Linking Patients to WIC and Other Food Safety Net Programs: Perspectives from Health Care

Zoom

Momentum to integrate food and nutrition insecurity interventions into health care is poised to continue in 2024, with more providers screening for health-related social needs and connecting patients to produce vouchers, medically-tailored meals, and other Food is Medicine interventions. Health care systems are also increasingly experimenting with new ways to engage patients about government benefit […]

American Journal of Law & Medicine 2024 Symposium

Boston University, George Sherman Union Building 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, United States

The 2024 Symposium of the American Journal of Law & Medicine is titled Preventive Care Law & Policy: Evolving Issues & Potential Consequences of Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra. The symposium will be hosted at Boston University School of Law on February 23, 2024. Keynote speaker: Professor Abbe R. Gluck (Yale Law School, Yale Medical School). The ongoing Braidwood litigation presents […]

Webinar: Funding CHWs and Pt Navigators in Cancer Care: Understanding New Medicare Billing Codes

Zoom

This webinar will help explain the CY2024 CMS physician fee schedule (aka “CMS rule”) as it pertains to Principal Illness Navigation, Community Health Integration, and Social Determinants of Health Risk Assessment codes. We will discuss what we know, what we don’t know, and how to comment on real-world implementation of these new codes. We will […]

Lies in Your Grocery Cart: How Misinformation Impacts Food Choice

Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East (2036) 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

Please join us for a dynamic exploration of the tangled web of food information, and how the proliferation of fake news and misinformation impact consumer choice. Our interdisciplinary conversation spans the US and EU, dissecting legal aspects, public health, psychology, consumer choices, and innovative strategies to combat misinformation. Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Time: 12:15 […]

Kokomo City: Documentary Screening

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, WCC 2009 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States

Come join Lambda and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) to observe Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). We will be screening the documentary “Kokomo City” by D. Smith, which uses interviews to provide a small snapshot into the lives of several Black trans women who are sex workers. Prior to the screening […]

Climate Symposium 2023

Harvard Business School, Klarman Hall Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA, United States

The Climate Symposium is a student-run conference at Harvard, and the theme for the 2023 Climate Symposium is "Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale."  Food and Law Clinic Clinical Instructor Heather Latino will speak at the Symposium, as part of the panel on Food Supply Chain & Waste. The panel will explore the reality of food […]

Mississippi Delta Celebration

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East C

Join the Mississippi Delta Project for our annual Delta Celebration, Monday, November 6 at 6pm. The celebration/reception will be held in Milstein East C of the Wasserstein building (WCC 2036) on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, MA. The Celebration is an opportunity to meet and reconnect with Harvard community members, the Delta Directions […]

10th Annual Food is Medicine Symposium

Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA, United States

Join Community Servings and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School to celebrate the growth and advancement of the Food is Medicine (FIM) field over the last decade!  The symposium will feature facilitated discussions with Massachusetts Senator Julian Cyr, MassHealth's Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives Gary Sing, Connecticut State Representative […]

Advancing the Right to Adequate Food: Working as a Lawyer at the UN Food & Agriculture Organization

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, WCC 1015

The HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic, Office of Public Interest Advising, and Food Law Society invite you to attend Advancing the Right to Adequate Food: Working as a Lawyer at the UN Food & Agriculture Organization, a conversation with Manuela Cuvi Rodriguez LLM ’03. Manuela will share her insight on the human right to […]

A Conversation with Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas

Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East C

The HLS Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) invites you to attend A Conversation with Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, Frank Yiannas.  Frank, who retired from the FDA in February 2023, will share his insight on the nation’s infant formula crisis and other operational challenges facing the food division of FDA, […]

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