Session Materials of 4th Annual Public Health and the Law Conference

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Session Materials The materials included here make up the conference syllabus and are intended to act as a lasting educational tool in which conference participants may access during and after the conference. These program materials are intended to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor.
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Monday: June 13, 2005
Plenary Session:
Welcome F.E. Thompson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Chief, Office of Public Health Practice, CDC Annual Gene Matthews Public Health Law Lecture Keynote Address: "Public Health for the Public Good" Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Speaker Bio
Concurrent Sessions A:
Domestic Violence in the Adult Years Plenary Session Alcohol-Impaired Drivers: Reducing the Danger for Children Plenary Session Public Health Emergency Law Plenary Session Legal Tools for Cancer Prevention and Control Plenary Session Public Health Ethics in Action: Flu Vaccine & Drug Allocation Strategies Plenary Session
Tuesday: June 14, 2005
Plenary Session:
Keynote Address: "Working Towards A Better State of Health" Hon. Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas Speaker Bio
Concurrent Sessions B:
Childhood Immunization: Exemptions and Vaccine Safety Plenary Session What Should Be the Scope of Practice for Public Health Professionals and Volunteers? Plenary Session Quarantine Laws and Public Health Realities Plenary Session Mandatory reporting of hospital infections: Steps for Success Plenary Session Post-SARS Public Health Law Developments in Canada Plenary Session
Plenary Session:
Introduction Benjamin W. Moulton, J.D., M.P.H., Executive Director, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Address: "Jacobson v. Massachusetts and the Maturation of Public Health Law," Wendy Parmet, JD, Professor of Law, Northeastern University
Plenary Session:
Introduction Richard A. Goodman, M.D., J.D., Co-Director, Public Health Law Program, CDC Address: "Jacobson v. Massachusetts: Alternate Perspectives in 2005" This session examined the government's authority to protect and promote the public's health as discussed in the U.S. Supreme Court's 1905 seminal decision, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, through an exploration of the scope and limits of the state's public health powers, including vaccination. The principal speakers presented different perspectives on Jacobson, reflecting on the tension between government powers and individual rights in relation to the formulation of sound public health law and policy. Following the principal speakers, panel members offered brief comments on these and other relevant issues underlying the centennial assessment of the case. Faculty: Charity Scott, J.D., Professor of Law, Georgia State University; James Hodge, Jr., J.D., LLM, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Executive Director, Center for Law & the Public's Health; David E. Nahmias, J.D., U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia; Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D., State Epidemiologist, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Clifford Rees, J.D., General Counsel, New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration
Concurrent Sessions C:
Preventing Sexual Exploitation of Children and Teens Plenary Session Reducing the Risk of Drugs in Schools: Medical Management and Illegal Use Plenary Session Community and Interjurisdictional Legal Preparedness Plenary Session Science and Public Health Policy Makers Plenary Session Migration, Law, and the Public's Health Plenary Session
Wednesday: June 15, 2005
Concurrent Sessions D:
The Early Years: Enforcement of Lead Hazard Remediation to Protect Childhood Development Plenary Session Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Using the Law To Improve the Public's Health Plenary Session The Private Bar: A Force for Public Health Plenary Session Legal Frameworks for Preventing Chronic Disease Plenary Session International Trade Agreements: Vehicle for Better Public Health? Plenary Session
Concurrent Sessions E:
The Early Years: Exploring Options for Expanded Newborn Screening Plenary Session Media, Law and the Public's Health Plenary Session Judicial Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies Plenary Session Shaping Healthy Environments Plenary Session The Emerging Role of the State Attorneys General in Public Health Emergencies Plenary Session
Plenary Session:
Field Report Deborah Erickson, Deputy Director, Alaska Division of Public Health, "Public Health Law Reform in Alaska: A Success Story from the Trenches" Speaker Bio
Introduction Lori H. Spencer, J.D., President, Public Health Law Association Keynote Address: "Is There a Lawyer in the House: The Law of Global Public Health" Hon. David Byrne, J.D., Special Envoy on the revision of the International Health Regulations, World Health Organization; former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection; and former Attorney General, Ireland Speaker Bio Closing Remarks F. E. Thompson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Chief, Office of Public Health Practice, CDC This page is last updated on April 20, 2006.