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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2015 Annual Petrie-Flom Conference
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2015 Annual Conference: Law , Religion, and American Health Care
May 8-9, 2015, 8:00 -5:00 PM
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East BC,1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce plans for our 2015 annual conference, this year entitled: "Law, Religion, and American Health Care."
Registration for the conference is now open! Register online.
Conference Description
Religion and medicine have historically gone hand in hand, but increasingly have come into conflict in the U.S. as health care has become both more secular and more heavily regulated. Law has a dual role here, simultaneously generating conflict between religion and health care, for example through new coverage mandates or legally permissible medical interventions that violate religious norms, while also acting as a tool for religious accommodation and protection of conscience.
This conference, and anticipated edited volume, will aim to: (1) identify the various ways in which law intersects with religion and health care in the United States; (2) understand the role of law in creating or mediating conflict between religion and health care; and (3) explore potential legal solutions to allow religion and health care to simultaneously flourish in a culturally diverse nation.
Call for Abstracts
We welcome submissions on both broad conceptual questions and more specific policy issues. Potential topics might include:
- Analysis of the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and other federal, state, and local legal provisions that come into play at the intersection between religion and health care
- The Affordable Care Act and employer-based health care coverage, including the contraceptives mandate and related court decisions
- Legal obligations and accommodations of religious health care organizations
- Protection (or not) of health professional conscience
- Health care decision-making for minors with religious parents
- Religious objection v. discriminatory behavior
- Informed consent and information flow, e.g., religious objection to providing certain information, inclusion of religious information in consent disclosures, etc.
- "Medicalization" of religious beliefs, e.g., regulation of homosexual conversion therapy
- Abortion policy, including clinic protests and protections, and its relationship to religion
- Embryonic stem cell policy and its relationship to religion
- End-of-life care, including assisted suicide, and its relationship to religion
- Complicity as both a legal and religious concept
- Comparative analysis, e.g., between professions, health care practices, countries, etc.
If you are interested in participating, please send a 1-page abstract of the paper you would plan to present to [email protected] as soon as possible, but not later than December 1, 2014.
Additional information about abstract submission and registering for the conference can be found here. Please contact [email protected] with questions.
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Introducing the 2014-2015 Student Fellows!
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The Petrie-Flom Center is pleased to welcome our new 2014-2015 Student Fellows! The Petrie-Flom Center Student Fellowship is a competitive one-year program designed to support Harvard graduate students interested in pursuing independent scholarly projects related to health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics under the mentorship of Center faculty and fellows. Look out for their blog posts on Bill of Health regarding issues related to their research!
For more information, please visit our website.
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Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy
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Emily Largent
Harvard Law School; Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy
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News & Scholarship from Petrie-Flom Associates
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 Frozen embryos: Who do they belong to?
Roy Strom, quoting I. Glenn Cohen
Chicago Lawyer Magazine, September 3, 2014
From the article:
[...] Glenn Cohen, a Harvard Law School professor who has written academic papers on embryo disputes, does not believe constitutional cases answer whether a person has a right to an abortion when an embryo is not inside a woman's body.
"There's no precedent from the Supreme Court that suggests as a constitutional matter (that) you have a right not to be a genetic parent when that is unbundled from gestating as it is in the case of frozen embryos," he said. "Do (I) think there's a good argument that there's a constitutional right that he could invoke in this case? My view would be no." [...]
Read the full article.
Democratic group claims Cory Gardner backs bill to 'ban all abortions'
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, quoting I. Glenn Cohen
PolitiFact, August 21, 2014
From the article:
[...] By suggesting that a fetus has the "right to life," the bill challenges the Supreme Court's past support for a constitutional right to abortion. An act of Congress cannot overrule the constitution, meaning the Supreme Court would have to change its past positions on abortion. That's possible, but even if the bill is a vehicle to challenge Roe vs. Wade and subsequent decisions, it's not clear that the outcome would "ban all abortions."
