O’Neill Institute Colloquium 2018
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: Health Coverage and Equity
Class 1: Aug. 29 Disruption meets resistance: Domestic and global health policy in the Trump era
Moderator: Emily Baumgaertner, Health Journalist, New York Times
Participants include:
- Dr. Jen Kates, Vice President and Director of Global Health & HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Chloë Cooney, Director of Global Advocacy, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Andrea Weddle, Executive Director, HIV Medicine Association
Class 2: Sept. 5 Alma-Ata at 40 years and the movement for health equity around the globe: Progressing forward or petering out?
Moderator: Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Participants include:
- Dr. Lucile Adams-Campbell, Associate Director of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research; Associate Dean of Community Health & Outreach, Georgetown University Medical Center Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Dr. Carla Saenz, Regional Program on Bioethics, Pan American Health Organization
Class 3: Sept. 12 Aging societies around the globe: Is any nation appropriately preparing for the demographic bulge?
Moderator: Professor Judith Feder, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Participants include:
- Professor Bill Novelli, Global Social Enterprise Initiative & Distinguished Professor of the Practice, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
- Chris Jennings, Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Dr. Jean Accius, Vice President, Independent Living/Long-Term Services & Supports, AARP
- Dr. Enrique Vega, Unit Chief, Healthy Life Course Unit, Pan American Health Organization
Module 2: Drug Policy
Class 4: Sept. 19 How do we move beyond the ‘War on Drugs’?
Moderator: Professor Shon Hopwood, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Participants include:
- Regina LaBelle, Principal, LaBelle Strategies
- Chauncey Parker, Director, New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
- Dr. Edwin C. Chapman, Addiction Medicine Physician
- Kelly Corredor, Director of Advocacy and Government Relations, American Society of Addiction Medicine
Class 5: Sept. 26 Do or should people have the right to consume drugs as they choose?
Moderator: Sonia Cantazar, Associate, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Participants include:
- Dr. Wilson Compton, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Leo Beletsky, JD, MPH, Northeastern University
- Doug Bandow, Cato Institute
- Garth Van Meter, Director of Legislative Affairs, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM)
Class 6: Oct. 3 Legal weed: How can cannabis reforms promote public health?
Moderator: John Walsh, Director for Drug Policy & the Andes, WOLA
Participants include:
- Eric Lindblom, Director, Tobacco Control & Food & Drug Law, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
- Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Program Director for the Global Health Policy MPH program, George Washington University Milken School of Public Health
- Malik Burnett, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation
Module 3: Populism and Policy Change
Class 7: Oct. 10 #metoo—What is the path from outrage to systemic change?
Moderator: Leslie Crutchfield, Executive Director, Global Social Enterprise Initiative, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Participants include:
- MiQuel Davies, Georgetown Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellow, National Women’s Law Center
- Professor Deborah Epstein, Professor of Law; Director, Domestic Violence Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
- Professor Susan Deller Ross, Professor of Law; Director, International Women’s Human Rights Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
Class 8: Oct. 17 Black Lives Matter, police violence, disenfranchisement, and pervasive injustice—What does a new civil rights movement look like today?
Moderator: TBD
Participants:
- Professor Paul Butler, Georgetown University law Center
- Lynda Garcia, Director of Policing Campaign, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Nnennaya Amuchie, State Strategies Manager, All* Above All; co-chair, BYP100 DC Chapter; Organizer, BIN; Co-organizer, DMV Mama’s Bail Out Team
Class 9: Oct. 24 The Parkland students and their movement—can young people lead a sustained effort that produces results?
Moderator: Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor, Georgetown University law Center; Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Participants include:
- Trevor Burrus, Cato Institute Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies
- Katie Whitaker, Moms Demand Action
- Wendy Lesko, Founder & President, Youth Activism Project
- Dara Jaffe, Former Student, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida
- Scott Novak, Gun Law Reform Activist; Georgetown University Law Center JD Candidate
Module 4: Sustaining Multilateral Approaches to Health Promotion
Class 10: Oct. 31 Global financing for Health: Are we on track to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals?
Moderator: Professor Matt Kavanagh, Visiting Professor & Director, Global Health Policy & Governance Initiative, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law
Participants include:
- Ambassador Deborah Birx, US Global AIDS Coordinator & US Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy
- Dr. Jen Kates, Vice President and Director of Global Health & HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Christoph Kurowski, Global Lead, Health Financing, The World Bank Group
Class 11: Nov. 07 CLASS DISCUSSION SESSION CLOSED: STUDENTS ONLY
Class 12: Nov. 14 Fighting obesity around the globe: Is the issue fat, food, or inequality?
Moderator: TBD
Participants include:
- Dr. Jeffery Levi, Professor of Health Management & Policy, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
- Dr. Carolyn A. Ecelbarger, Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center
- Julia McCarthy, Senior Policy Associate, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Nov. 21 NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break
Class 13: Nov. 28 From SARS and H1N1 to Ebola, Zika, and Nipah: Are we prepared for the next emerging pandemic threat?
Moderator: Dr. Erin Sorrell, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University
Participants include:
- Dr. Beth Cameron, Vice President, Global Biological Policy & Programs, NTI
- Dr. Daniel R. Lucey, Senior Scholar, O’Neill Institute; Adjunct Professor; Adjunct Professor of Law