Fall 2006
Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics Workshop

Sept 7 – Opening of Petrie-Flom Center and Introduction to the Research of Our Fellows

Sept 14 – Russell Korobkin, Professor of Law, UCLA Law School –Stem Cell Century: Law and Policy for a Breakthrough Technology

Sept 21 – Dan Kessler, Professor of Economics, Law, and Policy, Stanford Business School; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Professor of Law, Stanford Law School – Combatting Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid

Sept 28 – David Studdert, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Law, Harvard School of Public Health –Claims, Errors, and Compensation Payments in Medical Malpractice Litigation

Oct 5 – Dan Brock, Professor of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical School - Ethical Issues in Applying Quantitative Models for Setting Priorities in Prevention

Oct 12 – Mark Schlesinger, Professor, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale School of Public Health – Bounded Rationality and the Conceptual Underpinnings of Health Policy: A Rationale and Roadmap for Addressing the Challenges of Choice in Medical Settings

Oct 19 – Arti Rai, Professor of Law, Duke Law School; Faculty Memeber, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy – Pathways Across the Valley of Death: Novel Intellectual Property Strategies for Accelerating Drug Discovery

Nov 2 – Frances Kamm, Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Professor of Philosophy, Harvard Philosophy Department – Disability, Discrimination, and Irrelevant Goods.

Nov 9 – Anup Malani, Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Professor of Law, University of Chicago – Regulation with Placebo Effects.

Nov 16 – Amitabh Chandra, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government – Racial Health Disparities in Healthcare

Nov 30 – Dan Carpenter, Professor of Government, Harvard Government Department – Deadlines, Learning and Error in Regulatory Review: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Pharmaceutical Regulation

Dec 7 – Norman Daniels, Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health – A Human Right to Health: Progressive Realizability and Priority-Setting