Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: January 1, 2018– January 31, 2018
Blanke, Doug
INVITATION: 1/18/2018 Tobacco End Game Strategy Meeting
Doug Blanke and Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center took part in an invitational meeting of fifteen tobacco control thought leaders to explore innovative approaches for removing cigarettes from the marketplace. The meeting was convened in Washington D.C. by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).
Frost, Natasha
PRESENTATION: 1/9/2018 “Healthy Food and Child Care: Mapping the Policy Environment”
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center contributed to a national Center webinar about the Public Health Law Center’s policy mapping project of the food policy environment for family child care settings in Minnesota.
Karls, Amanda
PRESENTATION: 1/10/2018 “Revising Minnesota’s Food Code: What Hunger Relief and Healthy Food Advocates and Partners Need to Know”
Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center contributed to a national Center webinar about the major changes being proposed to the Minnesota Food Code, and the impacts for local healthy food access and hunger relief efforts in local communities.
Lester, Joelle
INVITATION: 1/18/2018 Tobacco End Game Strategy Meeting
Joelle Lester and Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in an invitational meeting of fifteen tobacco control thought leaders to explore innovative approaches for removing cigarettes from the marketplace. The meeting was convened in Washington D.C. by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).
PRESENTATION: 1/31/2018 “The finish line: Tobacco control end game strategies”
Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center presented on the policy options to reach an end game in tobacco use at the ClearWay Minnesota Local Policy Grantee Meeting in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Marrow, Mary
PRESENTATION: 1/10/2018 “Revising Minnesota’s Food Code: What Hunger Relief and Healthy Food Advocates and Partners Need to Know”
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center contributed to a national Center webinar about the major changes being proposed to the Minnesota Food Code, and the impacts for local healthy food access and hunger relief efforts in local communities.
Meaney, Mark
PRESENTATION: 1/31/2018 “Preemption: Why It’s A Big Deal in Public Health”
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center contributed to a national Center webinar about how preemption can block state and local advances in tobacco control and public health.
Pope, Thaddeus
PUBLICATION: 1/1/2018 Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Professor Thaddeus Pope published “Medical Futility and Potentially Inappropriate Treatment: Better Ethics with More Precise Definitions and Language,” 60(3) Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 423-427 (2017).
PRESENTATION: 1/17/2018 “Making Better Healthcare Decisions for Unrepresented Patients in California”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Making Better Healthcare Decisions for Unrepresented Patients in California,” at UCLA in Los Angeles, California on January 17, 2018. https://www.uclahealth.org/ethics-center/ethics-center-lectures
PRESENTATION: 1/17/2018 “Five New California Bioethics Cases”
Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Five New California Bioethics Cases” at the Southern California Bioethics Committee Consortium in Los Angeles, California on January 17, 2018.
MEDIA: 1/29/2018 The New Yorker
Professor Thaddeus Pope is quoted in the Rachel Aviv article “What Does It Mean to Die?” published in The New Yorker (Feb. 5, 2018) (online Jan. 29, 2018).
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/05/what-does-it-mean-to-die
Ralston Aoki, Julie
PRESENTATION: 1/30/2018 Metro Food Access Network training
Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center facilitated a training in Minneapolis, Minn., with the Local Government Team of the Metro Food Access Network on the Healthy Food Policy Project, which supports local governments in developing laws that promote access to healthy food. She also presented information about the potential impact of preemption on healthy eating policy development at the local level.
PRESENTATION: 1/31/2018 “Preemption: Why It’s A Big Deal in Public Health”
Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center contributed to a national Center webinar about how preemption can block state and local advances in tobacco control and public health.