Glenn Cohen, codirector of the Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard University, said claiming that the personhood bill would ban all abortions "might be a bit strong." Depending on how courts rule, it might still be possible that exceptions could be made in cases where the mother's life or health was at risk, he said.
"One could believe that fetuses are persons but still have those exceptions on a theory like self defense," Cohen said. [...]
Read the full article.
American Health Lawyers' Association, September 4, 2014
The Petrie-Flom Center and Harvard Law School are proud members of the American Health Lawyers' Association (AHLA) School Alliance program.
This program offers a host of benefits, including:
- Electronic access to 16 AHLA Practice Group websites
- Web resources and information to aid in writing and research efforts
- Ability to browse hundreds of publications at the AHLA Bookstore
- Involvement in Practice Groups, discussion lists, and educational programs
- Access to AHLA's Health Law Archive
- Reduced registration for AHLA's webinars
- Access to the AHLA's annual Year in Review, a summary of the leading developments in case law, legislation, and administrative actions affecting healthcare
- Discounts on the Fundamentals of Healthcare Law, which covers the basic issues of health law practice
- Assistance in identifying health law experts to speak to students and student groups about healthcare legal issues
- Access to AHLA's Career Center, where students will find resources to begin a career in health law and search available positions in the legal community
If you are interested in securing membership, contact Robert Taflinger, [email protected], (202)-833-0773. Annual dues for students are only $25. Also contact Robert if you are interested n an AHLA webinar or the institutional resources available to allied schools.
 Models of Consent to Return of Incidental Findings in Genomic Research
The Hastings Center Report, July-August 2014
From the article:
[...]Federal regulations governing most human subjects research in the United States require the disclosure of "the procedures to be followed" in the research as part of the informed consent process. It seems reasonable to assume-and indeed, many commentators have concluded-that genomic investigators will be expected to inform participants about, among other procedures, the prospect that incidental findings will become available and the mechanisms for dealing with them.
Investigators, most of whom will not have dealt with these issues before, will face considerable challenges in framing meaningful disclosures for research participants.[...]
Read the full article.
How patent reform's fraught politics have left USPTO still without a boss
The Washington Post, July 30, 2014
From the article:
[...] The controversy began in late June when rumors started to trickle out that the White House would nominate Philip S. Johnson to lead the USPTO [...]
And so when Johnson's supposed nomination was floated - mostly through the e-mail list of Florida patent lawyer Hal Wegner, who, on June 27, presented Johnson as "director-designate" - it felt like an unexpected slap in the face. Says W. Nicholson Price, an assistant professor at the University of New Hampshire Law School who has written widely on the intersection of patents and the pharmaceutical industry: "There was an anger over, 'Why in the world would you appoint someone to run an agency who would be vehemently opposed to your reforms for it?'" [...]
Read the full article.
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Come join the conversation at Bill of Health! During the last two weeks, our bloggers have been discussing:
Health insurance, health care reform/finance:
- "The Political Economy of Medicaid Expansion" (here)
- "Averting Mental Health and Fiscal Crises: Crisis Intervention Teams and Access to Meaningful Treatment for Mental Illness" (here)
- "The ACA and the Practice of Health Law" (here)
- "Beneficiaries File Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Hearing Delays" (here)
Reproductive Health/Rights:
- "Contraceptive Mandates and Conscience - All Objections Are Not Equal" (here)
Food safety and regulation:
- "Public Health Trumps Corporate Speech" (here)
Human subjects/human tissue:
- "Separating Fact from Fiction" (here)
Bioethics:
- Recent opinion piece by Art Caplan (here)
- "Ethics of experimental Ebola interventions" (here)
- "A Look at the ALS and Ebola Responses" (here)
- "Getting Granular with Apple's mHealth Guidelines"(here)
- "Is 'My Patient's Agent'Always Justified?" (here)
General health law/policy:
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"Apple's mHealth Rules Fear to Tread Where Our Privacy Laws Fall Short" ( here) -
"Parental consent for youth contact sports participation" ( here)
If you'd like to join us as a guest blogger or if you have something you'd like us to post, please contact us at
[email protected].
