The latest newsletter from the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics is now available online. For an archive of past newsletters, please visit the Center’s website.
Month: October 2015
‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast
This week we interviewed Kirk J. Nahra, Partner at Wiley Rein. As his firm website notes, he “was named as the Co-Chair of the Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup, a panel of government and private sector privacy and security experts advising the American Health Information Community (AHIC) on privacy and security issues arising from health information technology,” and has also “been named an expert practitioner by the Guide to the Leading US Healthcare Lawyers, a leading health care lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America directory and one of the leading privacy “hired guns” by Computerworld.” We discussed HITECH, HIPAA, health data outside the HIPAA zone, and the future of health privacy. We also briefly mentioned emerging threats to the US/EU Safe Harbor framework.
The Week in Health Law Podcast from Frank Pasquale and Nicolas Terry is a commuting-length discussion about some of the more thorny issues in Health Law & Policy.
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Show notes and more are at TWIHL.com. If you have comments, an idea for a show or a topic to discuss you can find us on twitter @nicolasterry @FrankPasquale @WeekInHealthLaw
Check out the latest news from the Petrie-Flom Center!
Check out the October 2 edition of the Petrie-Flom Center’s biweekly e-newsletter for the latest on events, affiliate news and scholarship, and job and fellowship opportunities in health law policy and bioethics.
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‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast
This week we discussed Medicare payment policies, the social determinants of health, and changing delivery models with Professor Jessica Lind Mantel, Assistant Professor & Co-Director of the Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. Some of Professor Mantel’s many excellent articles on health law & policy are available here.
The Week in Health Law Podcast from Frank Pasquale and Nicolas Terry is a commuting-length discussion about some of the more thorny issues in Health Law & Policy.
Subscribe at iTunes, listen at Stitcher Radio, Tunein and Podbean, or search for The Week in Health Law in your favorite podcast app.
Show notes and more are at TWIHL.com. If you have comments, an idea for a show or a topic to discuss you can find us on twitter @nicolasterry @FrankPasquale @WeekInHealthLaw
Panel: Is Professional Football Safe? Could We Make It Safer? Perspectives from Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics
Join us for a panel discussion as part of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society!
October 15, 2015 Panel: 5:00 – 6:30 PM, Reception: 6:30 – 7:15 PM
Northwestern University Hughes Auditorium
303 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL
Professional football has come under significant scrutiny in recent years, particularly because of concerns over player health and safety. While concussions are most often discussed, players also face a variety of other health risks, from joint and muscle problems to cardiac malfunction to issues with chronic pain. But health risks are just one part of story. So, too, are the potential short and long-term benefits these exceptional athletes may reap from the game.
Come learn more about the debate, and about The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, which seeks to understand and improve the health and wellbeing of former NFL players. This study looks at the risks and benefits of playing football at the professional level over the life of the player, supports novel discoveries and new therapies, and seeks to improve the systems and organizational structures that may affect player health.
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Student Fellow Alumna Heidi Williams wins MacArthur “Genius Grant”
A big congratulations to Heidi Williams, who was a Student Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center in 2008-2009!
From the MIT News article:
MIT economist Heidi Williams, whose scholarly work looks at the effects of patent policies and technology on medical research and health care, has been granted a 2015 MacArthur Fellowship.
The high-profile annual fellowships, unofficially known as “genius grants,” include an award of $625,000 that is paid over five years and is unrestricted, meaning recipients are allowed to use it as they see fit. There are usually fewer than 25 MacArthur Fellowships awarded each year.
Williams says she is “very humbled and extremely grateful” to be a recipient of the fellowship. Upon being informed of the award by an official with the MacArthur Foundation, she adds, “I was completely speechless.” […]
Read the full article here.
NPRM Symposium: More Resources, Now from OHRP
The Office for Human Research Protections (HHS) has released a series of 6 webinars to help the public better understand the goals and impact of the NPRM. Happy viewing:
- Overview of the NPRM (approx. 34 mins.), Jerry Menikoff, Director, OHRP
- Exclusions and Exemptions (approx. 30 mins.), Jerry Menikoff, Director, OHRP
- Informed Consent (approx. 28 mins.), Jerry Menikoff, Director, OHRP
- IRB Review and Operations (approx. 18 mins.), Julia Gorey, Policy Analyst, Division of Policy and Assurances, OHRP
- Research with Biospecimens (approx. 22 mins.), Julie Kaneshiro, Deputy Director, OHRP
- Secondary Research Use of Data (approx. 21 mins.), Ivor Pritchard, Senior Advisor to the Director, OHRP
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