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Consent to Trainee Involvement in Pediatric Care

Emily A. Largent (Former Student Fellow)
New England Journal of Medicine

I’m the mother of a chronically ill child whose care has always included trainees. I’ve recounted my daughter’s medical history to residents the day…

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The Next Frontier of Neuroscience and Juvenile Justice

February 26, 2020
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Event Description In the fifteen years since the United States Supreme Court referred to developmental science in ruling the death penalty unconstitutional for juveniles in Roper v. Simmons, state and…

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Advancing women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and equity

Nicholas K Alipui and Elizabeth Mason for the UN Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent
BMJ

Petrie-Flom Center Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights Alicia Ely Yamin is a member of the UN Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every…

Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises

Merrit Kennedy
NPR

Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children. Edwin Tamasese has been charged with "incitement against a…

Once Upon A Time Everything Seemed Ready To Go For Trump’s E-Cigarette Flavor Ban.: Why Did He Reverse Course?

Kaiser Health News

KHN Morning Briefing: Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations President Donald Trump has been under intense lobbying pressure from the industry and faced warnings that there could…

Germany Mandates Measles Vaccine: All children attending preschool or higher in the country must be immunized, with fines for parents who do not comply, under a law that is to take effect next spring.

Melissa Eddy
New York Times

BERLIN — Parents in Germany must vaccinate their children against measles or face fines of several thousand euros under a law passed on Thursday that aims to stop the spread…

How Vaping Snuck Up On Regulators

Jim Zarroli
NPR

[...] What's taken regulators so long? The passage of the Tobacco Control Act required the FDA to build an entire new regulatory infrastructure from scratch, and it faced numerous lawsuits…

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, and James Doubek
NPR

A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S., both inside schools and out, has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can…

China Effectively Bans Online Sales of E-Cigarettes: The move could effectively shut off one of the biggest markets for an industry that is facing pressure around the world.

Elsie Chen and Alexandra Stevenson
New York Times

SHANGHAI — China issued its starkest warning yet over electronic cigarettes, calling on the industry on Friday to stop selling and advertising the products online. Citing health concerns for minors,…

J&J Hit With $8 Billion Jury Award Over Antipsychotic Drug: J&J is expected to appeal punitive damages award to a man who alleged Risperdal caused enlarged breasts

Peter Loftus
Wall Street Journal

This article is behind a paywall. Harvard affiliates can access the full text via Hollis. A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion in damages to…

Young people are poisoning themselves at alarming rates with over-the-counter drugs: There’s been a dramatic uptick in self-poisonings, particularly among girls and young women. There are ways to help.

Brian Resnick
Vox

[...] researchers say there aren’t great guidelines around how families should deal with keeping kids away from over-the-counter drugs or prescriptions that belong to other family members. “We…

Book Talk: Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology are Remaking Reproduction and the Law

September 10, 2019
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Couldn't join us for the book talk? Check out some of the speakers' slide presentations and blog posts! Description Millions of Americans rely on the likes of birth control,…

A Question of Prevention: I. Glenn Cohen on a procedure to avoid passing on genetic mutations, and the push to legalize it

Edward Mason, interviewing I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
Harvard Law Bulletin

From the article: Calls are growing for the U.S. to lift a ban on mitochondrial replacement therapy, or MRT, a procedure developed to enable women who are at risk…

Gene Editing of Babies and Universal Human Rights: Hot Topics in Health Law

April 19, 2019

At this event, Professor George Annas, beloved health law professor at Boston University, discussed gene editing of babies and the idea of health care as a human right. The event…

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Trauma at the Border

March 4, 2019
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Couldn't join us in person? Check out some of the panelists' presentations and additional reading on this subject below! Description At the center of contemporary political debate are the…

Social Media and Pediatric Research Recruitment

Luke Gelinas (Former Senior Researcher) and Jennifer Kesselheim
In Ethics and Research with Children: A Case Based Approach, edited by Eric Kodish and Robert M. Nelson

From the chapter: "Social media use has increased exponentially across all demographics. With social media’s widespread popularity comes an increased potential for research sponsors and investigators to use…

