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Michelle M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D., a member of the Public Health Law Research national advisory committee, has published, with Jonathan P. Winickoff, M.D., M.P.H. and Mark Gottlieb, J.D., a commentary in the...
Gene W. Matthews, J.D., North Carolina Institute for Public Health, and Edward L. Baker, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina, have written a commentary on “...
In "Measuring Law for Evaluation Research," published in the June 2010 edition of Evaluation Review, Charles Tremper, Sue Thomas and Alexander C. Wagenaar provide researchers with a practical how-to guide in applying the scientific method to...
Scott Burris, professor of law at Temple University and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Public Health Law Research Center, and Evan Anderson, senior legal fellow at PHLR, explore the unique challenges of the new field of public health...
Public health experts, legal scholars and policy makers are increasingly recognizing that laws can keep people safe and healthy; for example, by encouraging the use of seat belts and by keeping the environment safe from toxins. This growing...
This month's Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Health Policy Podcast guest is Aaron Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., a patent attorney, general internist and health services researcher from Harvard Medical School...
Should the government produce information on, say, climate, employment rates, or drug safety? If so, should it make that information freely available? PHLR NAC member Anup Malani asks.
Or, should it charge for access or perhaps allow...
Public health law research is the scientific study of the relation of law and legal practices to population health. PHSSR investigates system-level properties and outcomes that result from the dynamic interactions among various components of the...
The Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship workshop is for law school faculty interested in learning about empirical research. Leading...
PHLR national advisory committee member Wendy E. Parmet J.D., surveys the field of law and vaccination, and concludes, "Laws can help encourage vaccine production; they can also penalize people who reject vaccines. The more difficult task is to...
Conference and Webinar Calendar
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08/16/2010 (All day) - 08/20/2010 (All day)
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09/13/2010 (All day) - 09/15/2010 (All day)
