Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments.
Date range: August 1, 2018– August 31, 2018
Blanke, Doug
INVITATION: 8/22/2018 Voices for Healthy Kids Advisory Committee
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center participated in an Oakland, California, meeting of the Advisory Committee to the American Heart Association’s Children’s Health Initiative, Voices for Healthy Kids.
Cork, Kerry
PRESENTATION: 8/9/2018 “The Toxic Flavor: Issues & Options in Regulating Menthol Tobacco”
Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center presented “The Toxic Flavor: Issues & Options in Regulating Menthol Tobacco” at the annual conference of the National Association of Local Boards of Health held in Raleigh, North Carolina. The presentation focused on the U.S. landscape of menthol tobacco regulation, and the results of the Center’s agent-based simulation modeling research on the health impact of tobacco menthol retail policies in Minnesota.
Frost, Natasha
PUBLICATION: 8/15/2018 Childhood Obesity
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center contributed to “State Regulations Promoting Infant Physical Activity in Early Care and Education,” which was published in the journal Childhood Obesity.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/chi.2018.0087
Meaney, Mark
PRESENTATION: 8/8/2018 “Preemption: The Neverending Story”
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center presented “Preemption: The Neverending Story” on a CDC National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) Technical Assistance webinar on the topic of preemption.
Pope, Thaddeus
PUBLICATION: 8/10/2018 ASCO Post
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Law and Ethics in Oncology: Why Oncologists Should Decline to Participate in the Right to Try Act” was published by the ASCO POST on August 10, 2018.
PUBLICATION: 8/13/2018 Health Affairs
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article, “Medical Aid in Dying in Hawaii: Appropriate Safeguards or Unmanageable Obstacles?” co-authored with Mara Buchbinder, was published on the Health Affairs blog on August 13, 2018.
PUBLICATION: 8/15/2018 American Journal of Bioethics
Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “The Best Interest Standard for Health Care Decision Making: Definition and Defense” was published in volume 18(8) of the American Journal of Bioethics (2018).