Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: May 1, 2018– May 31, 2018
Blanke, Doug
MEDIA: 5/15/2018 National Public Radio
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center was featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, about Philadelphia’s tax on soda and sugary drinks, and the Public Health Law Center’s amicus brief supporting the tax in a case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/15/611199673/pennsylvanias-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-soda-tax-case
INVITATION: 5/16/2018 National Advisory Committee of the Advancing Tobacco Prevention in Rural America
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center participated in a meeting at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, in Washington, D.C., as a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Advancing Tobacco Prevention in Rural America project.
Cork, Kerry
PRESENTATION: 5/9/2018 “Reducing Tobacco Use in Homeless Shelters”
Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center presented “Reducing Tobacco Use in Homeless Shelters” at the second annual Maryland Tobacco Control Conference in Columbia, Maryland, on ways to address the epidemic of tobacco use among clients and staff in homeless shelters.
Freiberg, Mike
PRESENTATION: 5/24/2018 “Policies to Address Commercial Tobacco Use”
Mike Freiberg of the Public Health Law Center participated in a roundtable discussion, “Policies to Address Commercial Tobacco Use” with Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson at the National Indian Health Board’s 2018 National Tribal Public Health Summit in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Frost, Natasha
PRESENTATION: 5/4/2018 “Health Equity in Child Care: A Policy and Systems Approach”
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center presented “Health Equity in Child Care: A Policy and Systems Approach” at the National Health Outreach Conference, in Bloomington, Minn. The presentation focused on health equity in child care, how health equity principles impact providers in the various early care and education settings, and how laws and policies impact provider health and wellness.
PRESENTATION: 5/9/2018 “Pathways: Improving Quality of Life in Kansas”
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center moderated “Pathways: Improving Quality of Life in Kansas,” a session at the Kansas for State Wellness Symposium, in Salina, Kansas, about local-level community work to improve community health across Kansas.
Kahn, Jonathan
PRESENTATION: 5/17/2018 “Race on the Brain: Behavioral Realism and its Technical Fix for Racism”
Professor Jonathan Kahn presents “Race on the Brain: Behavioral Realism and its Technical Fix for Racism” at the 6th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference held at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Phoenix.
Karls, Amanda
PRESENTATION: 5/4/2018 “Designing Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity”
Amanda Karls and Ryan Lee of the Public Health Law Center presented “Designing Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity” at the National Health Outreach Conference, in Bloomington, Minn. The presenation discussed a new local-level healthy food policy database. Attendees received hands-on policy-drafting experience using a local food policy database designed by the Healthy Food Policy Project.
PRESENTATION: 5/24/2018 “Innovative City Food Policy to Advance Health Equity from around the Country”
Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center presented “Innovative City Food Policy to Advance Health Equity from around the Country” at the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council, in Minneapolis, Minn. The presentation focused on innovative city food policies from around the country to advance health equity. The evening also included discussions with community representatives, change agents and City of Minneapolis policymakers and staff.
Lee, Ryan
PRESENTATION: 5/4/2018 “Designing Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity”
Ryan Lee and Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center presented “Designing Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity” at the National Health Outreach Conference, in Bloomington, Minn. The presentation discussed a new local-level healthy food policy database. Attendees received hands-on policy-drafting experience using a local food policy database designed by the Healthy Food Policy Project.
PRESENTATION: 5/8/2018 “Data Driven Policymaking”
Ryan Lee of the of the Public Health Law Center presented “Data Driven Policymaking” at the Kansas for State Wellness Symposium in Salina, Kansas. The presentation focused on using data to inform food system policies and emphasized tools that can be used to better understand the challenges and opportunities with local communities.
PRESENTATION: 5/9/2018 “Building Healthier Food Systems”
Ryan Lee of the of the Public Health Law Center presented “Building Healthier Food Systems” at the Kansas for State Wellness Symposium in Salina, Kansas. The presentation discussed building healthier foods systems and highlighted new local and national resources including The Healthy Food Policy Project.
