Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments
Date range: June 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016
Ayers Looby, Anna
PRESENTATION
6/27/16 “State Early Care and Education Licensing Regulations”
Public Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Ayers Looby gave an overview of state early care and education licensing regulations with colleagues, and gave examples from the states in the room at a meeting hosted by American Heart Association, Voices for Healthy Kids, in Minneapolis.
Blanke, Doug
INVITATION
6/9/16 “Meeting on National Smoke-Free Policies”
Public Health Law Center director Doug Blanke participated in an invitational meeting of public health leaders at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, to accelerate adoption of smoke-free policies nationwide.
Cork, Kerry
PRESENTATION
6/28/16 “Behind Closed Doors: Tobacco Use in Assisted Living Residences”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Kerry Cork presented on her ClearWay Minnesota research grant at a meeting for ClearWay researchers, grantees and University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research staff, in Bloomington, Minnesota.
6/30/16 “Addressing Tobacco Use in Residential Care: Policies and Priorities”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Kerry Cork moderated and presented on a national webinar, sponsored by the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, on options for addressing tobacco addiction in supervised residential settings for vulnerable adults, including adult foster care, assisted living, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes.
Freiberg, Mike
PRESENTATION
6/21/16 “Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: Enforcement and Other Legal Topics”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Mike Freiberg gave a presentation entitled “Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing: Enforcement and Other Legal Topics” at the Clear Gains Network Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin
6/22/16 “Non-cigarette tobacco product regulation, lobbying, and point-of-sale tobacco marketing”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Mike Freiberg gave a presentation on the topics of non-cigarette tobacco product regulation, lobbying, and point-of-sale tobacco marketing at the Tobacco Prevention and Control Partners’ Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin.
Frost, Natasha
PRESENTATION
6/7/16 “Legal and Policy Issues Impacting Rural Grocery Stores”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Natasha Frost gave a presentation with Julie Ralston Aoki at a meeting hosted by the Rural Grocery Initiative at the National Rural Grocery Summit in Wichita, Kansas.
6/10/16 “FDA’s New Authority: What Tobacco Control Advocates Need to Know”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Joelle Lester presented on the FDA’s new regulation asserting authority over e-cigarettes and other tobacco products at the Indiana Tobacco Control Partner Information X-Change in Carmel, Indiana.
6/27/16 “State Early Care and Education Licensing Regulations”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Natasha Frost gave an overview of state early care and education licensing regulations with colleagues, and gave examples from the states in the room at a meeting hosted by American Heart Association, Voices for Healthy Kids, in Minneapolis.
Hermer, Laura
PUBLICATION
6/1/16 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
Laura Hermer, On the Expansion of “Welfare” and “Health” Under Medicaid, 9 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy 235 (2016).
SSRN TOP TEN LIST
6/17/16 Social Science Research Network
Professor Laura Hermer’s paper “Medicaid, Low Income Pools, and the Goals of Privatization” was listed on SSRN’s Top Ten dowloads list for SIRN: Medicaid (Families with Children).
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1803356
MEDIA
6/27/16 KARE 11
Professor Laura Hermer was interviewed by KARE 11 for a story on the Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
6/27/16 KARE 11
Professor Laura Hermer was interviewed for a KARE 11 piece on the recent Supreme Court abortion ruling.
http://www.kare11.com/entertainment/television/programs/breaking-the-news/abortion-rights-supporterscelebrate-
court-win/257421362
Larson, David
MEDIA
6/29/16 City Pages
Professor David Allen Larson was quoted in the City Pages article “When the cheers dies, NHL players were left with badly damaged brains.”
http://www.citypages.com/news/when-the-cheers-died-nhl-players-were-left-with-badly-damaged-brains-8390950
Lester, Joelle
PRESENTATION
6/9/16 “Tobacco Control Roundtable Discussion”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Joelle Lester served on a panel addressing hot topics in tobacco control policy at the Tobacco Free Indiana Advocacy Summit in Carmel, Indiana.
6/9/16 “Advocacy v. Lobbying: What’s the Difference and What Can YOU Do?”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Joelle Lester presented on the legal considerations and limitations on lobbying activities at the Tobacco Free Indiana Advocacy Summit in Carmel, Indiana.
Marrow, Mary
PRESENTATION
6/20/16 Food Access Planning Guide Webinar
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Mary Marrow facilitated a PHLC webinar about the newly-released Minnesota Food Charter Food Access Planning Guide. The Guide provides tools, resources, proven policy strategies to promote access to healthy, safe, affordable food.
O’Brien, Maureen
PRESENTATION
6/13/16 “Lessons Learned from Tobacco Control”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Maureen O’Brien presented at the Marijuana Prevention Think Tank Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
Pope, Thaddeus
PUBLICATION
6/1/16 CHEST Journal
Thaddeus Pope, Reason-Giving and Medical Futility: Contrasting Legal and Social Discourse in the United States with the United Kingdom and Ontario, Canada, 149 CHEST (2016). With G. Bosslet and M. Baker
6/1/16 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Thaddeus Pope, Legal Standards for Brain Death, 13 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 173-178 (2016).
PRESENTATION
6/1/16 “Career Paths in Public Health Law and Health Law”
Professor Thaddeus Pope was a presenter for The Network for Public Health Law webinar.
6/4/16 “Revolutionizing Informed Consent Law: Empowering Patients with Certified Decision Aids”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented at the 39th Association of Law, Medicine, & Ethics (ASLME) Health Law Professors Conference in Boston, MA.
6/16/16 “Revolutionizing Informed Consent Law: Empowering Patients with Certified Decision Aids”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented at the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) 13th World Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.
6/18/16 “Revolutionizing Informed Consent Law: Empowering Patients with Certified Decision Aids”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented at the 3rd Institute of Medical Ethics in Edinburgh, Scotland.
PANEL
6/22/16 Decision Aids Project
Professor Thaddeus Pope served as an expert panel member for the Decision Aids Project at a National Quality Forum event in Washington, DC.
Ralston Aoki, Julie
PRESENTATION
6/7/16 “Legal and Policy Issues Impacting Rural Grocery Stores”
Public Health Law Center staff attorney Julie Ralston Aoki gave a presentation with Natasha Frost at a meeting hosted by the Rural Grocery Initiative at the National Rural Grocery Summit in Wichita, Kansas.