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 TBC:
- Kate Sherwood, CSPI
- Dr. Vineeta Gupta, Network for Public Health Law
- Dr. William Dietz, George Washington University
Moderated by: Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute
Class 7 | October 11
AI
Speakers:
- TBA
Class 8 | October 18
Examining the United States’ Declining Life Expectancy in a Global Context: Why is the US doing so poorly and what can we do about it?
Speakers TBC:
- Dr. Steven Woolf
- Josh Sharpstein
- Georges Benjamin
Moderated by: Zachary Baron, O’Neill Institute
Class 9 | October 25
Global Health Law & Policy: Ensuring Justice for a Healthier World (Book Talk)
Speakers TBC:
- Lawrence Gostin, O’Neill Institute
- Benjamin Mason Meir
Class 10 | November 1
Global Health Governance – Global Perspectives on Negotiating a New Pandemic Treaty
Speakers:
- TBC
Class 11 | November 8
Global Health Governance from a US Perspective – Part I – The Pandemic Treaty and U.S. Negotiations
Speakers:
- TBC
Class 12 | November 15
Maternal Mortality: Global and U.S. Perspectives
Speakers:
- Julie Gerberding, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)