Health Innovation & Equity Speaker Series at Villanova Law, 2022–23
Monday, October 17
Monday, October 24
Monday, October 31
Spring dates to be announced
Join us for the inaugural Health Innovation and Equity Speaker Series featuring leading scholars, practitioners and advocates addressing both longstanding and emerging issues in health law and policy.
Join us in-person on Monday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert A.J. Barry Classroom (Room 303) at John F. Scarpa Hall for the Villanova Lecture on Health Innovation and Equity. This session will feature Jorge Contreras, the James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Prof. Contreras will talk about his New York Times-featured book, The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA.
Later this semester, the series will feature virtual sessions on Hot Topics in Health Law and Policy. On Monday, October 24, Doron Dorfman, associate professor at Seton Hall University School of Law will discuss "Disability Law" followed by Sara Gerke, assistant professor of law at Penn State University Dickinson Law who will discuss "Artificial Intelligence" on Monday, October 31. Please note these sessions will be held via Zoom and times are to be determined.
The series continues in Spring 2023 with Current Issues in Health Law and Policy: Practitioner's Perspective. Julia Barnes-Weise, executive director of the Global Healthcare Innovation Alliances Accelerator (GHIAA) and an affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, will present "COVID-19 Vaccines: Technology Transfer." Additional details for this session will be provided at a later date.
Please email Professor Ana Santos Rutschman for registration or if you have any questions.