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Centers Host Alumni Breakfast on Innovative Approaches to Financing Pharmaceutical R&D
On November 8, 2018, the Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School cohosted a special Craig Wasserman ’86/Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Alumni Breakfast program in New York City exploring “Law, Finance, and Innovation in Pharmaceutical R&D.”
Dr. Joseph J. Fins Wins National Award for Contributions to Humanism in Medicine
Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Medicine, Bioethics, and the Law Dr. Joseph J. Fins has been selected by the American College of Physicians as the winner of the 2019 Nicholas B. Davis Memorial Scholar Award.
Solomon Center and ISP Cohost Health Law and Technology Conference
On November 2, 2018, the Information Society Project (ISP) and the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School cohosted a cutting-edge interdisciplinary roundtable exploring “The Law and Policy of AI, Robotics, and Telemedicine in Health Care.”
Solomon Center Senior Fellow Emily A. Benfer Wins National Award for Advocacy in Public Health
Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy 2017–2018 Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emily A. Benfer has been awarded the American Public Health Association’s 2018 David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health. The APHA grants the award annually to “an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to public health through science-based advocacy [and] whose accomplishments have advanced prevention through policy change.” The APHA selected Benfer for this year’s award in recognition of her work to “prevent lead poisoning in children, particularly those who live in...
Panelists Discuss Impact of Decision on Professional Speech and Reproductive Health
On October 15, 2018, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice within the Information Society Project, the Global Health Justice Partnership, and a number of student groups co-hosted a panel discussion titled “Pregnancy, Power, and Professional Speech: NIFLA v. Becerra.”
Solomon Center Hosts Documentary Screening and Interdisciplinary Student Mixer
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy hosted a public screening of the film “To Err is Human: A Patient Safety Documentary” including a discussion with the director and producer, Mike Eisenberg.