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Health Law Policy Workshops
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Upcoming presenters for the Health Law Policy and Bioethics Workshop, this year run by Professors Cohen and Elhauge, include:
September 15: Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School and Pritzker School of Medicine
Presentation Topic: "The Insurance Value of Medical Innovation"
September 22: Thomas McGuire, Harvard Medical School
Presentation Topic: "Do "Reverse Payment" Settlements of Brand-Generic Patent Disputes in the Pharmaceutical Industry Constitute an Anticompetitive Pay for Delay?"
September 29: Benjamin Roin, MIT Sloan School of Management
Presentation Topic: "Solving the Problem of New Uses"
All meetings will run from 5:00 to 7:00pm in Wasserstein Hall, Room 4059, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA. For questions and drafts of the papers being presented, contact Jennifer Minnich at [email protected].
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Check out our website for a more complete listing of events scheduled in 2014-2015. And check back regularly - we're adding new events all the time!
And remember -- you can find materials from many of our events, including slide presentations and full event videos, online in our events archive. Check it out!
 
Thursday, September 18, 2014, 7:30AM - 5:30 PM
Law, policy, and guidance are vague, sometimes conflicting, and generally lacking in concrete solutions for questions regarding post-trial responsibilities. The issues are complex and demand thoughtful discourse to move the clinical trial enterprise towards meaningful solutions. Areas that currently lack clarity include:
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How are recommendations regarding post-trial responsibilities influenced by the trial phase and/or prior experience with the intervention?
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What types of interventions or resources should be included within post-trial responsibilities? Do recommendations include ancillary care, treatment of side effects and adverse events, etc.?
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What is a reasonable duration for post-trial responsibilities to extend?
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What is the mission and purpose of various stakeholders (sponsors, governments, investigators, etc.) in the conduct of clinical research and how do these roles intersect with post-trial access responsibilities? In particular, how do government and sponsor responsibilities relate to each other? Do recommendations change when research is sponsored by non-profit entities?
This conference will bring together diverse stakeholders to address some of these questions.
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To discuss implications of international guidance on post-trial responsibilities for clinical research sponsors, governments, investigators, and other stakeholders
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To articulate and understand the range of perspectives on post-trial responsibilities
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To draw lessons from successful and unsuccessful attempts to implement post-trial access policies
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To discuss potential scenarios and practical solutions for post-trial responsibilities that may inform policy in this important area moving forward
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To identify key priorities for a Post-Trial Responsibilities Working Group to be launched by the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center at Harvard
The full agenda is now available on our website.
Please make sure to read the Hypothetical Post-Trial Scenarios prior to the event.
Cosponsored with the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center at Harvard University.
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A Conversation with the HHS Office of the Inspector General
Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 12:00 PM
Wasserstein Hall, Room 3018,1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Please join the Petrie-Flom Center for a conversation with the Boston office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Office of Evaluation and Inspections. OIG has for decades served as the foremost government watchdog of federal healthcare programs, overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Services. Among other topics, the Boston office's recent work has focused on the labeling of dietary supplements and human subjects protections, including the informational risks associated with biospecimen research and other topics.
Come hear about the work of the OIG, its role in the Department of Health and Human Services, and some of its current and past projects. We will be joined by Joyce Greenleaf, MBA, Regional Inspector General, and Jessica Fargnoli, MPH, Program Analyst. Matthew Lawrence will moderate.
Lunch and refreshments will be served. Co-sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center and Harvard Catalyst.
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Monday, October 6, 2014, 4:00 PM
New healthcare start-ups face a range of legal and ethical challenges as they develop new products and services and solicit financial support from investors. Building on the success of the President's Challenge at the Harvard Innovation Lab, which invites teams of Harvard students to develop innovative solutions to a range of global issues including healthcare accessibility and affordability, the Petrie-Flom Center will host a discussion of the issues that past winners of the President's Challenge have faced as they seek to move their ideas out of the lab and into the private sector.
