2013 Annual Meeting

The PHLR scientific community gathered at this year's annual meeting in New Orleans, LA, January 16-18, 2013.  The theme of this year's meeting was Driving Legal Innovation. Top public health law researchers and experts shared the latest additions to the growing evidence base and innovations in the field, and will lead discussions to further spark innovative thinking about ways to use law to improve public health.

The full agenda is available here.

Coverage of the conference by NewPublicHealth.org, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation public health blog:

• Q&A with Thomas Farley, New York City Health Commissioner
• Q&A with Pamela Hyde, JD, Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  
• Q&A with Scott Rhodes, PhD: Access to Care for Immigrant Populations
  
• What Works to Convince Health Workers to Get Their Flu Shots? -- Q&A with Dr. Rick Zimmerman
• Legal Interventions to Reduce 'Mountain Dew Mouth' -- Q&A with Dana Singer
• Public Health Law Research Annual Meeting Preview -- Q&A with Scott Burris, JD
  

Conference Materials

Wednesday, January 16

Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, New York City Public Health Commissioner -- Slides , Video below

Thursday, January 17

Slides and video coming soon

Friday, January 18

Keynote Address: Pamela Hyde, JD, Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Slides and video coming soon

Critical Opportunities -- coming soon

Multimedia

Dr. Thomas Farley, MD, MPH

Plenary Address, January 16, 2013

Allison Robertson, PhD, MPH

The Effects of Brief Incarcerations on Jail Diversion Outcomes for People with Serious Mental Illness

Concurrent Sessions, Jan. 17, 2013

Christy Porucznik, PhD, MSPH

Changing Prescriber Behavior with Regulation: Utah's House Bill 28 and the web-based prescription monitoring program

Concurrent Sessions, Jan. 17, 2013

SUNY Buffalo Law School

Measuring the Sources and Types of Funding on Health Care Outcomes for Children in Foster Care in Ohio

Concurrent Sessions, Jan. 17, 2013

Frank Sloan, PhD

Domestic Violence Penalties and Recidivism

Interview, Jan. 17, 2013

Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH, MA

Influence of Hospital Policies, State Laws, and Race on Health Care Worker Vaccination Rates: A hierarchical analysis

Interview, Jan. 17, 2013

 

Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH

Analyzing the Impact of Immigration Enforcement by Local Officials on Access to Care among Latinos

Interview, Jan. 17, 2013

Fernando Wilson, PhD

An Examination of the Effectiveness of State-Wide Cell Phone Use Restrictions on Drivers in Improving Road Safety

Interview, Jan. 17, 2013

Pamela Hyde, JD

Informing Public Health Strategies: Challenges and Opportunities in Behavioral Health

Keynote Address, Jan. 18, 2013