Georgetown University Law Center
The Colloquium takes place on Wednesdays from 1:20-3:20 at the Georgetown University Law Center in the Eric E. Hotung Building, Room 2001 (Faculty Dining). Click here for map and directions.
MODULE 1: STABILITY OF LAW ANCHORED IN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
Class 1 | Sept. 4
Regulatory Rollbacks: Is the Administrative Procedures Act a mere speedbump or is it a meaningful check against arbitrary rollbacks of minority protections?
Moderator: Jeffrey Crowley, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Participants include:
- Katie Keith, Center on Health Insurance Reforms
- Wayne Turner, National Health Law Program’s (NHeLP) Washington, DC Office
- John Lewis, Democracy Forward
Class 2 | Sept. 11
Session Closed: Students Only
Class 3 | Sept. 18
Health Reform: Navigating Policy, Law, and Politics
Moderator: Professor Timothy Westmoreland, Georgetown University Law Center
Participants include:
- Professor David Hyman, Georgetown University Law Center
- Professor Gregg Bloche, Georgetown University Law Center
- Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
Class 4 | Sept. 25
State Sovereignty and Responsibility to Respond to the Health Needs of Vulnerable Migrants
Moderator: Professor Lawrence Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center
Participants include:
- Professor Phil Schrag, Georgetown University Law Center
- Ana Builes, Blume Public Interest Scholar at Georgetown Law
MODULE 2: TRUST IN ELECTED LEADERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
Class 5 | Oct. 2
Vaccine Hesitancy: US and International Measles Outbreaks in 2019 and Other Vaccine Preventable Illnesses
Moderator: Professor Lawrence Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center
Participants include:
- Daniel Salmon, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Daniel Sulmasy, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Moderator: TBD
Participants include:
- Jennifer Nuzzo, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- Steve Morrison, Global Health Policy Center at CSIS
- Muhammad Pate, World Bank Group
Class 7 | Oct. 16
Social Media, Fake News, and Countering the Viral Spread of Health Misinformation
Moderator: TBD
Participants include:
- Emily Mendenhall, Georgetown University
- Peter Lurie, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Class 8 | Oct. 23
Session Closed: Students Only
MODULE 3: TACKLING BIG PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES
Class 9 | Oct. 30
Fighting the HIV Crisis in the United States and Around the World
Moderator: Jennifer Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation
Participants include:
- Gregorio Millett, amfAR
- Babtunji Oni, Center for Global Health Practice and Impact at Georgetown University
- Chris Collins, Friends of the Global Fight
Class 10 | Nov. 6
Responding to the Climate Crisis: Beyond Aggressive Multilateral Action, What is the Role of Multisectoral Responses
Moderator: Jeffrey Crowley, O’Neill Institute
Participants include:
- Peter Marra, Georgetown University
- Alexandra Phelan, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University
Class 11 | Nov. 13
Gun violence, Mass shootings, and Suicides: What Does Public Health Have to Offer for Firearm Safety?
Moderator: Professor Lawrence Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center
Panelists Include:
- Kristin Pradko, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
- Robert Spagnoletti, DC Bar
- Alexander McCourt, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Adnan Hyder, George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health
Class 12 | Nov. 20
Emerging Abortion Restrictions in the US: Assessing Women’s Health Equity Under Constitutional Precedents
Moderator: Rebecca Reingold, O’Neill Institute
Participants include:
- Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher Institute
- Linda Goler Blount, Black Women’s Health Imperative
- Jill Morrison, Georgetown University Law Center
Nov. 27
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break
Class 13 | Dec. 4
Session Closed: Students Only