Panelists include:
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Patrick Ho, HLS '12, Co-Founder, VP of Operations and Legal Affairs, Vaxess Technologies
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Dr. Hitesh Tolani, Virtudent
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John Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, HBS
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Gordon Jones, Managing Director, i-lab
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Moderator: I. Glenn Cohen, Petrie-Flom Center and HLS
The panel discussion will be followed by the Petrie-Flom Center's Annual Open House reception. Join us to learn more about the Petrie-Flom Center's work!
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Book Launch: Human Subjects Research Regulation: Perspectives on the Future
Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 12:00 PM
Harvard Law School Library, Langdell Hall, Caspersen Room, 1557 Massachusetts Ave., 4th floor, Cambridge, MA
This book talk and discussion will feature:
This event is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be served.
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library.
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Save the Date for More Upcoming Petrie-Flom Events!
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Emerging Issues and New Frontiers for FDA Regulation; Monday, October 20, 2014
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Transparency in the Global Food System: How Much Information and to What Ends?; October 24 - 25, 2014, 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Global Reproduction: Health, Law, and Human Rights in Surrogacy and Egg Donation; Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Law of Ethics and Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing; Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Book Launch: Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics; Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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Petrie-Flom Reception at 2014 PRIM&R Annual Conference December 5, 2014
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Families Matter: Ethically, Legally, and Clinically, March 18-21, 2015
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2015 Annual Conference: Law, Religion, and Healthcare, May 8 - 9, 2015
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Look for more details on these events in future editions of this newsletter, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter to receive updates as soon as they're available!
Subscribe to our Google Calendar to stay up to date on Petrie-Flom Center events.
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Harvard Biotech Club Career Fair
Thursday September 11, 2014, 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
New Research Building (3rd Floor Rotunda), Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, 02115
Attendees are encouraged to pre-register online!
The Harvard Biotech Club invites you to the biggest career event for life science PhDs, MDs and postdocs. The biomedical industry is hiring heavily again this year and companies are hungry for talented Harvard students and postdocs. Companies include Pfizer, Merck, Biogen-Idec, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Minerva Biotechnologies, MassBio, BCG, Science Careers, McKinsey & Company, Health Advances, AtlasX, Decision Resources, ClearView, Putnam Associates,Simon Kucher & Partners, Choate, Finnegan, Hamilton Brook Smith and Reynolds, Wolf Greenfield and Fish & Richardson P.C. For more information on the companies attending click the companies link above.
Join us at the Career Fair to network with company representatives, and land the perfect job!
A full agenda is available here.
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Ethics Forum - The Dead-Donor Rule and the Future of Organ Transplantation
Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Harvard Medical School, MEC Room 227, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA
James Bernat, MD, Louis and Ruth Frank Professor of Neuroscience, Dartmouth Medical School; Robert Truog, MD, Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology, & Pediatrics, Director of Clinical Ethics, HMS; and Lisa Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc, Director, Center for Bioethics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, moderator
The ethics of organ transplantation have been premised on the "dead-donor rule," which states that vital organs should be taken only from persons who are dead. In this Public Forum, Professors James Bernat and Robert Truog will continue the discussion begun in their recent NEJM articles, and will debate whether our current approaches to diagnosing death actually comply with the dead-donor rule, and indeed whether the dead-donor rule should continue to be a foundational ethical principle for organ donation.
RSVP Here.
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September 29 - October 1, 2014
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Petrie-Flom Executive Director, Holly Fernandez Lynch will be teaching a session on Ethics of Human Research.
Course themes:
- Preclinical Discovery
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology
- Conflicts of Interest
- Leadership and Team Dynamics in Research
- Ethics of Human Research
- Academic/Industrial Relationships in Drug Development
Eligibility
- MD, DMD, PharmD, DNP, PhD, or equivalent
- Involvement in basic or clinical research
- Endorsement from immediate supervisor
Tuition-free for Harvard-affiliated institutions. Harvard Catalyst Education Program's policy requires full attendance and completion of all activity surveys to be eligible for CME credit; no partial credit is allowed.