Marrow, Mary
PRESENTATION: 5/1/2018 “Finding Your Way While Lost in Local Planning”
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center presented “Finding Your Way While Lost in Local Planning” at the Bike+Walk Minnesota 2018 conference in Rochester, Minn. The presentation discussed local planning efforts throughout Minnesota. This interactive session provided an opportunity to examine new resources from MN Walks and connect with others on local community planning efforts.
PRESENTATION: 5/14/2018 “Community Decision Making for Economic & Health Well-Being”
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center co-facilitated and presented “Community Decision Making for Economic & Health Well-Being” at the Health in All Policies (HiAP) training in Hutchinson, Kansas. The session examined opportunities to incorporate HiAP into local projects and policies in Reno County and Hutchinson, Kansas.
PRESENTATION: 5/18/2018 “Mixing It Up: Building Partnerships and Engaging Communities to Meet the Challenge of Promoting Healthy, Walkable Communities for All in Central Minnesota”
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center presented “Mixing It Up: Building Partnerships and Engaging Communities to Meet the Challenge of Promoting Healthy, Walkable Communities for All in Central Minnesota” at the 2018 MPHA Annual Meeting & Conference in St. Cloud, Minn. The presentation discussed promoting healthy communities for all in Central Minnesota and opportunities to increase walking and bicycling in Midwestern communities with varying demographics, aging populations, expanding immigrant communities, and significant rural populations
Meaney, Mark
PRESENTATION: 5/10/2018 “Toking, Smoking, and Public Health: Lessons from Tobacco Control for Public Health”
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center gave a plenary talk–“Toking, Smoking, and Public Health: Lessons from Tobacco Control for Public Health”–at the Public Health Marijuana Summit in Portland, Oregon.
PRESENTATION: 5/31/2018 “The First Amendment and Commercial Speech—Hazardous to Public Health?”
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center moderated a Center-hosted webinar–“The First Amendment and Commercial Speech—Hazardous to Public Health?”–about the First Amendment, and how courts view different types of public health regulations in both the commercial tobacco control and the health eating and active living realms.
Pope, Thaddeus
MEDIA: 5/1/2018 Medical Ethics Advisor
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 2018 Medical Ethics Advisor article, “Controversy Persists as States, Courts ‘Question, Push Back, and Challenge’ Brain Death Criteria.”
https://www.ahcmedia.com/articles/142571-controversy-persists-as-states-courts-question-push-back-and-challe
MEDIA: 5/4/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 4 Philadelphia Inquirer story, “On Life Support at CHOP for Nearly Three Weeks, ‘Brain Dead’ Boy in Legal, Medical Limbo.”
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/chop-life-support-brain-dead-boy-20180504.html
MEDIA: 5/9/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 9 Philadelphia Inquirer story, “CHOP Physicians Testify in Court that N.J. Boy is Brain-Dead.”
PUBLICATION: 5/10/2018 ASCO Post
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “Law and Ethics in Oncology: Decision Aids Reflect Patients’ Values and Preferences for Care. So Why Aren’t More Oncologists Using Them?” was published in the ASCO POST on May 10, 2018.
http://www.ascopost.com/issues/may-10-2018/decision-aids-reflect-patients-values-and-preferences-for-care/
MEDIA: 5/11/2018 NBC10 News
Professor Thaddeus Pope was interviewed in the NBC10 (Philadelphia) news story, “Expert Says More Testing Needed Before Boy Removed from Life Support.”
