Research Programs
Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
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‘The battle between states is ripe for a legal showdown’
February 5, 2025
Health law expert Carmel Shachar discusses the rapidly evolving legal issues around telehealth care delivered across state lines.
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Harvard Law’s Emily Broad Leib explains why the FDA is considering new front-of-package labels to call out foods with high fat, salt, and sugar.
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Is Cash King? Insights from Cash Assistance Pilots Targeting Heath and Food Outcomes
October 17, 2024
Can direct cash payments address poverty-associated disparities in health outcomes, unmet food and nutrition needs, and strengthen a sense of community autonomy and well-being? Join…
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Beyond ‘An apple a day’
October 8, 2024
Food law and policy expert Emily Broad Leib discusses why doctors need to know more about food and nutrition.
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Harvard Law's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation represents five families challenging a Louisiana ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
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Harvard law expert says ‘prescribing cash’ to low-income families improves health outcomes
December 19, 2023
Harvard Law expert Erika Hanson argues that providing direct cash supports to low-income families experiencing a medical crisis improves health outcomes.
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Harvard Law School’s Carmel Shachar examines a lawsuit by pharmaceutical giant Merck contesting a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Susannah Baruch, an expert in health law policy and ethics, joins Petrie-Flom Center as executive director
June 20, 2023
Susannah Baruch has joined the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School as executive director.
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New faculty appointments
April 18, 2023
Harvard Law School expands the ranks of its faculty with four appointments.
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‘He showed me what it meant to lead with love’
December 14, 2022
Harvard Law Clinical Professor Robert Greenwald retires after a long career securing health care access for vulnerable populations.
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‘We need to have a coordinated vision’ for food policy
September 8, 2022
Looking ahead to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, Emily Broad Leib and Katie Garfield say that drafting a national strategy for food must be a major priority.
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HLS staff honored for excellence at virtual ceremony
September 30, 2020
At a virtual ceremony hosted by Dean John F. Manning ’85, 15 members of the Harvard Law School community received the Dean’s Award for Excellence, which recognizes staff members who embody both the letter and spirit of excellence within the Harvard Law School community.
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For the Clinical Program at Harvard Law School, the past weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a time to mobilize. As the clinics have moved to working remotely, their work has continued with new urgency.