Diseases of Despair on ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

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In April, 2018 the Northeastern University School of Law held a conference titled “Diseases of Despair: The Role of Policy and Law.” TWIHL was asked to be the event’s podcast partner and we roped in Leo Beletsky, our friend and one of the conference organizers, to act as co-host for two special TWIHL episodes. Professor Beletsky, holds a joint appointment with the Northeastern University School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences. His research examines the use of law to improve health, with a focus on drug policy, reducing the spread of infectious disease, and the role of the criminal justice system in shaping public health outcomes.

For background on Diseases of Despair we recommend:

Rising midlife morbidity and mortality, US whites, Anne Case, Angus Deaton Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2015, 112 (49) 15078-15083
Where Next for Opioids and the Law? Despair, Harm Reduction, Lawsuits, and Regulatory Reform. Scott Burris, JD Public Health Reports Vol 133, Issue 1, pp. 29 – 33 First Published December 13, 2017
Nabarun Dasgupta, Leo Beletsky, Daniel Ciccarone, “Opioid Crisis: No Easy Fix to Its Social and Economic Determinants”, American Journal of Public Health 108, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): pp. 182-186.

We recorded two shows, this first one concentrating on public health aspects. Leo and I were pleased to welcome Peter Jacobson, Professor Emeritus of Health Law and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Dr. Ayana Jordan, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, and Dr. William Martin, Dean and Professor in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University.

TWIHL thanks all the conference attendees and the organizers for their help and a wonderful conference.

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 Apple Podcasts, listen at Stitcher Radio Tunein, or 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.

Nicolas P. Terry

Nicolas Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law at Indiana University McKinney School of Law where he serves as the Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health and teaches various healthcare and health policy courses. His recent scholarship has dealt with health privacy, mobile health, the Internet of Things, Big Data, AI, and the opioid overdose epidemic. He serves on IU’s Grand Challenges Scientific Leadership Team, working on the addictions crisis and is the PI on addictions law and policy Grand Challenge grants. His podcast is at TWIHL.com, and he is @nicolasterry on Twitter.