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Health Law as Private Law: Pathology or Pathway
Our new edited volume grew from the Petrie-Flom Center’s 2023 annual conference. It explores the intersection of private law and health care, especially how private law (as opposed to government regulation) might be a tool for achieving health care reform or addressing a significant health care or public health problem. Chapters discuss private law theory and structure, reproductive care, costs and financing, innovation and institutions, and contracts and torts. I. Glenn Cohen, Susannah Baruch, Wendy Netter Epstein, Christopher Robertson, and Carmel Shachar edited the volume, which is available open access now.
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Banning Strip Searches While Keeping the Status Quo in Brazilian Prisons
On April 2, 2025 the Brazilian Supreme Court decided that strip searches of prison visitors were unconstitutional except in “exceptional circumstances.” The decision is one step in the direction of reducing the mental and physical health impacts of prison on incarcerated people and their families.
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The 23andMe Bankruptcy: Privacy Considerations and a Call to Action (Part 2)
After Part 1 of this series was published, 23andMe dropped its bid for an independent customer data representative and agreed to the appointment of a privacy ombudsman.
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Introducing the Global Health and Rights Project’s New Affiliated Researchers for 2025-26 Academic Year
The Global Health and Rights Project (GHRP) welcomes four affiliated researchers from Argentina for academic year 2025-26.
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Solana María Yoma, Ph.D., Masters
Global Health and Rights Project Affiliated Researcher Postdoctoral Fellow, the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET-Argentina) Lecturer on “Health Psychology in Public Health, Collective Health, and Mental Health,” the School of Psychology, National University of Córdoba, Argentina 2025-2026 Solana Yoma, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET-Argentina)….
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Juan Cruz Goñi, Ph.D., Masters, Lawyer
Global Health and Rights Project Affiliated Researcher Doctoral fellow, the Argentine National Scientific and Technological Research Council (CONICET) 2025-2026 Juan Cruz Goñi is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the National University of Comahue (Argentina) and a Doctoral Fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)….
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Fireside Chat: I. Glenn Cohen and Rochelle Walensky
Professor Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School interviews Dr. Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Senior Academic Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center. They discuss Dr. Walensky’s career as an infectious disease clinician focused on HIV/AIDS, her experience leading the CDC during COVID-19, and her reflections on public health infrastructure in the United States and internationally.
