Date range: February 1, 2019\u2013 February 28, 2019<\/p>\n
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Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center was quoted in the story \u201cHealth advocates worry about surprise court opinion on SF\u2019s sugary drinks law\u201d in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Public Health Law Center had filed an amicus brief in the case on behalf of the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association and seven other health organizations.<\/p>\n
Doug Blanke, of the Public Health Law Center, was quoted in the story \u201cMinnesota asks Big Tobacco firms: Where’s the money?\u201d in the Star Tribune. Blanke was part of the team involved in the State\u2019s litigation in the 1990s. <\/p>\n Mike Freiberg, of the Public Health Law Center, was the keynote speaker at the Tobacco-Free Workplace Summit organized by the Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade Tobacco-Free Workgroup, in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Laura Hermer gave an invited presentation entitled \u201cEmployment Is the New Health in Tennessee\u201d at Belmont University College of Law\u2019s Health Law Symposium on Whole Health: A Community Approach to Healthcare, in Nashville, TN. www.belmont.edu\/law\/events.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Eric Janus moderated a panel discussion during the Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice 2019 Symposium: “Residency Restrictions: Wise or Unwise?” The event’s description was “Successfully reintegrating individuals who have been convicted of sexual offenses into our communities”<\/p>\n Desmond Jenson, of the Public Health Law Center, was quoted in the story \u201cDeadly vape explosion highlights safety gaps\u201d in The Verge. <\/p>\n Joelle Lester, of the Public Health Law Center, took part in an meeting of the Community Advisory Board for ASPiRE (Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment) to explore using science and law to advance tobacco retail practice. Joelle presented on broad types of retail policies, preemption and its impact on effective retail policy, and how local policy fits with federal regulation of tobacco products. The meeting was hosted by Joelle Lester, of the Public Health Law Center, was quoted in the story \u201cGOP Lawmakers Seek Ban on ECigarette <\/p>\n Mark Meaney, of the Public Health Law Center, was quoted in the story \u201cVermont House passes 92-percent ecigarette tax\u201d by the Associate Press. Mark Meaney, of the Public Health Law Center, presented at the CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) 29th Annual National Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C. on the topic \u201cJuul in School Ain\u2019t Cool: Policy Options for Regulating E-Cigarettes.”<\/p>\n Mark Meaney, of the Public Health Law Center, gave the keynote presentation at Tobacco 21 in Kansas: Local Efforts to Regulate the Age of Smokers and Vapers in Topeka, Kansas. His presentation was titled \u201cPractical and Policy Consideration for T21 Laws.” The Kansas Health Institute sponsored the event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope was quoted by Stacey Kusterbeck for her article, “Ethical Responses if Surrogate Is Unfit for Role.” Professor Thaddeus Pope was a member of a panel on the topic of “The Ethics of Dying: A Panel Discussion on End-of-Life Care,” University of Minnesota Student Committee on Bioethics, Minneapolis, Minnesota Other panel members included Dr. Edward Ratner, MD and Joan Liaschenko, PhD, RN https:\/\/www.chip.umn.edu\/news-events\/ethics-dying-panel-discussion-end-life-care<\/a><\/p>\n Professor Thaddeus Pope’ book proposal, “Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: What Everyone Needs to Know,” was accepted by Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki, of the Public Health Law Center, co-presented with Jackie Dionne, Director of American Indian Health\/Tribal Liaison, Minnesota Department of Health, to the State Community Health Services Advisory Committee on the topic of \u201cTribal Sovereignty and Public Health\u201d at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, MN.<\/p>\n Julie Ralston Aoki, of the Public Health Law Center, participated in the kick-off meeting for the Food Guidelines Advisory Group for the Minnesota Department of Health in St. Paul, MN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: February 1, 2019\u2013 February 28, 2019 Blanke, Doug MEDIA: 2\/8\/2019 Quoted in story regarding San Francisco’s sugary drink’s law Doug Blanke of the Public Health Law Center was quoted in the story \u201cHealth advocates worry about surprise court … <\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.startribune.com\/minnesota-asks-big-tobacco-firms-where-s-the-money\/505970972\/<\/a><\/p>\nFreiberg, Mike<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 2\/22\/2019 \u201cBest Practices Presentation\u201d<\/h4>\n
Hermer, Laura<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 2\/8\/2019 Presentation at Belmont University College of Law\u2019s Health Law Symposium on Whole Health: A Community Approach to Healthcare<\/h4>\n
Janus, Eric<\/h3>\n
PANEL: 2\/28\/2019 MH Law Journal of Public Policy & Practice 2019 Symposium<\/h4>\n
\nJenson, Desmond<\/h3>\n
MEDIA: 2\/5\/2019 quoted in ardicle on vape safety gaps<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/2\/5\/18212603\/deadly-vape-explosion-highlights-safety-gaps<\/a><\/p>\nLester, Joelle<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 2\/5\/2019 Presented on a variety of retail policies regarding tobacco.<\/h4>\n
\nWashington University in Saint Louis.<\/p>\nMEDIA: 2\/27\/2019 Quoted in NJ Spotlight article on e-cigarettes and minors<\/h4>\n
\nPossession by Minors\u201d by the NJ Spotlight.
\nhttps:\/\/www.njspotlight.com\/stories\/19\/02\/26\/gop-lawmakers-seek-ban-on-e-cigarette- possession-by-minors\/<\/p>\nMeaney, Mark<\/h3>\n
MEDIA: 2\/1\/2019 quoted in article about VT’s e-cigarette tax<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.apnews.com\/6464820cc4bb46d9bb5c0197c43b37dc<\/a><\/p>\n\nPRESENTATION: 2\/7\/2019 presented at a National Leadership Forum on e-cigarett regulation<\/h4>\n
\nPRESENTATION: 2\/27\/2019 Keynote presentation at the Tobacco 21 in Kansas event<\/h4>\n
Pope, Thaddeus<\/h3>\n
MEDIA: 2\/1\/2019 Interviewed for Medical Ethics Advisor article<\/h4>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.reliasmedia.com\/articles\/143920-ethical-responses-if-surrogate-is-unfit-for-role<\/a><\/p>\n\nPANEL: 2\/21\/2019 “The Ethics of Dying: A Panel Discussion on End-of-Life Care”<\/h4>\n
\nPUBLICATION: 2\/28\/2019 Book proposal accepted by Oxford University Press<\/h4>\n
Ralston Aoki, Julie<\/h3>\n
PRESENTATION: 2\/22\/2019 Presentation on \u201cTribal Sovereignty and Public Health\u201d<\/h4>\n
\nINVITATION: 2\/25\/2019 Participated in the initial meeting of the Food Guidelines Advisory Group<\/h4>\n