Date range: May 1, 2018\u2013 May 31, 2018<\/p>\n
Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center was featured on National Public Radio\u2019s Morning Edition, about Philadelphia\u2019s tax on soda and sugary drinks, and the Public Health Law Center\u2019s amicus brief supporting the tax in a case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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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.<\/p>\n
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Kerry Cork of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cReducing Tobacco Use in Homeless Shelters\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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Mike Freiberg of the Public Health Law Center participated in a roundtable discussion, \u201cPolicies to Address Commercial Tobacco Use\u201d with Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson at the National Indian Health Board\u2019s 2018 National Tribal Public Health Summit in Prior Lake, Minnesota.<\/p>\n
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Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cHealth Equity in Child Care: A Policy and Systems Approach\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Natasha Frost of the Public Health Law Center moderated \u201cPathways: Improving Quality of Life in Kansas,\u201d a session at the Kansas for State Wellness Symposium, in Salina, Kansas, about local-level community work to improve community health across Kansas.<\/p>\n
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Professor Jonathan Kahn presents \u201cRace on the Brain: Behavioral Realism and its Technical Fix for Racism\u201d at the 6th Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies and Science Conference held at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O\u2019Connor College of Law in Phoenix.<\/p>\n
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Amanda Karls and Ryan Lee of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cDesigning Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cInnovative City Food Policy to Advance Health Equity from around the Country\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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Ryan Lee and Amanda Karls of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cDesigning Innovative Local Food Policy Solutions to Advance Health Equity\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Ryan Lee of the of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cData Driven Policymaking\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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Ryan Lee of the of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cBuilding Healthier Food Systems\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cFinding Your Way While Lost in Local Planning\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center co-facilitated and presented \u201cCommunity Decision Making for Economic & Health Well-Being\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Mary Marrow of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cMixing It Up: Building Partnerships and Engaging Communities to Meet the Challenge of Promoting Healthy, Walkable Communities for All in Central Minnesota\u201d 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<\/p>\n
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Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center gave a plenary talk–\u201cToking, Smoking, and Public Health: Lessons from Tobacco Control for Public Health\u201d–at the Public Health Marijuana Summit in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n
Mark Meaney of the Public Health Law Center moderated a Center-hosted webinar–\u201cThe First Amendment and Commercial Speech\u2014Hazardous to Public Health?\u201d–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.<\/p>\n
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Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 2018 Medical Ethics Advisor article, “Controversy Persists as States, Courts \u2018Question, Push Back, and Challenge\u2019 Brain Death Criteria.” 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.” Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 9 Philadelphia Inquirer story, “CHOP Physicians Testify in Court that N.J. Boy is Brain-Dead.”<\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’s article “Law and Ethics in Oncology: Decision Aids Reflect Patients\u2019 Values and Preferences for Care. So Why Aren\u2019t More Oncologists Using Them?” was published in the ASCO POST on May 10, 2018. Professor Thaddeus Pope was interviewed in the NBC10 (Philadelphia) news story, “Expert Says More Testing Needed Before Boy Removed from Life Support.” 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.” Professor Thaddeus Pope was the featured guest on episode 139–“Treating Corpses”–of The Week in Health Law podcast. 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).<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.” Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 20 Daily Democract (California) article, “Right-to-die Battle Leaves Terminally Ill in Limbo.” Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted in the May 23 National Catholic Register article, “The US \u2018Futile-Care\u2019 Debate: How Are Cases Like Alfie Evans\u2019 Handled Here?” 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.” 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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 <\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center presented \u201cDrafting Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Public Health\u201dwith Stacy Hammer of the Lower Sioux Health Care Center and Melanie Plucinski of the American Indian Cancer Foundation at the National Indian Health Board\u2019s 2018 National Tribal Public Health Summit in Prior Lake, Minnesota.<\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Law Center presented on a Center-hosted webinar–\u201cThe First Amendment and Commercial Speech\u2014Hazardous to Public Health?\u201d–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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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\u2019s Cultural and Ethnic Leadership Council. The panel was moderated by Julie Ralston Aoki of the Public Health Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: May 1, 2018\u2013 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\u2019s Morning Edition, about Philadelphia\u2019s tax on soda and sugary drinks, and the … <\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.ahcmedia.com\/articles\/142571-controversy-persists-as-states-courts-question-push-back-and-challe<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/4\/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/health\/chop-life-support-brain-dead-boy-20180504.html<\/a><\/p>\nMEDIA: 5\/9\/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 5\/10\/2018 ASCO Post<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.ascopost.com\/issues\/may-10-2018\/decision-aids-reflect-patients-values-and-preferences-for-care\/<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/11\/2018 NBC10 News<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/Mothers-Life-Support-Fight_Philadelphia-482414411.html<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/11\/2018 Fox29 News<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/south-jersey-mom-continues-to-fights-for-her-son-after-doctors-declare-him-brain-<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/14\/2018 The Week in Health Law Podcast<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/twihl.podbean.com\/e\/139-treating-corpses-guest-thad-pope\/<\/a><\/p>\n\nOTHER: 5\/15\/2018 Expert Witness<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 5\/15\/2018 JAMA Internal Medicine<\/h4>\n
\nMEDIA: 5\/17\/2018 KVCR Interview<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/kvcrnews.org\/post\/why-riverside-county-judge-ruled-californias-aid-dying-law-invalid<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/20\/2018 Daily Democrat<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.dailydemocrat.com\/health\/20180520\/right-to-die-battle-leaves-terminally-ill-in-limbo<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/23\/2018 National Catholic Register<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/daily-news\/the-us-futile-care-debate-how-are-cases-like-alfie-evans-handled-here<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/24\/2018 Philadelphia Inquirer<\/h4>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.philly.com\/archive\/tom_avril\/chop-areen-brain-death-jayden-life-support-20180524.html<\/a><\/p>\n\nMEDIA: 5\/28\/2018 Wall Street Journal<\/h4>\n
Pottratz Acosta, Ana<\/h3>\n
MEDIA: 5\/2\/2018 MPR Story<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2018\/05\/02\/law-clinics-guide-patients-through-health-care-red-tape<\/a><\/p>\nRalston Aoki, Julie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 5\/24\/2018 \u201cDrafting Tribal Laws and Policies to Promote Public Health\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 5\/31\/2018 \u201cThe First Amendment and Commercial Speech\u2014Hazardous to Public Health?”<\/h4>\n
Weisman, Susan<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 5\/2\/2018 \u201cBuilding Equity into Governance\u201d<\/h4>\n