Utilizing both case studies and a didactic curriculum, Introduction to Translational Medicine (ITTM) is a survey course that offers an introduction to the skills necessary to embark on a career in translational research, particularly in the process of bringing an idea from the laboratory to first-in-human trials (called T1 translational research). This course focuses on the principles and practices of translational medicine as they apply to the development of a new drug (small molecules and/or biologics), device, or diagnostic. Case studies allow participants to grasp the realization of the concepts discussed. Each attendee receives training in the pre-clinical development of novel targets and leads, clinical pharmacology, the regulatory process, and design of the first-in-human clinical trial. In addition, participants learn about funding opportunities for translational research, as well as how to navigate academic/industrial collaborations that lead to the successful development of new drugs or methodologies.
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"Autonomy's Price: Choosing Not to Choose"
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 4:30 PM
Harvard Medical School, Armenise Building, D Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA
Cass R. Sunstein, JD, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard Law School.
The George W. Gay Lecture
is the oldest endowed lectureship at Harvard Medical School, and quite possibly the oldest medical ethics lectureship in the United States. The lectureship was established in 1917 by a $1,000 gift from Dr. George Washington Gay, an 1868 graduate of HMS. Since its inception, many of the nation's most influential physicians, scientists, researchers and social observers, including Erich Fromm, Felix Frankfurter, Margaret Mead, Elizabeth K�bler Ross, E.O. Wilson, and Joshua Lederberg have given the Gay Lecture. Elie Wiesel, Marian Wright Edelman, Paul Krugman, Nicholas Kristof and Donald Berwick have given recent Gay Lectures.
RSVP Here.
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Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School
Application Deadline: September 29, 2014
Innovations must have credible, demonstrated evidence of their value proposition (such as cost savings, outcomes improvement, patient satisfaction, etc.); have a compelling dissemination plan; and be at the cusp of scaling.
Finalists get a case written about them, share $150,000, and have the opportunity to present at the Forum on Health Care Innovation conference in April. Please let us know if you need any other information or materials. We are happy to provide them.
We're looking for proven ideas that have the potential to do great things for the U.S. health care delivery system. It is widely known that health care innovations are much slower to disseminate than comparable solutions in other industries. We want to help speed up the process. What's your innovation?
Innovations must have credible, demonstrated evidence of their value proposition (such as cost savings, outcomes improvement, patient satisfaction, etc.); have a compelling dissemination plan; and be at the cusp of scaling.
For more information, please visit the website.
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NEW POST
Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics
The University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Application Deadline: November 10, 2014
The University Center for Human Values of Princeton University invites applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics (#1400502). Applicants must have completed all the requirements for the Ph.D., M.D., or other equivalent doctoral degree by September 1, 2015, and must not have held the degree for more than three years by September 1, 2015. The term of the fellowship is one year, beginning September 1, 2015, with the possibility of renewal for up to two additional years pending satisfactory performance. Full announcement attached.
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Summer Institute in Bioethics Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Yale University
Application Deadline for US applicants: January 17, 2014
Application Deadline for International Students: November 30, 2014
Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics is again hosting its intensive Summer Institute in Bioethics for US and international participants June 1 - July 24, 2015. This eight-week immersion in bioethics consists of lectures, seminars, site visits, and research exploring concerns relating to medicine, law, religion, public health, animal ethics, and the environment.
The deadline for US applicants is January 17th, 2014. International students are encouraged to apply by November 30th, 2014. Tuition is $1,800 (undergraduates), $2,200 (law students, medical students, and other graduate students and post-doctoral fellows), and $3,200 (professionals). Housing is available within walking distance for an additional cost. Course credit is available.
For more information and to apply, click here. Questions? Contact Associate Director Carol Pollard at [email protected] or 203-432-6188.
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The Partners Human Research Quality Improvement Program (QI Program) is recruiting a QA/QI Specialist to join their team. The specialist will be responsible for providing regulatory support and education to investigators and research staff within the Partners research community. Scope of work includes performing onsite reviews and study start up activities, as well as developing and presenting educational material for the research community. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of direct experience in human subjects' research.
