University of Pennsylvania to Present Symposium on Health Law and Anti-Racism; March 30, 2022 at 12:30p.m. Eastern.

University of Pennsylvania to Present Symposium on Health Law and Anti-Racism; March 30, 2022 at 12:30p.m. Eastern.

The symposium will launch a special issue of the  American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

PHILADELPHIA (March 17, 2022) – The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Penn’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC), and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, alongside the American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME) and the University of
California Irvine’s Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy (UCI), will present Health Law and Anti-Racism: Reckoning and Response, a hybrid on-campus and virtual symposium on March 30, 2022, from 12:30-5:30 pm ET. The event is free and open to the public. In-person and virtual attendees will be eligible to receive up to 4.0 ethics CLE credits and free ASLME membership.

Law and racism are intertwined, with legal tools potentially serving as instruments of oppression or equity. Distinguished experts in law, medicine, public health, and medical ethics will discuss the racial dimensions of health law and policing (mental health, substance use
disorders); industry and the environment (food advertising, environmental racism); health care and research (disability, diverse inclusion in research); anti-racist teaching and practice (building interprofessional curricula, medical-legal partnerships); and more.

The event will introduce a special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics featuring contributions from symposium panelists. The special issue is open access through April 2022 and can be accessed here.


Delivering the opening address, “Amplifying Racial Justice Through Bioethics in the 21st Century,” will be the Penn Provost’s Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow Michele Bratcher Goodwin Chancellor’s Professor of Law and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California, Irvine

 

For the full symposium agenda, registration link, and additional information, go here.

Please note that in-person seating is limited.

WHAT:  Health Law and Anti-Racism: Reckoning and Response

WHEN:  Wednesday, March 30, 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm ET

WHERE:  World Forum at Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia
(limited seating), with a virtual option

IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL REGISTRATION: https://medicalethicshealthpolicy.med.upenn.edu/events/health
-law-and-anti-racism-symposium

(This program has been approved for 4.0 ethics CLE credits for Pennsylvania lawyers.)