In whose best interests: The impact of globalised medicine on on withdrawal of treatment decisions in the UK

David Locke & Carmel Shachar (Executive Director)
New Law Journal

From the article: As a feature of the progressive globalisation of medicine, the recent, heavily litigated, trio of cases involving the withdrawal of treatment from infants (Charlie Gard, Isiah Haastrup…

How to Fix Youth Sports Concussion Laws: Neuroscientific Perspectives

April 11, 2018
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Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! Description With growing neuroscientific research on sports concussions, states have revised their policies and…

Health Law Workshop: Alicia Ely Yamin

October 2, 2017

Presentation Topic: "Democracy, Health Systems and the Right to Health: Narratives of Charity, Markets and Citizenship" This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for…

Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications

Edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch (Executive Director), Barbara E. Bierer, I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director), and Suzanne M. Rivera
MIT Press

Order through MIT Press and receive 30% off using discount code MSPECIMEN30: Order now! This edited volume stems from a conference in 2015 that brought together leading experts to address key ethical…

Second Chance Kids

Featuring Robert Kinscherff (Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience)
Frontline, PBS

On May 2, 2017, PBS's Frontline aired "Second Chance Kids," an exploration of the fight over the fate of juveniles in prison for murder, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling. Robert…

Bioethics Instructor or Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Ethics and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYULMC

Deadline: Open until filled.

The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (https://med.nyu.edu/child-adolescent-psychiatry/) at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health…

Half A Life: Legal and Policy Implications of Releasing Youth Incarcerated for Murder

November 15, 2016
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Couldn't attend the event? Check out the speakers' slide presentations below! Description Youth convicted of murder ordinarily serve decades in prison before they complete a sentence or are paroled.…

Workshop on Pretrial Justice: What Works and Why

September 26 - 28, 2016
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In September 2016, the Federal Judicial Center hosted a workshop for federal judges and law enforcement officials on issues relating to pretrial diversionary courts, exploring the question of "What Works and…

EpiPen Maker Quietly Steers Effort That Could Protect Its Price

Eric Lipton and Rachel Abrams, quoting Rachel E. Sachs (Academic Fellow Alumnus)
New York Times

[...] The idea being advanced is simple: If the EpiPen makes the federal preventive list, most Americans would have no insurance co-pay when getting the product. That means they could obtain…

Battling Blood in the Streets: How Can Neuroscience Promote Public Health and Support Public Policy to Prevent Community Violence?

September 7, 2016
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Description Far too many people across the country are left dead, injured, or traumatized by community violence. Communities can be safer when neuroscience, public health strategies, and collective advocacy are…

The Ethical Duty to Know: The Tragic Case of Facilitated Communication for Autism

June 23, 2016

Event Description Our speakers will review and discuss the history of a technique called Facilitated Communication, purportedly used to communicate with individuals with severe autism, developmental delay, or brain injuries.…

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Boys to Men to Boys

April 13, 2016
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Couldn't join us for the event? Check out more information, including related publications and our speakers' slides, below! Description Approximately 2,000 youth sentenced to life without parole are now serving…

Fetal Pain: An Update on the Science and Legal Implications

February 10, 2016
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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…

Health Law Workshop: Amanda C. Pustilnik

November 23, 2015

Presentation Download the Presentation: “And If Your Friends Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You Do It Too?”: How Developmental Neuroscience Can Inform Regimes Governing Adolescents (co-authored with Michael…

Specimen Science: Ethics and Policy Implications

November 16, 2015
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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'…

Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?: A lecture by Laurence Steinberg, PhD

November 13, 2015
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In the past decade, the United States Supreme Court has issued landmark opinions in three cases that involved the criminal culpability of juveniles. In 2005, the Court abolished the juvenile death…

Moral Bioprediction, Bioenhancement, and the Law: A Lecture by Julian Savulescu

October 20, 2015
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Description Increasingly, knowledge from biology and neuroscience allows us to identify biological states that are predictive but not determinative of human behavior in certain situations. These are called biomarkers of…

Scholars Discuss Role of Neuroscience in Youth Criminal Justice: Summary of Project on Law & Applied Neuroscience Panel on the Neuroscience of Teen Sentencing