To Apply:
- Internal candidates can apply via PeopleSoft by clicking here.
- External candidates can apply by clicking here. Search for job opening ID 2258920.
Questions? Contact QI Program Director Sarah White at [email protected] or 617-424-4137.
Full-Time Clinical Ethicist Los Angeles Ethics Center, University of California Application Deadline: September 5, 2014 The University of California - Los Angeles Ethics Center serves the needs of the UCLA Health System's three hospitals, which rank among the best in the nation, and the full UCLA patient population. The volume and complexity of UCLA ethics consultation, which includes transplant, trauma, oncology, psychiatry, neurology, neonatology and pediatrics, affords the successful candidate unrivaled opportunities in this field. The Position:
The UCLA Health System Ethics Center was founded in 2002 with the goals of strengthening the health system's ethical environment and deepening the humanistic aspects of health care provided for patients and their families. The Center enjoys robust institutional support and is a leader in developing innovative clinical ethics programs. The Clinical Ethicist (Job Number: H73071) will serve as an expert in health care ethics and contribute to a wide array of the Center's activities. Their primary role will be to support the work of the Center's Ethics Consultation Service, which responds to complex consult requests across the UCLA Health System, including clinical, research and organizational ethics. Other responsibilities of the position will include, but are not limited to: providing on-call coverage; participating in weekly ethics rounds; collaborating in developing education programs for the staff, clinicians, students, and community; serving on the three UCLA Health Systems Ethics Committees; collaborating in health system policy development; supporting the Clinical Ethics Fellowship, through education and mentorship; and conducting collaborative and independent ethics scholarship, with dissemination of the work through publication and national presentations.
Job Qualifications: The successful candidate must have a PhD in bioethics or a PhD in philosophical ethics with a specialization in bioethics and substantial experience in clinical ethics consultation or have completed a clinical ethics fellowship. Candidates with a Masters in bioethics and the requisite clinical ethics consultation experience or training will also be considered. The candidate must have a strong commitment to the professionalization of clinical ethics. The ability to integrate cross-cultural care, end of life/palliative care, psychosocial and spiritual care into clinical care is critical to this role. We are searching for a compassionate and empathic professional with excellent interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate is one who is adept in critical and creative thinking and able to navigate complex ethical issues as they arise in the clinical setting. A strong interest in collaborative and interdisciplinary work is required. See website for a description of the generous benefit package and salary; this is a full-time career position. To apply for position go to: http://www.uclahealthcareers.org. Information Research Specialist (Health Policy and Medicine) Legislative Branch, Library of Congress
Application Deadline: September 10, 2014
The Domestic Social Policy Consulting Section of the Congressional Research Services' (CRS) Knowledge Services Group (KSG) is seeking an Information Research Specialist (Job Number: 140222) to support the work of Congress in the issue area of health policy and medicine. Candidates with a Master of Library Science (MLS) or equivalent degree and background in health policy and medicine are encouraged to apply.
The selectee for this position will provide reference and research services to CRS policy analysts and congressional clients. Duties of the position include: searching pertinent online resources; reviewing publications and electronic resources; maintaining currency with trends in assigned subject areas; developing knowledge of collections for use in performing research tasks; and assisting in the creation and maintenance of databases, web pages, collaborative tools, and other information systems to meet the demands for research and information support.
CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century.
CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees.
For more information and to apply, click here. The AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance Association of Health Care Journalists Application Deadline: October 1, 2014, 5:00 PM The AHCJ Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance is a yearlong program allowing journalists to pursue a significant reporting project related to the U.S. health care system. It can be local or national in scope, or a little of both - say an aspect of the Affordable Care Act playing out in your community or subject specialty, or the impact of particular evidence-based treatments on health outcomes, or an analysis of a health care organization's performance, using public data sets. Fellows pursue the projects with the support of their newsrooms or freelance outlets, which commit to publish or air the work.
