Date range: April 1, 2018\u2013 April 30, 2018<\/p>\n
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in a meeting of the Strategic Advisory Committee of Voices for Healthy Kids, the American Heart Association\u2019s children\u2019s health initiative, in Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
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Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center presented at the Child Care Aware of America: 2018 Symposium in Washington D.C. regarding child care access as a health equity issue, and the impacts that child care settings have on a child and family\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center contributed to \u201cChildcare Providers\u2019 Possession or Use of Marijuana, Tobacco, or Alcohol While Caring for Children: A Comparison of US State Regulations,\u201d which was published in the American Journal of Public Health. Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center presented at the RWJF Healthy Eating Research 12th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., focused on research tools around licensing laws in early care and education.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Natalie Hemmerich and Mike Freiberg of the Public Health Law Center gave a presentation via webinar to a group of public health advocates working throughout the state of Kansas. Professor Laura Hermer’s op-ed piece “Counterpoint: Sponsors of Medical Assistance Work Requirement Bill in Minnesota Twist Its Impact” was published in the Star Tribune on April 2, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sponsors-of-medical-assistance-work-requirement-bill-in-minnesota-twist-its-impact<\/a><\/p>\n Professor Laura Hermer presented “Independence Is the New Health” at the St. Louis University School of Law\u2019s 30th Annual Health Law Symposium, in St. Louis, Missouri on April 6, 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Desmond Jenson of the Public Health Law Center was quoted in the article \u201cFDA Takes Step Toward Nonaddictive Cigarettes,\u201d published online in HowStuffWorks. Professor Jonathan Kahn’s opinion piece \u201cViewing Racism as a Biology Problem Totally Ignores the Real Forces Driving It.\u201d was Published by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism on April 17, 2018. https:\/\/www.centerforhealthjournalism.org\/2018\/04\/03\/treating-racism-biology-problem-totally-ignores-real-forc<\/p>\n Professor Jonathan Kahn’s opinion piece “Starbucks incident: It wasn’t implicit bias. It was racism\u201d was published in the Star Tribune on April 23, 2018.\u00a0http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/starbucks-incident-it-wasn-t-implicit-bias-it-was-racism\/480613421\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joelle Lester of the Public Health Law Center delivered the opening keynote presentation at the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth\u2019s Reduce Tobacco Use Conference in Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Right to Die? The Bioethical and Legal Issues in End of Life Care” to the American Constitutional Society at the University of Minnesota Law School on April 3, 2018.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “How to Respond to a Patient\u2019s Discriminatory Request for a Different Clinician” was published in the ASCO Post (April 10, 2018).<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Brain Death and the Law: Hard Cases and Legal Challenges” at the Defining Death: Organ Transplantation and the 50-Year Legacy of the Harvard Report on Brain Death Conference at Harvard Medical School held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 11-13, 2018.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “Legal History of Medical Aid in Dying: Physician Assisted Death in U.S. Courts and Legislatures” was published in volume 48 of the New Mexico Law Review.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the article “A Legal Quirk Means You Can Be Dead in New York but Alive in New Jersey” written by Olivia Goldhill and published on Quartz (qz.com) on April 18, 2018. <\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Washington State Experience: The Development and Certification of Decision Aids to Promote Shared Decision Making for Patients with Serious Illness” at Harvard Law School on April 18, 2018.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope presented “Next Steps: Moving from Science and Policy to Practice: The Development and Certification of Decision Aids to Promote Shared Decision Making for Patients with Serious Illness” at Harvard Law School on April 18, 2018.<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the article “What We Can Learn from the Heartbreaking Alfie Evans Case \u2014 and What We Can\u2019t” written by Dylan Scott and published on vox.com on April 27, 2018. <\/p>\n The Public Health Law Center filed a brief as amicus curiae in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in support of Philadelphia\u2019s tax on sugary beverages. The Center\u2019s brief was joined by the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Medical Association, and twelve other leading health organizations.<\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center presented on the Voices for Healthy Kids National Research Collaboration Call about the impact of state preemption laws on healthy food policy development, including a case study of the federal menu labeling law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: April 1, 2018\u2013 April 30, 2018 Blanke, Doug INVITATION: 4\/3\/2018 Strategic Advisory Committee of Voices for Healthy Kids Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center took part in a meeting of the Strategic Advisory Committee of Voices for … <\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/ajph.aphapublications.org\/doi\/abs\/10.2105\/AJPH.2018.304351<\/a><\/p>\n\nPRESENTATION: 4\/26\/2018 \u201cLicensing Laws Supporting Healthy Feeding and Active Play for Infants and Toddlers inEarly Care and Education\u201d<\/h4>\n
Hemmerich, Natalie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 4\/16\/2018 “Heated Cigarettes”<\/h4>\n
\nHermer, Laura<\/p>\n\nPUBLICATION: 4\/2\/2018 Star Tribune<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 4\/6\/2018 “Independence Is the New Health”<\/h4>\n
Jenson, Desmond<\/h3>\n
MEDIA: 4\/3\/2018 HowStuffWorks<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/health.howstuffworks.com\/wellness\/smoking-cessation\/fda-takes-step-toward-non-addictive-cigarettes.ht<\/a><\/p>\n\nKahn, Jonathan<\/h3>\n
PUBLICATION: 4\/17\/2018 Center for Health Journalism<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 4\/23\/2018 Star Tribune<\/h4>\n
Lester, Joelle<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 4\/9\/2018 \u201cThe State of Tobacco Control Law and Policy\u201d<\/h4>\n
Pope, Thaddeus<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 4\/3\/2018 “Right to Die? The Bioethical and Legal Issues in End of Life Care”<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 4\/10\/2018 ASCO Post<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 4\/11\/2018 “Brain Death and the Law: Hard Cases and Legal Challenge”<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 4\/15\/2018 New Mexico Law Review<\/h4>\n
\nMEDIA: 4\/18\/2018 Quartz (qz.com)<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/qz.com\/1253987\/a-legal-quirk-means-you-can-be-dead-in-new-york-but-alive-in-new-jersey\/<\/a><\/p>\nPRESENTATION: 4\/18\/2018 “Washington State Experience: The Development and Certification of Decision Aids to Promote Shared Decision Making for Patients with Serious Illness”<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 4\/18\/2018 “Next Steps: Moving from Science and Policy to Practice: The Development and Certification of Decision Aids to Promote Shared Decision Making for Patients with Serious Illness”<\/h4>\n
\nMEDIA: 4\/27\/2018 vox.com<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/4\/27\/17292478\/alfie-evans-case-learn<\/a><\/p>\nPublic Health Law Center,<\/h3>\n
AMICUS BRIEF: 4\/13\/2018 Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania<\/h4>\n
\nRalston Aoki, Julie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 4\/12\/2018 \u201cThe Impact of State Preemption Laws on Healthy Food Policy Development\u201d<\/h4>\n