Using Law, Policy, And Research To Improve The Public’s Health: A National Conference (9:00 am)

Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public’s Health: A National Conference will take place September 13-15, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. This conference is sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME), the Public Health Law Association (PHLA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and generously funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

To register now, please visit ASLME’s website at: http://www.aslme.org/PHL2010-online-registration

Conference Goals: The goals of this national conference are to (1) examine the role of law and policy in promoting, protecting, and improving global and domestic public health; and (2) help build effective partnerships to accomplish public health law and policy objectives.

Content: In addition to plenary and training sessions, an array of concurrent sessions during the conference are designed to address the major themes in communicable and chronic disease prevention and control (including lessons learned from H1N1 influenza); global, national, tribal, state, and local health law and policy; research in public health law and policy, relationships among public and private partners, and critical, emerging issues in public health law, policy, and ethics.

Who Should Attend?: This conference is intended for international, national, state, tribal, and local individuals who are:

• Elected and appointed officials involved in creating or enforcing international or domestic public health laws;
• Public health practitioners and legal counsel in the public sector;
• Lawyers in the private sector who represent health care providers, health advocacy organizations, or other clients that have a significant interest in the public’s health;
• Physicians, nurses, and other health care workers in public health and clinical practices;
• Judges, clerks, and their staffs active in public health and health care issues;
• Scholars, educators, researchers, and students with focus areas in health care, public health science or practice, or public health law, ethics, or policy; and
• Anyone interested in the use of law as a tool for improving the public’s health.
• For more information about the conference, including a current agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Contact Info : For more information about the conference, including a current Agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at kjohnson@aslme.org. Email : kjohnson@aslme.org Url: http://www.aslme.org/Calendar

Using Law, Policy, And Research To Improve The Public’s Health: A National Conference (9:00 am)

Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public’s Health: A National Conference will take place September 13-15, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. This conference is sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME), the Public Health Law Association (PHLA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and generously funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

To register now, please visit ASLME’s website at: http://www.aslme.org/PHL2010-online-registration

Conference Goals: The goals of this national conference are to (1) examine the role of law and policy in promoting, protecting, and improving global and domestic public health; and (2) help build effective partnerships to accomplish public health law and policy objectives.

Content: In addition to plenary and training sessions, an array of concurrent sessions during the conference are designed to address the major themes in communicable and chronic disease prevention and control (including lessons learned from H1N1 influenza); global, national, tribal, state, and local health law and policy; research in public health law and policy, relationships among public and private partners, and critical, emerging issues in public health law, policy, and ethics.

Who Should Attend?: This conference is intended for international, national, state, tribal, and local individuals who are:

• Elected and appointed officials involved in creating or enforcing international or domestic public health laws;
• Public health practitioners and legal counsel in the public sector;
• Lawyers in the private sector who represent health care providers, health advocacy organizations, or other clients that have a significant interest in the public’s health;
• Physicians, nurses, and other health care workers in public health and clinical practices;
• Judges, clerks, and their staffs active in public health and health care issues;
• Scholars, educators, researchers, and students with focus areas in health care, public health science or practice, or public health law, ethics, or policy; and
• Anyone interested in the use of law as a tool for improving the public’s health.
• For more information about the conference, including a current agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Contact Info : For more information about the conference, including a current Agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at kjohnson@aslme.org. Email : kjohnson@aslme.org Url: http://www.aslme.org/Calendar

Using Law, Policy, And Research To Improve The Public’s Health: A National Conference (9:00 am)

Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public’s Health: A National Conference will take place September 13-15, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. This conference is sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME), the Public Health Law Association (PHLA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and generously funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

 

To register now, please visit ASLME’s website at: http://www.aslme.org/PHL2010-online-registration

Conference Goals: The goals of this national conference are to (1) examine the role of law and policy in promoting, protecting, and improving global and domestic public health; and (2) help build effective partnerships to accomplish public health law and policy objectives.

Content: In addition to plenary and training sessions, an array of concurrent sessions during the conference are designed to address the major themes in communicable and chronic disease prevention and control (including lessons learned from H1N1 influenza); global, national, tribal, state, and local health law and policy; research in public health law and policy, relationships among public and private partners, and critical, emerging issues in public health law, policy, and ethics.

Who Should Attend?: This conference is intended for international, national, state, tribal, and local individuals who are:

• Elected and appointed officials involved in creating or enforcing international or domestic public health laws;
• Public health practitioners and legal counsel in the public sector;
• Lawyers in the private sector who represent health care providers, health advocacy organizations, or other clients that have a significant interest in the public’s health;
• Physicians, nurses, and other health care workers in public health and clinical practices;
• Judges, clerks, and their staffs active in public health and health care issues;
• Scholars, educators, researchers, and students with focus areas in health care, public health science or practice, or public health law, ethics, or policy; and
• Anyone interested in the use of law as a tool for improving the public’s health.
• For more information about the conference, including a current agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Contact Info : For more information about the conference, including a current Agenda, or to register please visit http://www.aslme.org/Calendar or email Katie Johnson, Conference Director at ASLME at kjohnson@aslme.org. Email : kjohnson@aslme.org Url: http://www.aslme.org/Calendar

The Role Of Patient And Professional Organizations For EU Health Governance (9:00 am)

Second Workshop Announcement & Call for Papers

 

 

The 7FP ‘Science in Society’ HealthGov Project announces organization of a workshop on The Role of Patient and Professional Organizations for EU Health Governance.