Jonah S. Lefkoe
Harvard Crimson

Check out the Harvard Crimson's summary of our first event of the year, "From Trouble Teens to Tsarnaev: Promises and Perils of Adolescent Neuroscience and the Law." This event…

From Troubled Teens to Tsarnaev: Promises and Perils of Adolescent Neuroscience and Law

September 28, 2015
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Read the Harvard Crimson's summary of the event! Description The neuroscience of adolescent brain development has had increasing impact on American jurisprudence. The U.S. Supreme Court relied on…

Review of Human subjects research regulation: perspectives on the future: by I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director) & Holly F. Lynch (Executive Director) (eds.):

Lydia Stewart Ferreira (Visiting Scholar)
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Petrie-Flom Visiting Scholar Lydia Stewart Ferreira, currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, recently published a review of I. Glenn Cohen …

Families Matter: Ethically, Legally, and Clinically

March 18 - 20, 2015

Program We often talk, in bioethics, about individual autonomy. Yet our most challenging ethical, legal and clinical controversies in health care often center around family roles and responsibilities: How should…

Health Law Workshop: Robert Truog

March 2, 2015

Presentation Download the Presentation: "Defining Death: Getting It Wrong for All the Right Reasons" About the Presenter Robert D. Truog is Professor of Medical Ethics, Anaesthesiology & Pediatrics at Harvard…

Petrie-Flom Event Review: An opening for measles: Anti-vaccination trend a growing concern

Colleen Walsh
Harvard Gazette

[...] The recent California outbreak has reignited debates about balancing the public welfare while safeguarding civil liberties. A panel of experts convened atHarvard Law School on Wednesday to discuss the return…

Petrie-Flom Event Review:: Experts Talk Vaccine Opt-Out Parameters

Gabrielle M. Williams
Harvard Crimson

There is a delicate balance between preserving individual rights and protecting public health when it comes to vaccines, experts argued at a panel discussion at Harvard Law School on Wednesday. [...] …

Measles, Vaccines, and Protecting Public Health

February 25, 2015
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Couldn't join us? Watch the full event online! For more on this event, check out the write-ups in the Harvard Gazette (February 27, 2015) and the Harvard Crimson (February 26, 2015)! The measles…

A Dialogue on Agency, Responsibility, and the Brain: with Stephen Morse

February 12, 2015
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Couldn't join us? Watch the full event online! Professor Stephen J. Morse, JD, PhD, former MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project, discussed how – or whether – new knowledge…

Senior Fellow for Law & Neuroscience Amanda Pustilnik Guest Lecturing in HLS Seminar

Petrie-Flom

As part of her work with the Petrie-Flom Center and Center for Law Brain and Behavior at MGH's Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience, Senior Fellow Amanda C. Pustilnik…

Law and Ethics of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing

November 6, 2014
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The Petrie-Flom Center hosted a discussion of the issues surrounding noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), a screening method for detecting certain specific chromosomal abnormalities, as well as sex, in utero. NIPT…

Book Launch: The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children

April 10, 2014

The launch of Professor Ross E. Cheit's new book The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, April 2014), has become widely accepted that…

Human Subjects Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future

I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director) and Holly Fernandez Lynch (Executive Director), eds.
MIT Press

Human Subjects Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future (MIT Press 2014), co-edited by Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Director, I. Glenn Cohen, and Executive Director, Holly Fernandez Lynch, stems from the Center&rsquo…

Delaying Pregnancy and Parenthood: Risks and Rewards

Featuring I. Glenn Cohen (Faculty Director)
The Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health

In a new report, the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC has confirmed that the average age at which American women deliver their first babies has increased in…

Hot Topics at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues: Plus Q&A on Careers in Law and Bioethics!

April 11, 2014
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Couldn't attend in person? Check out the speakers' slides below! This event featured an update from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues delivered by Michelle Groman …

Stem Cell Therapy and Medical Tourism: Of Promise and Peril?

November 28, 2012

Experimental breakthroughs within the field of regenerative medicine are reported in the media on a daily basis worldwide. Despite this progress, the overwhelming majority of clinical problems for which stem…