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A color-coded U.S. map with the words "Palliative Care Legislation"

A sample webpage of the The Palliative Care Policy GPS showing palliative care legislation by state. A grant to the Solomon Center will support the GPS project.

Adm. Rachel L. Levine, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, standing at a podium

Adm. Rachel L. Levine, M.D., Assistant U.S. Secretary for Health, addresses the audience at event co-sponsored by the Solomon Center. At right is Jacob Hutt ’24, student organizer of the event.

Khiara Bridges at podium before a projection screen with headlines about Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and other abortion-related court cases.

Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law Khiara M. Bridges delivers a talk for the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy.

An audience seated in a classroom watching to panelists in the room and on screen

An audience listens to speakers on the panel, “Monkeypox: Science, Law and Governance of Pandemics.”

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For young people on Medicare, a hysterectomy sometimes is more affordable than birth control

Solomon Center Interim Executive Director commented on the evolution of Medicare in a 19th News piece on medicare and reproductive health.

As Connecticut expands labor protections, these volunteers educate the most vulnerable workers

James Bhandary-Alexander, MLP Legal Director, and Clinical Lecturer in Law, and Research Scholar comments on labor struggles that affect undocumented domestic workers.

Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel L. Levine discusses LGBTQI+ health at Yale Law School

On February 6th, 2023, the Solomon Center hosted Admiral Rachel Levine for a conversation on gender affirming care and how doctors and lawyers can be catalysts for change in their communities. Abbe Gluck '00, Solomon Center Faculty Director, and Jacob Hutt '24 moderated the discussion.

Responding to pandemic: Yale professors reflect on COVID-19 public service 

Abbe Gluck '00, Solomon Center Faculty Director reflects on her time as Special Counsel to the President and Special Counsel to the White House COVID-19 Response Team.  

Eyewitness News investigation finds alarming issues in Tri-State's adult guardianship system

Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law at the Solomon Center, Nina Kohn, was featured in an expose on adult guardianship in the Tri-State area.  

The future of fertility treatment

Solomon Center Executive Director, Katie Kraschel, was intereviewed in a national news podcast on fertility after the SCOTUS decision overruling Roe. 

The business of clinical trials is booming. Private equity has taken notice

Solomon Center Visiting Professor of Law and Solomon Center Distinguished Visitor, Aaron Kesselheim, was featured in a Fortune piece on private equity involvement in clinical trials.

'This looks like the real deal': are we inching closer to a treatment for Alzheimer's? 

Solomon Center Visiting Professor of Law and Solomon Center Distinguished Visitor, Aaron Kesselheim is referenced his opposition to the accelerated FDA approval of Alzheimer's treatment by Biogen's Aduhelm. 

Fighting for abortion rights and gun reform, CT activists in Ridgefield 'We are not powerless' 

Solomon Center Senior Advisor, Katie Kraschel is covered in an article on both local and national reproductive advocacy in The Ridgefield Press. 

After Roe: The Uncertain Future of fertility treatment

Executive Director of the Solomon Center Katie Kraschel was a guest on NPR's 1A where she discussed the potential impact of state abortion bans on access to fertility treatments

Supreme Court Sides With Doctors Accused of Running Pill Mills

Faculty Director of the Solomon Center Abbe R. Gluck '00 is quoted in the New York Times about a Supreme Court decision that sided with doctors convicted of illegally dispensing drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.

The Supreme Court has sided with doctors in an opioids case. What this means for future cases

Faculty Director of the Solomon Center Abbe R. Gluck '00 was interviewed on KJZZ where she discussed a Supreme Court decision that sided with two doctors convicted of illegally dispensing drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.

Abortion Remains Legal in CT, but Experts Sound Alarm on SCOTUS Decision

Executive Director of the Solomon Center Katie Kraschel spoke to Connecticut NPR about the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade.

Clarence Thomas Signals Same-Sex Marriage and Contraception Rights at Risk After Overturning Roe v. Wade

Executive Director of the Solomon Center Katie Kraschel is quoted in an article in Time about Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could mean for other constitutional rights.

 

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@NinaKohn @seesbhasin @NinaKohn, Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law, published in @ASAging's Generations Today Journal a piece on voting rights of older adults "Voters Live Here: Understanding the Voting Rights and Needs of Long-term Care Residents." (March 2023) https://t.co/pnkwyNNmG1
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@NinaKohn @seesbhasin Former Senior Research Scholar & Gregory Curfman, Senior Advisor & Physician Scholar in Residence, published in Indiana Health Law Review "Gutting Grutter: The Effect of the Loss of Affirmative Action on Diversity Among Physicians" (March 2023) https://t.co/HhMxmeq6QM
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@NinaKohn @NinaKohn, Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law, with Casey Smith, has a forthcoming piece in Boston Law Review on "Defending Voting Rights in Long-Term Care Institutions." (Forthcoming 2023). https://t.co/JTEFA4PReo