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Health and Corporate Law Centers Host Alumni Breakfast
On May 11, 2016, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School and the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law co-hosted an alumni breakfast in New York City on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry.
Professor Gluck Named to NY State Health Task Force
Abbe R. Gluck ’00, Professor of Law, has been appointed to the New York State Department of Health Task Force on Life and the Law.
First Health Law Fellows Receive Tenure-Track Academic Appointments
Kristen Underhill ’11 and Michael Ulrich, fellows working on health law in association with the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, have received academic appointments.
YLS-Cornell Med Collaboration Publishes on Brain Injury Rights
Joseph J. Fins, Michael Ulrich, and students authored an articles published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics entitled “Whither the ‘Improvement Standard’? Coverage for Severe Brain Injury after Jimmo v. Sebelius.
Gregory Curfman appointed as Senior Advisor, Physician-Scholar in Residence
The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy is excited to announce the appointment of a leading voice on health policy, Gregory Curfman, M.D., as Senior Advisor and Physician-Scholar in Residence at the Center, beginning July 1, 2016.
No Contraception? No Equality—A Commentary by Elizabeth Deutsch ’16
Elizabeth Deutsch’s ’16 commentary about the second challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate at the Supreme Court in The New York Times.
Two Solomon Center Visiting Faculty Release New Books
Dr. Joseph J. Fins has published Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness and Dr. Aaron Kesselheim was co-editor, along with Christopher Robertson, of the book Blinding as a Solution to Bias: Strengthening Biomedical Science, Forensic Science, and Law.
Professor Huang Delivers Talk on China’s Healthcare Challenges
Professor Yanzhong Huang delivered a lecture on “China’s Healthcare Challenges” at Yale Law School on March 7, 2016. The event was organized by the China Center and co-sponsored by the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy.
Expert Panelists Discuss Poverty, Health & Food Policy
The Yale Food Law Society, Yale Health Law & Policy Society, and the Solomon Center for Health Law & Policy at Yale Law School hosted a high-profile lineup of panelists and moderators to discuss poverty, health, and food policy in the U.S. on January 27, 2016.
Students Collaborate on Comments to HHS
On November 8, in collaboration with Professors Elizabeth Sepper from the Washington University School of Law and Jessica Roberts from the University of Houston Law Center, Yale Law School students Elizabeth Dervan ’17 and Elizabeth Deutsch ’16 submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on a new provision.