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Mothers-Life-Support-Fight_Philadelphia-482414411.html
MEDIA: 5/11/2018 Fox29 News
Professor Thaddeus Pope was interviewed in the Fox29 (Philadelphia) news story, “South Jersey Mom Continues to Fight for Her Son after Doctors Declare Him Brain Dead.”
http://www.fox29.com/news/south-jersey-mom-continues-to-fights-for-her-son-after-doctors-declare-him-brain-
MEDIA: 5/14/2018 The Week in Health Law Podcast
Professor Thaddeus Pope was the featured guest on episode 139–“Treating Corpses”–of The Week in Health Law podcast.
https://twihl.podbean.com/e/139-treating-corpses-guest-thad-pope/
OTHER: 5/15/2018 Expert Witness
Professor Thaddeus Pope testified as an expert witness at a May 2018 trial on behalf of a mother who challenges the brain death diagnosis that Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia assigned to her 14-year-old son. In re Areen Chakrabarti, No. 201800563MI (Orphans Court Division, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania).
PUBLICATION: 5/15/2018 JAMA Internal Medicine
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “Voluntary Stopping and Eating and Drinking Among Patients With Serious Advanced Illness-A Label in Search of a Problem?-Reply”–co-authored with TE Quill, L. Ganzini, and RD Truog–was published in volume 178(5) of JAMA Internal Medicine.
MEDIA: 5/17/2018 KVCR Interview
Professor Thaddeus Pope was interviewed in the KVCR (NPR San Bernardino) story, “Why A Riverside County Judge Ruled California’s Aid-In-Dying Law Is Invalid.”
http://kvcrnews.org/post/why-riverside-county-judge-ruled-californias-aid-dying-law-invalid
MEDIA: 5/20/2018 Daily Democrat
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 20 Daily Democract (California) article, “Right-to-die Battle Leaves Terminally Ill in Limbo.”
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/health/20180520/right-to-die-battle-leaves-terminally-ill-in-limbo
MEDIA: 5/23/2018 National Catholic Register
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 23 National Catholic Register article, “The US ‘Futile-Care’ Debate: How Are Cases Like Alfie Evans’ Handled Here?”
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-us-futile-care-debate-how-are-cases-like-alfie-evans-handled-here
MEDIA: 5/24/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 24 Philadelphia Inquirer article, “At CHOP, Two Boys WereDiagnosed with Brain Death. Here’s What That Means.”
http://www.philly.com/archive/tom_avril/chop-areen-brain-death-jayden-life-support-20180524.html
MEDIA: 5/28/2018 Wall Street Journal
Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the article, “Doctors Face Scrutiny About Defining Death” written by Amy Dockser Marcus and published in the Wall Street Journal on May 28, 2018.
Pottratz Acosta, Ana
MEDIA: 5/2/2018 MPR Story
Professor Ana Pottratz Accosta and the Mitchell Hamline Health Law Clinic /United Family Medicine partnership were profiled in the MPR story “Health Law Clinic Guides Patients Through Broad Legal Hurdles” published on May 2, 2018
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05/02/law-clinics-guide-patients-through-health-care-red-tape
Ralston Aoki, Julie
PRESENTATION: 5/24/2018 “Drafting Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Public Health”
Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center presented “Drafting Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Public Health”with Stacy Hammer of the Lower Sioux Health Care Center and Melanie Plucinski of the American Indian Cancer Foundation at the National Indian Health Board’s 2018 National Tribal Public Health Summit in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
PRESENTATION: 5/31/2018 “The First Amendment and Commercial Speech—Hazardous to Public Health?”
Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center presented on a Center-hosted webinar–“The First Amendment and Commercial Speech—Hazardous to Public Health?”–about the First Amendment, and how courts view different types of public health regulations in both the commercial tobacco control and the health eating and active living realms.
Weisman, Susan
PRESENTATION: 5/2/2018 “Building Equity into Governance”
Susan R. Weisman of the Public Health Law Center presented on a panel at the National Health Outreach Conference in Bloomington, Minnesota. Co-presenters included the Director of External Community Relations, Minnesota Department of Human Services, and the Chair of Minnesota’s Cultural and Ethnic Leadership Council. The panel was moderated by Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Center.