Date range: December 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016<\/p>\n
12\/8\/16 Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
\nPublic\u00a0Health Law Center director Doug Blanke took part in a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), held in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
12\/14\/16 “Legal\u00a0 Considerations for Research on Sugary Drink Taxes\u201d
\nPublic\u00a0Health Law Center director Doug Blanke gave a presentation on the legal considerations for research on sugary drink taxes at an invitational meeting of experts convened by the American Heart Association in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n
12\/6\/16 “Preemption\u201d; \u201cPoint-of-sale Policies\u201d
\nPublic\u00a0Health Law Center senior staff attorney Mike Freiberg and director of tobacco control Maggie Mahoney gave presentations on the topics of preemption and point-of-sale policies at the Southeastern States Tobacco Policy Directors Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/p>\n
12\/14\/16 “Promoting\u00a0Physical Activity through Community Use: Expanding Opportunities in Kansas\u201d<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center senior staff attorney Natasha Frost and policy analyst Leoma Van Dort contributed to a webinar sponsored by the Kansas Department of Health and Education that identified how community use can address health disparities, common barriers related to implementing community use including liability issues, and best practices and risk management strategies for overcoming these barriers.<\/p>\n
12\/6\/16 “Preemption\u201d; \u201cPoint-of-sale Policies\u201d<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center director of tobacco control Maggie Mahoney and senior staff attorney Mike Freiberg gave presentations on the topics of preemption and point-of-sale policies at the Southeastern States Tobacco Policy Directors Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.<\/p>\n
12\/14\/16 “Networking\u00a0for Public Health\u201d<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center senior attorney Mary Marrow gave a presentation focused on how to navigate laws and policies to improve access to healthy food in Minnesota communities. The discussion focused on current food network efforts across the state, and opportunities to connect with other local communities working to improve food access through policy, systems, and environmental change efforts. The meeting was sponsored by Live Healthy, U of M Extension, AgCentric, Health4Life, Central Lakes College, SHIP, and the Initiative Foundation, and was held in Staples, Minn.<\/p>\n
12\/15\/16 “Options\u00a0for Regulating Tobacco Products in Florida\u201d<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center senior attorney Mark Meaney gave a tobacco control presentation on a webinar sponsored by CounterTools for state and local public health officials in Florida.<\/p>\n
12\/1\/16 National\u00a0Standards for the Certification of Patient Decision Aids<\/p>\n
Professor\u00a0 Thaddeus Pope served as one of 21 experts convened by The National Quality Forum (NQF) to evaluate the current state of patient decision aids. In December, the NQF issued a set of national standards for decision aids, which are key resources for improving shared decision making between providers and patients.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.qualityforum.org\/Publications\/2016\/12\/National_Standards_for_the_Certification_of_Patient_Decisi on_Aids.aspx<\/p>\n
12\/9\/16 “Unbefriended\u00a0and Unrepresented: Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates”<\/p>\n
Professor\u00a0Thaddeus Pope gave a presenation at the Minnesota Elder Justice Center in St. Paul.<\/p>\n
12\/21\/16 “Changing\u00a0Legal Status of Brain Death in California”<\/p>\n
Professor\u00a0Thaddeus Pope gave a presentation at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n
12\/14\/16 “Promoting\u00a0Physical Activity through Community Use: Expanding Opportunities in Kansas\u201d<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center policy analyst Leoma Van Dort and senior staff attorney Natasha Frost contributed to a webinar sponsored by the Kansas Department of Health and Education that identified how community use can address health disparities, common barriers related to implementing community use including liability issues, and best practices and risk management strategies for overcoming these barriers.<\/p>\n
12\/16\/16 Advisory\u00a0group meeting of the True Food research study<\/p>\n
Public\u00a0Health Law Center senior attorney Susan Weisman took part in a day-long advisory group meeting of the True Food research study in Minneapolis, Minn. The study is a one-year collaborative project of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota Center for Prevention and the Minneapolis Public Schools that will assess how recent policy changes made to the district\u2019s school food environment is affecting student performance, behavior, and health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law health law faculty on their accomplishments Date range: December 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016 Blanke, Doug INVITATION 12\/8\/16 Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Public\u00a0Health Law Center director Doug Blanke took part in a meeting of the Board of … <\/p>\n