The Center for Law, Health & Society welcomes Angelia O’Neal as our administrative specialist. O’Neal holds an M.B.A. in contract management and acquisition from Strayer University.
“Angelia brings extensive experience in the areas of finance, event planning, marketing and communications,” said Leslie Wolf, center director. “Her management and administrative skills will be an asset… more »
Alumni, faculty and friends celebrated the 10th anniversary of the HeLP Legal Services Clinic with a reception at Georgia State Law on Thursday, Sept. 14. In its 10 years, more than 270 students from multiple professions have worked together in the clinic to address the social determinants of health for low-income families, recovering… more »
Center director and professor Leslie Wolf presented “Risks and Legal Protections in the World of Big Data,” at the Data Driven Health Care conference held by the Ewha Institute for Biomedical Law & Ethics (EIBLE) at Ewha University, Seoul, South Korea in September.
The conference brought together legal experts from around the world, to address… more »
The specialty rankings blend quantitative and qualitative data using a 100-point formula that examines courses offered (25 points), graduates employed in the specialty (20), proximity to subject-relevant employment centers (15), networking and extracurricular opportunities in the discipline… more »
Health disparities in the United States exist because of a history of systemic racism that is perpetuated by present-day structures, said Camara Phyllis Jones, M.D., M.PH., Ph.D., keynote speaker for the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics’ 40th Annual Health Law Professors Conference held June 8-10.
South Korea’s health care system is facing pressure as its society ages; the life expectancy of its citizens is one of the highest in the world, while its birth rate is among the lowest. Many Koreans are aging alone. Against this backdrop, the Ewha Institute for Biomedical Law and Ethics at Ewha Law School in… more »
Professor and center director Leslie Wolf participated in a panel presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium in San Francisco, California.
The panel on patient privacy and “de-identified” health records in the genomic era was organized by Dr. Jessie Tenenbaum, of Duke University and considered how to balance research demands for medical record… more »
Leslie Wolf, professor and center director, organized presentations on Certificates of Confidentiality at the Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research’s (PRIMR) Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research Conference and the Advancing Ethical Research Conference in Boston. PRIMR is the premier organization for education and public engagement on the ethical standards governing the conduct of research involving… more »