Date range: July 1, 2016 – July 31, 2016<\/p>\n
7\/21\/16 “Worksites, Breastfeeding, and Your Responsibilities Under the Law”
\nPublic Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Ayers Looby co-presented a Center webinar about federal and\u00a0state laws requiring employers to provide nursing moms time and a private space to express breast milk while at\u00a0work, and how the laws apply to Minnesota businesses.<\/p>\n
7\/19\/16 “Strategic Advisory Committee Meeting, American Heart Association\u2019s Voices for Healthy Kids”
\nPublic Health Law Center Director Doug Blanke took part in a meeting of the Strategic Advisory Committee of\u00a0the American Heart Association\u2019s Voices for Healthy Kids initiative in Chicago, Illinois, to promote policy\u00a0change that improves children\u2019s diets and encourages physical activity.<\/p>\n
7\/1\/16 “Tobacco Control 2016: Progress & Perspective”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Kerry Cork published a brief article in the National Association of\u00a0Local Boards of Health\u2019s quarterly NewsBrief publication (Summer 2016, Vol. 2, Issue 3).
\nhttps:\/\/c.ymcdn.com\/sites\/nalboh.siteym.com\/resource\/resmgr\/News_Story_Docs\/NALBOH_Summer_2016_Newsbrief.pdf<\/p>\n
7\/21\/16 “Tobacco Use Among the Homeless: Public Health Policies, Problems & Priorities\u201d
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Kerry Cork presented on tobacco use among the homeless at the annual\u00a0conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n
7\/21\/16 “Cool, Minty & Toxic: What to Do About the Problem of Menthol in Tobacco Products\u201d
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Kerry Cork gave a poster presentation on regulating menthol in tobacco\u00a0products at the annual conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials in Phoenix,\u00a0Arizona.<\/p>\n
7\/21\/16 “Tobacco 21 Policies: Things to Consider\u201d
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Mike Freiberg gave a presentation as part of a workshop dealing with\u00a0raising the minimum sales age for tobacco products to 21. The presentation was at CADCA\u2019s Mid-Year\u00a0Training Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n
7\/21\/16 “Worksites, Breastfeeding, and Your Responsibilities Under the Law”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Natasha Frost co-presented a Center webinar about federal and state\u00a0laws requiring employers to provide nursing moms time and a private space to express breast milk while at\u00a0work, and how the laws apply to Minnesota businesses.<\/p>\n
7\/28\/16 “Supporting Pathways to Healthy Kansas Grantees”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Natasha Frost made a presentation about the Public Health Law Center,\u00a0its work in Kansas, and the resources and technical assistance it provides to Kansas communities at the\u00a0Pathways to a Healthy Kansas Kick-off Event in Topeka, Kansas.<\/p>\n
7\/26\/16 “Leveraging Community Coalitions to Increase Access to Healthy Food through PSE Initiatives”
\nPublic Health Law Center New Sector fellow Anna Larson co-presented on the Minnesota community\u00a0coalitions working to increase access to healthy food in Minnesota communities, and common strategies\u00a0coalitions have identified. She also helped review the work the Public Health Law Center is doing both with\u00a0SHIP grantees as well as through its SNAP-Ed Community Partnership project with University of Minnesota\u00a0Extension. The presentation was made at the 2016 Annual MDH Statewide Health Improvement Program\u00a0Meeting in Eagan, Minnesota.<\/p>\n
7\/18\/16 “Working with Minnesota Local Governments to Increase Access to Healthy Food: Part IV”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Mary Marrow presented the fourth Center webinar in a series about\u00a0working with local governments in Minnesota to increase access to healthy food. This webinar focused on\u00a0equity and building authentic relationships.<\/p>\n
7\/26\/16 “Leveraging Community Coalitions to Increase Access to Healthy Food through PSE\u00a0Initiatives”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Mary Marrow co-presented on the Minnesota community coalitions\u00a0working to increase access to healthy food in Minnesota communities, and common strategies coalitions have
\nidentified. She also reviewed the work the Public Health Law Center is doing both with SHIP grantees as well\u00a0as through its SNAP-Ed Community Partnership project with University of Minnesota Extension. The\u00a0presentation was made at the 2016 Annual MDH Statewide Health Improvement Program Meeting in Eagan,\u00a0Minnesota.<\/p>\n
7\/26\/16 “News From the Front: State & Local Regulation of E-Cigarettes \u2013 Legislation and\u00a0Advocacy”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Mark Meaney co-moderated a webinar sponsored by the Tobacco\u00a0Control Legal Consortium at the Public Health Law Center. He presented an update on state and local ecigarette\u00a0regulation to an audience of tobacco control practitioners, government representatives, philanthropic\u00a0leaders, and researchers.<\/p>\n
7\/1\/16 “UpToDate”
\nIn July, Professor Pope was invited to be a legal author for UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision\u00a0support resource which clinicians use to make point-of-care decisions. UpToDate uses a rigorous editorial
\nprocess to synthesize the most recent developments into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are\u00a0proven to improve patient care and quality. More than 1.1 million clinicians in 180 countries and almost 90% of
\nU.S. academic medical centers rely on UpToDate to provide the best care.<\/p>\n
7\/13\/16 “The Mercury News”
\nProfessor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the Mercury News article “Jahi McMath: Court says family can try to\u00a0prove she’s alive.”
\nhttp:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/bay-area-news\/ci_30124280\/jahi-mcmath-family-clears-another-legal-hurdlecivil<\/p>\n
7\/28\/16 “Medical Jurisprudence”
\nOn July 28 and 29, Professor Thaddeus Pope delivered eight lectures on Medical Jurisprudence to 700 medical\u00a0students at Saint Georges University in Grenada, West Indies.<\/p>\n
7\/26\/16 “Setting the Course for Healthier Food Retail: Grocery and Convenience Stores”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Julie Ralston Aoki presented on the significant challenges faced by\u00a0neighborhood grocery and convenience stores in many communities, particularly in rural areas, in successfully
\nproviding the variety of foods needed to support healthy diets, and the lessons learned about moving forward\u00a0with positive, sustainable changes. The presentation was made at the 2016 Annual MDH Statewide Health\u00a0Improvement Program Meeting in Eagan, Minnesota.<\/p>\n
7\/26\/16 “News From the Front: State & Local Regulation of E-Cigarettes \u2013 Legislation and\u00a0Advocacy”
\nPublic Health Law Center staff attorney Susan Weisman co-moderated a webinar sponsored by the Tobacco\u00a0Control Legal Consortium at the Public Health Law Center. She presented on the effect of the FDA\u2019s new
\ndeeming rule on state and local e-cigarette regulation to an audience of tobacco control practitioners,\u00a0government representatives, philanthropic leaders, and researchers.<\/p>\n
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Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments Date range: July 1, 2016 – July 31, 2016 Ayers Lobby, Anna PRESENTATION 7\/21\/16 “Worksites, Breastfeeding, and Your Responsibilities Under the Law” Public Health Law Center policy analyst Anna Ayers Looby co-presented a Center webinar about federal and\u00a0state laws requiring employers to provide nursing … <\/p>\n