restrictions have stripped them of their rites…
The Case of Mexico Couldn’t join the webinar? Event Description How do modern constitutional democracies preserve the rule of law during crises and states of exception or emergency? The COVID-19 pandemic has offered a window into the various mechanisms used by judiciaries to maintain the health of democracies in extreme circumstances. Join us on October…
