June 7-9, 2012 Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona For more information about the conference and a brief wrap-up report from ASLME, please visit ASLME's website here.
On October 6, 2011, The Network for Public Health Law – Western Region hosted Public Health Law and Policy: A Partnership Conference and Workshop at ASU. The event brought together over 100 public health practitioners, policy-makers, advocates, attorneys, health care professionals, administrators, scholars, researchers, and students from across the Western Region to examine and discuss laws and policies that promote, protect, and improve the public’s health. Conference Agenda Public Health Law Briefing 1: Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Standards of Care
James G. Hodge Jr., JD, LLM, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU, and Director, Public Health Law Network – Western Region
Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services (HCPHES), and Director, HCPHES Disease Control & Clinical Prevention Division
Public Health Law Briefing 2: Emerging Legal Issues Initiative - Responding to a Changing Public Health Infrastructure
Gene W. Matthews, JD, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Director, Public Health Law Network - Southeastern Region
Public Health Law Briefing 3: Practical Law for Public Health Officials
Susan Allan, MD, JD, MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health, and Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Public Health Law Briefing 4: Legal Support for Health Impact Assessments to Protect the Public's Health
Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, ASU, and Deputy Director, Public Health Law Network - Western Region
Doug Farquhar, JD, National Conference of State Legislatures
Public Health Law Briefing 5: Chronic Disease Prevention & "Health in All Policies": Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
Marice Ashe, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Public Health Law and Policy, Oakland, CA.
Public Health Law Briefing 6: Medical Marijuana Laws and the Public's Health
Clifford M. Rees, JD, University of New Mexico School of Law, and Practice Director, Public Health Law Network - Western Region
Ann Hause, JD, Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment