Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments
Date range: October 1, 2016 – October 31, 2016
Ayers Looby, Anna
PRESENTATION
10/25/16 “Healthy Food and Beverages in Child Care”
Public Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Ayers Looby presented to the CHIP NOPA Working Group regarding healthy food and beverages in child care settings, the current policy and regulatory landscape, and opportunities to improve health for all children, using a health equity lens. She presented at the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) – Nutrition Obesity Physical Activity (NOPA) Working Group Team Meeting in Minneapolis, Minn.
Cork, Kerry
PUBLICATION
10/1/16 “Tackling Tobacco Use Among the Underserved, Overlooked and Addicted: A Basic Duty of Public Health”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Kerry Cork published a brief article in the National Association of Local Boards of Health’s quarterly NewsBrief publication (Fall 2016, Vol. 2, Issue 4).
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nalboh.org/resource/resmgr/news_story_docs/NALBOH_Fall_2016_Newsbrief_F.pdf
PRESENTATION
10/30/16 “Behind Closed Doors: Addressing the Hidden Nicotine Epidemic in Assisted Living Residences”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Kerry Cork gave a poster presentation at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado.
10/31/16 “What’s a State to Do? Regulating Electronic Nicotine Delivery Devices in the Absence of Federal Regulation”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Kerry Cork presented with Kerry Snyder, assistant director of the Public Health and Tobacco Policy Center, at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado.
10/31/16 “Tackling Tobacco Use in the Homeless Population: An Overview of Barriers and Innovative Policies”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Kerry Cork presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado.
Freiberg, Mike
PRESENTATION
10/26/16 “Developing and Drafting Effective Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Health”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mike Freiberg gave a workshop with Julie Ralston Aoki at the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona’s Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Grantee Meeting in Mesa, Arizona.
Huang, Darlene
PRESENTATION
10/14/16 “Smoke-Free Public Housing Implementation”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Darlene Huang presented on a panel about the range of legal and policy considerations when adopting, implementing, and enforcing smoke-free policies in public housing at the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials’ (NAHRO) National Conference in New
Orleans, LA.
10/18/16 “Smoke-Free Public Housing Implementation”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Darlene Huang presented on a panel about the range of legal and policy considerations when adopting, implementing, and enforcing smoke-free policies in public housing at the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials’ (NAHRO) National Conference in New
Orleans, LA.
10/18/16 “Post-Deeming: Keep on Keepin’ On!”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Darlene Huang presented on a panel about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Final Rule to regulate all tobacco products and its implications for state and local tobacco control policy at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Government Relations Director Training in Bethesda, MD.
Janus, Eric
MEDIA
10/1/16 Star Tribune
Professor Eric Janus was quoted in the Star Tribune article, “Well-meaning family takes in sex offender, inciting fear and outrage.”
http://www.startribune.com/well-meaning-family-takes-in-sex-offender-inciting-fear-and-outrage/395526731/
10/4/16 In the Dark Podcast
Professor Eric Janus appears in the “Stranger Danger” epidode of In the Dark, a popular podcast.
http://www.apmreports.org/story/2016/10/04/in-the-dark-6
10/16/16 The Mercury
Professor Eric Janus was quoted in an op-ed piece in The Mercury, an Australian-based news source.
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-dangerous-offender-laws-the-antithesis-of-free-anddemocratic-society/news-story/693c890ea25e4fc04b5e2ff9e1992f54
PUBLICATION
10/10/16 Book Chapter
Holding our Sex Offender Policy Accountable (Sexual Violence: Evidence Based Policy and Prevention), Springer, 2016.
ed. by Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Cynthia Calkins
Kelly, Scott
PRESENTATION
10/31/16 “Regulating E-cigarettes in a Post-Deeming World”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Scott Kelly presented at the annual conference of the American Public Health Association in Denver, Colorado.
Larson, Anna
PRESENTATION
10/10/16 “Increasing Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Minnesotans through Mobile Food Shelves”
Public Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Larson moderated a Center webinar with senior staff attorney Mary Marrow that provided an overview of legal and policy issues impacting mobile food shelves, current funding and support opportunities, and some lessons learned on the ground.
10/17/16 “Using Law, Policy and Practice to Support Access to Healthy and Safe Food in Minnesota”
Public Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Larson assisted in the production of a webinar that addressed key challenges and opportunities identified by Minnesota communities in their work to increase access to healthy, safe food. Senior staff attorney Mary Marrow was a panelist. The webinar was sponsored by the Public Health Law Center, MN Department of Health, MN Department of Agriculture, and University of Minnesota Extension.
Larson, David
MEDIA
10/4/16 KARE 11
Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by KARE 11 NBC Television News regarding what could happen now that more than 4,000 striking nurses rejected Allina’s contract offer yesterday. The strike began on Labor Day and already is the second longest nurses’ strike in Minnesota history.
http://www.kare11.com/news/local/nurses-reject-allina-contract-proposal/328789192
10/4/16 KARE 11
Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed for a KARE 11 piece on the nurses’ strike against Allina Health.
http://www.kare11.com/news/local/nurses-reject-allina-contract-proposal/328789192
10/13/16 KARE 11
Professor David Allen Larson was interviewed by KARE 11 NBC News at 10:00 p.m. regarding the striking Minnesota Nurses Association members’ decision to approve a settlement agreement with Allina Health. The union members’ vote to ratify the collective bargaining agreement ends a 38 day strike, tied for the longest nurses’ strike in Minnesota history.
http://www.kare11.com/news/health/nurses-vote-to-approve-allina-contract-end-strike/335920803
Lester, Joelle
PRESENTATION
10/18/16 “Preemption of State and Local Tobacco Control Activity”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Joelle Lester gave a presentation on tobacco industry efforts to use state preemption to prevent local tobacco control policy work at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network meeting “Cancer Policies and Perspectives” in Bethesda, Maryland.
Marrow, Mary
PRESENTATION
10/10/16 “Increasing Access to Healthy Food for Low-Income Minnesotans through Mobile Food Shelves”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mary Marrow presented on Center webinar with policy analyst Anna Larson that provided an overview of legal and policy issues impacting mobile food shelves, current funding and support opportunities, and some lessons learned on the ground.
10/17/16 “Using Law, Policy and Practice to Support Access to Healthy and Safe Food in Minnesota”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mary Marrow presented on a webinar that addressed key challenges and opportunities identified by Minnesota communities in their work to increase access to healthy, safe food. Policy analyst Anna Larson assisted with the production of the webinar, which was sponsored by the Public Health Law Center, MN Department of Health, MN Department of Agriculture, and University of Minnesota Extension.
Meaney, Mark
PUBLICATION
10/3/16 Tobacco Control
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mark Meaney contributed to the article “NCI’s state and community research initiative: a model for future tobacco control research” in the journal Tobacco Control.
PRESENTATION
10/19/16 “Preemption of State/Local Tobacco Control Activity”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mark Meaney presented on preemption in tobacco control at the 7th annual Western States Tobacco Policy Directors Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
10/19/16 “E-Cigarette Taxation: It’s Complicated”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mark Meaney presented on e-cigarette taxation issues at the 7th annual Western States Tobacco Policy Directors Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
O’Brien, Maureen
PRESENTATION
10/15/16 “FDA’s New Authority: E-Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Maureen O’Brien presented on “FDA’s New Authority: E-Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products” at the 7th annual Western States Tobacco Policy Directors Meeting in Portland, Oregon.
Pope, Thaddeus
OTHER
10/1/16 Wheels of Justice
Professor Thaddeus Pope helped organize and train law student volunteers for a community service event on advance care planning with the Wheels of Justice.
PRESENTATION
10/8/16 “Bioethicists Must Engage the Public: Using Social Media to Advance Public Literacy in Bioethics”
Professor Thaddeus Pope gave a presentation, “Bioethicists Must Engage the Public: Using Social Media to Advance Public Literacy in Bioethics,” at the 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH).
10/8/16 Top 10 Legal Developments in Bioethics
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented the “Top 10 Legal Developments in Bioethics” at the 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities in Washington, DC.
10/14/16 “Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: Clinical, Legal, Ethical, Religious, and Family Perspectives”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: Clinical, Legal, Ethical, Religious, and Family Perspectives” at the Seattle University School of Law in Seattle, WA (October 14-15).
10/14/16 “VSED Is Legal: Defending Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented on VSED at the Seattle University School of Law in Seattle, WA (October 14-15).
10/15/16 “Advance Care Planning: Make Your Choices Known”
Professor Thaddeus Pope gave a presentation to the Roseville Community Health Awareness Team (CHAT) in Roseville, MN.
10/18/16 Brain Death
Professor Thaddeus Pope gave a presentation on brain death at the University of Minnesota Bioethics Proseminar in Minneapolis, MN.
MEDIA
10/21/16 The New York Times
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in a New York Times Story about the right to die issue.
Ralston Aoki, Julie
PRESENTATION
10/26/16 “Developing and Drafting Effective Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Health”
Public Health Law Center senior staff attorney Julie Ralston Aoki gave a workshop with Mike Freiberg at the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona’s Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Grantee Meeting in Mesa, Arizona.