Georgetown University Law Center
The O’Neill Institute Colloquium is an annual discussion series that addresses the most important health law issues of the day. The sessions place on Wednesdays from 1:20-3:20 p.m. EST.
Class 2 | September 6
The Supreme Court and the Administrative State
Speakers:
- Lisa Heinzerling, Georgetown Law
- David Vladeck, Georgetown Law
- Allison Zieve, Public Citizen Litigation Group
Moderated by: Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute
Class 3 | September 13
The Supreme Court and a Crisis of Confidence
Speakers:
- Justin Elliott, ProPublica
- Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica
- Emma Coleman Jordan, Georgetown Law
- Stephen Vladeck, University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Author, The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic
Class 4 | September 20
Affirmative Action, Equity in the Courts, and Public Health
Speakers:
- Paul Butler, Georgetown Law
- Robin Lenhardt, Georgetown Law; Racial Justice Institute
- Harald Schmidt, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Moderated by: Andrew Twinamatsiko, O’Neill Institute
Class 5 | September 27
Paths to Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe World
Speaker:
- Michele Goodwin, O’Neill Institute; Georgetown Law
Class 6 | October 4
The Inequitable Burden of Obesity and Noncommunicable disease: balancing medical and non-medical interventions as a pathway to improving health and health equity
Speakers:
- Dr. William H. Dietz, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness; Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
- Dr. Vineeta Gupta, Network for Public Health Law
- Kate Sherwood, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Moderated by: Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute
Class 7 | October 11
Artificial Intelligence and Health
Speakers:
- James G. Hodge, Center for Public Health Law and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Jennifer Piatt, Network for Public Health Law; Center for Public Health Law and Policy, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Neel Sukhatme, Georgetown Law
Moderated by: Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute
Class 8 | October 18
Examining the United States’ Declining Life Expectancy in a Global Context
Speakers:
- Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association
- Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Dr. Steven Woolf, Center for American Progress
Moderated by: Zachary Baron, O’Neill Institute
Class 9 | October 25
Global Health Law & Policy: Ensuring Justice for a Globalizing World (Book Talk)
Speakers:
- Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute; Georgetown Law
- Benjamin Mason Meier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Featuring:
- Aziza Ahmed, Boston University School of Law
- Alexandra Finch, O’Neill Institute
- Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Priscila Rodriguez, Disability Rights International
- Matiangai Sirleaf, University of Maryland School of Law
Class 10 | November 1
Indigenous Health and COVID-19 in the United States
Speakers:
- Katherine Ginsbach, O’Neill Institute; Georgetown Law
- Bette Jacobs, Georgetown University; O’Neill Institute
Class 11 | November 8
A Pivotal Moment for Global Health Law and Governance
Speakers:
- Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs (OGA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Lawrence Gostin, Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute; Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown Law
Class 12 | November 15
Maternal Mortality and Patient Engagement
Speakers:
- Dr. Julie Gerberding, CEO, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
- Lawrence Gostin, Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute; Founding Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law, Georgetown Law