Guidance is provided by AHCJ fellowship leaders through customized seminars on health care systems, conference calls and email consultations. The fellowship covers the cost of attending the seminars and AHCJ conferences, and a $4,000 project allowance is available to defray the cost of field reporting, health data analysis and other project-related research. In addition, each fellow will receive a $2,500 fellowship award upon the successful completion of the project.
Find more information and apply online here.
Bioethicist
Program in Medicine & Human Values, California Pacific Medical Center
Open until filled.
Primary Purpose: The Bioethicist West Bay Region ("WBR"), under the supervision of the Director PMHV, the Senior Ethics Scholar and CPMC Bioethicist, will be the key provider of ethics expertise to Sutter West Bay Hospitals. This position will support the Ethics Committees of Sutter West Bay Hospitals by receiving and coordinating all requests for ethics consultations, executing consultations and following up with cases after referral. The Bioethicist WBR will be responsible for educating and training the hospital ethics committees of Sutter West Bay Hospitals using materials developed by the PMHV on the basis of the consultation case model used at CPMC. Additionally, the Bioethicist WBR will develop with PMHV faculty ethics committee education and training materials. The Bioethicist WBR will participate in regular ethics rounds in Sutter West Bay Hospitals and lecture at appropriate Sutter West Bay educational events. An interest in neuroethics is desirable. This position requires extensive travel between the Sutter West Bay Hospitals.
Supervision: This position reports to the PMHV Director for clinical work and Program Supervisor for all other work activities.
Qualifications
Education: For non-physicians, an advanced degree in bioethics or a related field; Ph.D preferred. For physicians or other health professionals, a Fellowship of at least one year, at a recognized bioethics program.
Knowledge: Must possess knowledge of principles, concepts and methods of health care ethics consultation, ethics program development and bioethics education. Should have knowledge of biomedical ethics terms, the bioethics literature, professional standards, methods of case analysis, JCAHO guidelines, and basic understanding of medical terminology.
Experience: Documented experience with clinical ethics consultation as individual consultant, experience with bioethics education and interdisciplinary collaboration. Experience in a health care setting with patient care, ethics education and ethics committee education/ethics committee operations.
Primary Location: California-San Francisco-San Francisco
For more information and to apply, click here.
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Additional Opportunities:
- IRB Analyst I (33911), Department of Human Subjects Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; open until filled.
- Senior Analyst of State Health Policy (19123540), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Arlington, VA; open until filled. Applicants should submit resume, cover letter, and writing sample (not to exceed two pages) to [email protected].
- Internship, Global Access to Medicines Program, Public Citizen; open until filled. Applicants should email their resume and cover letter to [email protected].
- Call for Papers: The Society for Public Health's 66th Annual Meeting, Society for Public Health. Application Deadline: September 22, 2014, 11:59 pm.
- Call for Submissions: Journal of Law and the Biosciences. Rolling admission.
- MPH Program Manager, The Master of Public Health Program in Urban Health, Northeastern University; open until filled.To submit a manuscript, click here.
- Reporting Fellowships on Health Care Performance, Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). Deadline: October 1, 2014.
- 2014-2015 Health Law Fellowship, Yale Law School; open until filled. Interested applicants should email their CV and references to [email protected].
- Call for Papers: Rutgers Journal of Bioethics, Bioethics Society of Rutgers University. Send completed papers to [email protected] Attn: ARTICLE SUBMISSION. Deadline: September 15, 2014.
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Ethics Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MI; open until filled.
- Senior Lecturing Fellow/Associate Director of Engagement, Science & Society at Duke University, open until filled. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, an example of scholarly work, and contact information for three references to Julia Walker ([email protected]).
- Postdoctoral Fellow to provide quantitative analytical support for Public Health Law research, Temple University Beasley School of Law, open until filled.
We share announcements of jobs and fellowships and calls for proposals as they are received. We generally include detailed descriptions for one month, or two cycles of the newsletter; after one month we share titles and deadlines along with a link to the item's online description, when available, until the deadline passes. If you have opportunities that you would like to share via the Petrie-Flom newsletter, please contact us at [email protected].
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