Poor nutrition is the leading driver of death and disability in the United States. What gives? Dr. Deirdre Tobias, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a nutrition and obesity epidemiologist and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030 will share insight about the […]
What’s the difference between a processed and “ultra-processed” food? Are ultra-processed foods really that bad for us? Plus, what is the role of policy to help us stay informed and healthy amid the ultra-processed foods all around us? Join the Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation as […]
Join the Food Law and Policy Clinic for a conversation about the book Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, the first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control. The book talk will feature author and Second Century Chair Professor of Law at Southwestern […]
Join a panel of alumni to hear about their experiences working on LGBTQ+ health and related issues. Milo Inglehart ‘19, Courtney Dougherty ‘22, and Cathy Zhang ‘23 will talk about how their time at HLS and in the Health Law & Policy Clinic (HLPC) helped them develop the skills they use today and recommendations they have […]
Join the Petrie-Flom Center to reflect on a turbulent, world-changing year with an esteemed panel of experts. COVID-19, political unrest, and a societal reckoning all contributed to “the year everything changed,” according to author Eric Klinenberg. “Societies have a way of revealing themselves during crises,” he writes in his book 2020. “Who we are. What […]
Join CHLPI and our partners for an event to discuss the recent #Braidwood appeal and how PrEP users and advocates can support maintaining access! Date: Feb 3, 2025 Time: 1 p.m. Venue: Virtual via Zoom Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/T9fZr2xLQsCFGjI3oVqt9Q#/registration
Medicaid community reinvestment requirements enable states to require or incentivize state contractors to reinvest in the communities they serve. State laws, waivers, and contracts that include community reinvestment provisions have specified reinvestments (using percentage of profits and/or performance measures) in community initiatives that align with the state’s key priorities, e.g., improving healthy food access. These […]
On Monday, December 16, 2024, at 12:30 pm, join Ohio State University and Rutgers Cooperative Extension for the third webinar of their Consumer Food Waste Webinar series. This month, they feature Hélène Lanctuit, CEO of Share My Meals, and CHLPI Food Law and Policy Clinical Instructor Heather Latino. Hélène Lanctuit will share how her organization […]
In June 2024, a group of experts in the field of criminal system health convened at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute to establish consensus around the central problems that produce or accentuate disparities in health equity for people subjected to criminalization and punishment. This Speaker Series, The Diagnosis of Incarceration, will build on that emerging consensus […]
Join If/When/How for a panel featuring attorneys working in reproductive justice! The panel aims to provide Boston area law students, as well as undergraduate and public health students from BU, with insights into careers in reproductive rights and justice. Panelists will share the following: Their career journey and current work in reproductive rights Discuss the […]