Health Law and Policy Program

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM      Registration Opens, Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM       Welcoming Remarks

 
  • Vicky Wilkins, PhD, Dean, American University School of Public Affairs
  • Camille Nelson, LLB, LLM, Dean, American University Washington College of Law
  • David S. Cade, JD, Executive Vice President and CEO, American Health Lawyers Association

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM        “Rethinking Access to Pain Treatment”

 
  • Keith A. Wailoo, PhD, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
  • Andrew Kolodny, MD, Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing
  • Kelly K. Dineen, RN, JD, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director, Health Law Program, Creighton University School of Law
  • Carmen Green, MD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School and Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Michigan School of Public Health 

Moderated by Lewis Grossman, JD, PhD, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law

10:00 am - 11:00 am       “Rethinking the Role of Civil Litigation in Response to the Opioid Crisis”

 
  • Wendy E. Parmet, JD, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and Director, Center for Health Policy and Law, Northeastern University School of Law; Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
  • Micah Berman, JD, Associate Professor, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law and College of Public Health
  • Elizabeth Weeks, JD, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
  • Lance Gable, JD, MPH, Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School

Moderated by Andrew Popper, JD, Ann Loeb Bronfman Distinguished Professor of Law and Government, American University Washington College of Law   

11:10 am - 12:10 pm        “Rethinking Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorders”

 
  • Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine; Former Chief of Addiction Medicine, New York City jails including Rikers Island.
  • Brendan Saloner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Scott Burris, JD,  Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health, Temple University College of Health Professions and Social Work; Director, National Program Office, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Law Research Program
  • Matthew B. Lawrence, JD, Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law

Moderated by Anthony L. Riley, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, American University

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm        Lunch Buffet

 

12:40 pm - 1:50 pm         Keynote Address & Discussion

 
  • Introductory Remarks by Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President of American University and former Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Keynote Address by Tom Farley, MD, MPH, Philadelphia Health Commissioner
  • Discussion with Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH, Professor of Law, Director, Health Law and Policy Program, American University Washington College of Law

1:20 pm - 2:00 pm         Keynote Address & Discussion

 
  • Mary Taylor, Lt. Governor of Ohio 
  • Discussion with Capri Cafaro, MLAS, MSW, AUSPA Executive in Residence and former Member of the Ohio Senate

2:10 pm - 3:10 pm        “Rethinking the Role of the Criminal Justice System in the Opioid Crisis”

 
  • Carmen Best, Chief of Police, Seattle Police Department
  • Lindsay LaSalle, JD, Director of Public Health Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance
  • Kim Ball, JD, Research Professor and Director of the Justice Programs Office, American University School of Public Affairs
  • Jonathan M. Giftos, MD, Clinical Director of Substance Use Treatment for Correctional Health Services at Rikers Island and Clinical Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Moderated by Richard Bennett, PhD, Professor, American University School of Public Affairs

3:20 pm - 4:20 pm        “Rethinking Community Prevention for Opioid Use Disorders”

 
  • Christopher J. Ruhm, PhD, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
  • Yael Zakai Cannon, JD, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Health Justice Alliance Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Barbara DiPietro, PhD, Senior Director of Policy, National Health Care for the Homeless Council
  • Jennifer Oliva, JD, MBA, Associate Professor of Law and Public Health, West Virginia University

Moderated by Taryn Morrissey, PhD, Associate Professor, American University School of Public Affairs

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm        “Rethinking Harm Reduction for People Who Use Drugs”

 
  • Daniel R. Gerard, MS, RN, NREMT-P, EMS Coordinator, Alameda Fire Department; Secretary, International Association of EMS Chiefs
  • Elizabeth Samuels, MD, MPH, MHS, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown Emergency Medicine; Levels of Care Implementation Lead, Rhode Island Department of Health
  • Corey Davis, JD, MSPH, Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program, Deputy Director, Southeastern Region, Network for Public Health Law
  • Emma Beth McGinty, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderated by Erdal Tekin, PhD, Professor, American University School of Public Affairs

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm       Reception