Center for Health Law Studies 2009 Symposium
Living in the Genetic Age
Friday, March 20, 2009
Health Law Symposium

Introduction
Sandra H. Johnson - Remembering Mary Cosgrove Cosentino; Class of 1978
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Session One - Part 1
Laurie A. Vasichek - Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace: Lessons from the Past and Concerns for the Future
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Session One - Part 2
Maxwell J. Mehlman - Will Directed Evolution Destroy Humanity, and If So, What Can We Do About It?
Jonathan Kahn J.D., Ph.D. - The Persistence of Race in Biotech Patenting and Drug Development
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Session Two
Barbara A. Koenig, Ph.D. - Examining the Promise of Personalized Genomic Medicine: An Anthropological Account
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D. - Research 2.0: Social Networking and Personal Genomics
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Round Table
Elizabeth Pendo - Moderator
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Center for Health Law Studies 2008 Symposium
Disability, Reproduction & Parenting
Friday, April 4, 2008
Health Law Symposium

Session One: Becoming a Parent: Past, Present and Future
Paul A. Lombardo - Eugenics History and the Culture Wars:  Sterilization and Reproductive Rights
Judith Daar - Rethinking the Meaning of Health in an Era of Reproductive Technologies
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Session Two: Becoming a Parent: Past, Present and Future
Janet Malek - Disability and the Duties of Potential Parents
Elizabeth A. Pendo - Ensuring Equal Access to Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities
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Session Three: Valuing Families
Adrienne Asch - Parenting, Disability, and Meeting Children’s Needs
Susan Stefan - Accommodating Families:  Disability Policy and Law in Family Support and Stabilization Services
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Session Four: Valuing Families
Clare Dunsford - Mutants and Wild Types: Our Sequence, Ourselves
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Center for Health Law Studies 2007 Symposium
After the Medicare Modernization Act
Friday, March 20, 2007
Medicare Symposium

Medicare Part D: Current Issues and the Future of the Benefits

Will Medicare Wither on the Vine?
How Congress Has Advantaged Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage: Pouring Good Money After Bad?
What are We Trying to Achieve Anyway?

The Road to High-Value Healthcare for All

Legal and Regulatory Barriers to Value Purchasing for Traditional Medicare

Redefining the Role of Medicare Contractors:
Moving Toward Evidence-based Medicine in Medicare

Competition after the Medicare Modernization Act:
What Does It Mean and How Is It Working Out?

Cooperative Federalism and Health Care Reform:
The Medicare Part D “Clawback” Example

Finding Fraud in All the Unusual Places