Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: March 1, 2018– March 31, 2018
Blanke, Doug
INVITATION: 3/6/2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center participated in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health, and a workshop of the Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network, on the promotion of tobacco use as a human rights issue, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cork, Kerry
PRESENTATION: 3/12/2018 “Tobacco Town Minnesota: Reverse Site Overview”
Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center gave a webinar presentation “Tobacco Town Minnesota: Reverse Site Overview” for ClearWay Minnesota, with fellow researchers from Brookings Institution and Washington University-St. Louis in Bloomington, MN.
Freiberg, Mike
PRESENTATION: 3/29/2018 “E-Cigarette Policies and Smoke-Free Policies in New Jersey”
Mike Freiberg of the Public Health Law Center presented “E-Cigarette Policies and Smoke-Free Policies in New Jersey” at the Tobacco Prevention Forum, organized by the New Jersey Prevention Network, in East Windsor, New Jersey.
Hermer, Laura
PANEL: 3/16/2018 Mitchell Hamline Law Review’s Spring 2018 Symposium
Professor Laura Hermer participated in a panel on Patients and Compliance at the Mitchell Hamline Law Review’s Spring 2018 Symposium.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 3/20/2018 Minnesota Legislature Written Testimony
Professor Laura Hermer provided written testimony to the Minnesota House Health and Human Services Reform Committee on HF 3722.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 3/28/2018 Testimony Before Minnesota Legislature
On March 28, Professor Laura Hermer testified before the Minnesota House Health and Human Services Finance Committee on HF 3722.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 3/29/2018 Testimony Before Minnesota Legislature
On March 29, Professor Laura Hermer testified before the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee on SF 3611.
Jenson, Desmond
MEDIA: 3/16/2018 Mashable
Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center was quoted in the article “Trump’s FDA chief challenges cigarette makers with giant nicotine cut,” published online in Mashable.
https://mashable.com/2018/03/16/fda-cigarette-nicotine-laws-gottlieb/
Kingston, Hudson
PRESENTATION: 3/29/2018 “Environmental Litigation”
Hudson Kingston of the Public Health Law Center, in his presentation “Environmental Litigation,” gave a practitioner’s perspective on environmental law and policy, and the intersection of litigation with the biggest environmental issues of today, in the Spring 2018 “Natural Resource and Environmental Policy” class at the University of Minnesota.
Pope, Thaddeus
PRESENTATION: 3/2/2018 “Importance of Bioethics for Post-Acute Care: Compliance and Risk Management Benefits”
Professor Thaddeus Pope (with Christine Wilson) presented “Importance of Bioethics for Post-Acute Care: Compliance and Risk Management Benefits” at the American Health Lawyers Association – Long Term Care and the Law conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 2, 2018.
https://www.healthlawyers.org/Pages/In-Person-Details.aspx?MeetingId=4F6BCFA6-7E2E-E711-941B-005056
PUBLICATION: 3/10/2018 ASCO Post
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Legal Duties of Clinicians When Terminally Ill Patients With Cancer or Their Surrogates Insist on ‘Futile’ Treatment” was published in the ASCO POST on March 10, 2018.
http://www.ascopost.com/issues/march-10-2018/legal-duties-of-clinicians-when-terminally-ill-patients-with-can
MEDIA: 3/11/2018 Washington Post
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the March 11, 2018 Washington Post article, “In Oregon, Pushing to Give Patients with Degenerative Diseases the Right to Die.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-oregon-pushing-to-give-patients-with-degenerative-diseases-the-ri
PRESENTATION: 3/21/2018 “Under-examined End-of-Life Option: Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)”
Professor Thaddeus Pope Presented “Under-examined End-of-Life Option: Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)” at the Dying in the Americas conference held in Henderson, Nevada on March 21-25, 2018.
http://www.finalexitnetwork.org/Dying-in-the-Americas-2018.html
MEDIA: 3/29/2018 NPR
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the March 29, 2018 NPR story, “Aggressive Advance Directive Permits Halting Food And Water In Severe Dementia.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/27/597499464/-aggressive-advance-directive-authorizes-stop