 

Brussels, 21 & 22 September 2010

Library, Austrian Mission to EU

Avenue de Cortenbergh 20, B-1040 Brussels

 

Advances in medical science and technology such as genetics, biotechnology and nanotechnology, are promising the alleviation of suffering among chronic disease patients, the treatment of widespread diseases and the containment of rare conditions. At the same time they raise ethical questions and challenge patient-centred approaches to care and the role of patients in medical research. This workshop will explore and discuss variations in knowledge production and governance frameworks within health care and medical research across EU countries. Papers addressing the following topics are especially welcome:

 

·         The role of different interest organizations such as the medical profession, scientific associations, the pharmaceutical industry and patient organizations in debates on health care and medical knowledge

 

·         Impact of regulations on medical research practice and cross-national differences

 

·         Meaning and practice of informed consent in medical research and clinical trials

 

·         Changing public representations of health and medical knowledge

 

·         The role of citizen and/or patient participation in medical research

 

Theoretical as well as empirical papers are welcome. Papers that address the status and implications of new technologies in genetics, neurology and neuro-imaging, computer implants and new pharmaceutics are encouraged – as well as papers elaborated from different disciplinary backgrounds (sociology, anthropology, political science, law, social work and medical science).

Invited speakers include inter alia Stuart Blume (Author of ‘The Cochlear Ear’, University of Amsterdam), Nina Hallowell (Public Health, University of Edinburgh), Kim Wever (Dutch Genetic Alliance & PatientPartner Project) and Vololona Rabeharisoa & Madeleine Akrich (EOPKS Project)

 

The workshop is intentionally designed to be small (20 participants) in order to facilitate in-depth discussion and networking. It will comprise two round-table discussions and three sessions of presentations of original research or policy work. Participants will be expected to submit a 2-4 page paper outline in advance of the workshop and a full 6,000 words paper thereafter. Publication is planned.

 

Deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words): 15th May 2010. Please reply to Liana Giorgi at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Participation at the workshop is free of charge but participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. Lunch and dinner are complementary. Financial assistance for covering travel or accommodation costs is available on a limited basis.

Contact Info : Please reply to Liana Giorgi at l.giorgi@iccr-international.org Url: http://www.healthgovmatters.eu

The Role Of Patient And Professional Organizations For EU Health Governance (9:00 am)

Second Workshop Announcement & Call for Papers

 

 

The 7FP ‘Science in Society’ HealthGov Project announces organization of a workshop on The Role of Patient and Professional Organizations for EU Health Governance.

 

Brussels, 21 & 22 September 2010

Library, Austrian Mission to EU

Avenue de Cortenbergh 20, B-1040 Brussels

 

Advances in medical science and technology such as genetics, biotechnology and nanotechnology, are promising the alleviation of suffering among chronic disease patients, the treatment of widespread diseases and the containment of rare conditions. At the same time they raise ethical questions and challenge patient-centred approaches to care and the role of patients in medical research. This workshop will explore and discuss variations in knowledge production and governance frameworks within health care and medical research across EU countries. Papers addressing the following topics are especially welcome:

 

·         The role of different interest organizations such as the medical profession, scientific associations, the pharmaceutical industry and patient organizations in debates on health care and medical knowledge

 

·         Impact of regulations on medical research practice and cross-national differences

 

·         Meaning and practice of informed consent in medical research and clinical trials

 

·         Changing public representations of health and medical knowledge

 

·         The role of citizen and/or patient participation in medical research

 

Theoretical as well as empirical papers are welcome. Papers that address the status and implications of new technologies in genetics, neurology and neuro-imaging, computer implants and new pharmaceutics are encouraged – as well as papers elaborated from different disciplinary backgrounds (sociology, anthropology, political science, law, social work and medical science).

Invited speakers include inter alia Stuart Blume (Author of ‘The Cochlear Ear’, University of Amsterdam), Nina Hallowell (Public Health, University of Edinburgh), Kim Wever (Dutch Genetic Alliance & PatientPartner Project) and Vololona Rabeharisoa & Madeleine Akrich (EOPKS Project)

 

The workshop is intentionally designed to be small (20 participants) in order to facilitate in-depth discussion and networking. It will comprise two round-table discussions and three sessions of presentations of original research or policy work. Participants will be expected to submit a 2-4 page paper outline in advance of the workshop and a full 6,000 words paper thereafter. Publication is planned.

 

Deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words): 15th May 2010. Please reply to Liana Giorgi at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Participation at the workshop is free of charge but participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. Lunch and dinner are complementary. Financial assistance for covering travel or accommodation costs is available on a limited basis.

Contact Info : Please reply to Liana Giorgi at l.giorgi@iccr-international.org Url: http://www.healthgovmatters.eu