Series on Health Justice

Webinars

Health Care Institutions, Hippocratic Duty, and Immigration Enforcement

Speakers: Julie Linton, Committee on Federal Government Affairs, American Academy of Pediatrics; Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF; Altaf Saadi, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Matt Lopas, Director of State Advocacy, National Immigration Law Center; Gregg Bloche, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, Georgetown Law

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Downsizing Medicaid: How Proposed Cuts Could Endanger Health Insurance for Low-Income Americans

Speakers: Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director, Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare; Genevieve Kenney, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute; Edwin Park, Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Sara Rosenbaum, Emeritus Professor of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health; Brian Smedley, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute; Gregg Bloche, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, Georgetown Law

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Equal Protection and the Future of the Physician Workforce

Speakers: David Acosta, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, American Association of Medical Colleges; Demicha Rankin, Associate Dean for Admissions, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; Ruqaiijah Yearby, Kara J. Trott Professor in Health Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University; Brian Smedley, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute;  Gregg Bloche, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, Georgetown Law

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Rationing Medicine for America’s Marginalized: How Will States Respond to Looming Health Care Cuts

Speakers: Nathan Chomilo, Medical Director, Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare; Crystal Evans, Community Advisory Board, Urban Institute; Edwin Park, Research Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Sara Rosenbaum, Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy, George Washington University; Gregg Bloche, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Ethics, Georgetown Law

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Worker Protections, Civil Rights, and Health Equity: Understanding Challenges and Advancing Justice

Speakers: Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Negro Women; Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF; Ruqaiijah Yearby, Judge Clifford Scott Green Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Brian Smedley, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute; Prashasti Bhatnagar, Health Justice Law Fellow, Urban Institute-Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity and the Law

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Roundtable Discussions

Juvenile Justice and Health Equity: The Role of Trauma-Informed Courts for Youth with Disabilities

Speakers: John Bunn, Exoneree; Founder, A Voice 4 The Unheard; Kristin Henning, Blume Professor of Law and Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative, Georgetown Law; Hector Linares, Edward J. Womac Jr. Endowed Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law; Melody Moore, Parent and Advocate for Youth in the Foster Care System; Amanda D. Zelechoski, Clinical Professor of Psychology and Director, Clinical Services, Veldman Family Psychology Clinic, University of Notre Dame; Brian Smedley, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute

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Environmental Justice and Health Equity: Can Cumulative Impact Laws Help Address Environmental Health Disparities?

Speakers: Mustafa Santiago Ali, Executive Vice President, National Wildlife Federation; Vicki Arroyo, Professor from Practice, Georgetown Law; Sheila Foster, Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School; Faculty Member, Columbia Law; Charles Lee, Visiting Scholar, Environmental and Climate Justice Center, Howard Law; Brian Smedley, Senior Fellow, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute;  Yael Cannon, Associate Director of the Urban Institute–Georgetown Law Project on Health Equity and the Law; Professor of Law and Director of the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, Georgetown Law

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