PHLR Methods Core member, Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, from Duke University, has been selected as a joint recipient of the 2011 Carl Taube Award, an honor given by the Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
Public Health Law Research has selected 43 applicants from its third call for proposals (CFP) to submit a full proposal. Full proposals are due on July 26, 2011. Currently, PHLR has an open Rapid Response CFP. Future funding announcements are expected in late September.
The law has been a critical factor in many public health efforts such as decreasing tobacco use and reducing drunken driving. For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges, a new report from the IOM, recommends ways that federal, state, and local health agencies can use legal means to bolster public health policies. For more information on this report, visit the Institute of Medicine website.
Health Reform’s Impact on Comparative Effectiveness and Public Health Outcomes: Something Old Becomes New Again
Presenters
• Eleanor D. Kinney, J.D., M.P.H., Professor and Co-Director, William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law
• Priscilla Keith, J.D., M.S., Director of Research and Projects and Adjunct Professor, William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, Indiana University School of Law
Moderator
• Daniel M. Fox, A.B., A.M, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Milbank Memorial Fund.
A comprehensive survey of state distracted driving provisions, conducted by PHLR's Jennifer Ibrahim, Evan Anderson, Scott Burris, and Alex Wagenaar, was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine this month.
Background: State laws limiting the use of mobile communications devices (MCDs) by drivers are being enacted at an accelerating pace. Public health law research is needed to test various legislative models and guide future legal innovation.
Fracking – Is It Just a Dirty Word?
Environmental and Public Health Considerations of Hydrofracturing
Presenters
• Josh Fox, filmmaker of documentary on fracking, “Gasland”
• Avner Vengosh, Ph.D., M.S., Professor, Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University
• John Quigley, M.P.A., principal, John H Quigley LLC
Origin: The Health Care Blog
Jeffrey Swanson, PhD, PHLR Methods Core member and professor at Duke University’s Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and John Petrila, J.D., LL. M., professor of mental health law and policy at the University of South Florida's latest post addresses the public health law challenge of mental illness.
Professor Scott Burris has received the Paul W. Eberman Faculty Research Award from Temple University for his work in establishing the field of public health law. Burris, whose research combines law and science, was a pioneer in developing the legal response to HIV/AIDS and has been instrumental in shaping public policy on a wide range of issues, from the use of criminal laws to control risky behavior to harm reduction measures for prostitutes and drug users. “The answers to these problems aren’t really legal. They turn on scientific evidence,” Burris said.
Professor Jennifer Ibrahim has received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from Temple University for her unwavering commitment to improving her students’ experience at Temple.
“It’s my responsibility and privilege to give my students all that I can offer,” said Ibrahim. “Regardless of the specific content, I hope my students walk out of the classroom with a love for learning. That would make me feel like I’ve done a good job.”
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