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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · May 14

Humbled to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1!

Grateful for colleagues at @slulaw.bsky.social and @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social, the University Committee on Academic Rank and Tenure, and the Provost and President of @slu-official.bsky.social.

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 2d

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEW🚨 paper with Physician Just Equity colleagues in @acsjacs.bsky.social: Whether and How Surgeons Took Action Against Workplace Microaggression: Survey of ACS Members journals.lww.com/journalacs/a...

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 8d

The Weight of Stigma: working draft now available on @SSRN, we welcome your feedback! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

#FireproofingTheFDA Panel 4 Moderator Prof. Robert Harrison (@sjquinney.bsky.social) is a @slulaw.bsky.social @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social alum! cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

#FireproofingTheFDA Panel 4: Repairing the FDA

Copanelists:
(1) Dr. Anjali Deshmukh @setonhallhealthlaw.bsky.social
(2) @reshmagar.bsky.social @yalecrrit.bsky.social
(3) Philip Singer @utah.edu
Moderator: Robert Harrison @sjquinney.bsky.social

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

#FireproofingTheFDA
Panel 3: The Current Crisis at the FDA

(1) @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @statnews.com
(2) @rachelsachs.bsky.social @washulaw.bsky.social
(3) Nathan Cortez SMU Dedman Law
(4) Jordan Paradise @loyolachicago.bsky.social

Moderator: Avery Emery @sjquinney.bsky.social @utah.edu

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

#FireproofingTheFDA @sjquinney.bsky.social @utah.edu

Keynote Speaker Dr. Rita Redberg @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

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University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law @sjquinney.bsky.social · 13d

The Utah Law Review's annual Lee E. Teitelbaum Symposium is here! We're exploring how the FDA's medical product vetting might be strengthened—while defending it from interference.

Amazing panels this morning with top experts from law schools, med schools, journalism, and more.

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

#FireproofingTheFDA
Panel 2: FDA, Politics, and Public Health

(1) @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social
(2) @pzettler.bsky.social @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social
(3) Lewis Grossman @auwclhealthlaw.bsky.social
(4) Joseph Daval @portalresearch.org

Moderator: @teneille.bsky.social @sjquinney.bsky.social

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 13d

At @sjquinney.bsky.social #FireproofingTheFDA

Panel 1: Improving the Safety and Effectiveness of Medical Products

Panelists:
(1) Shannon Brownlee
(2) @saragerke.bsky.social
(3) George Horvath @uclawsf.bsky.social

Moderator: Jim Ruble @utah.edu College of Pharmacy

cc: @medlawdan.bsky.social

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 14d

Looking forward to "Fireproofing the FDA: Power, Politics, and Public Health" tomorrow! I will be on the last panel of the day: "Repairing the FDA." Kudos to @medlawdan.bsky.social @sjquinney.bsky.social for organizing!

cc: @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social @slulaw.bsky.social

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 14d

Please join us (in person or via Zoom) as we welcome our next Distinguished Speaker, Prof Samuel Bagenstos (@sbagen.bsky.social) of the University of Michigan Law School. His talk, "Reconstructing the Public Health State," will be held at noon on Monday, Oct. 13.

Register: forms.gle/TAbXnbB4GbJb...

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 17d

Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books!
@davidasimon.bsky.social @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social

A table with about a dozen various handcrafted pipe cleaner creations, including a pumpkin, a spider, and blue and yellow flowers, as well as a copy of the Bingo card, an "I heart SLU Health Law" sticker, and a small potted mum.

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 28d

Delighted to share that "The Weight Of Stigma," a coauthored article led by @slulaw.bsky.social 3L Rebekah King, is now forthcoming in Volume 32 of the @cardozolaw.bsky.social Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice!

cc: @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are pleased to host Dean @daynamatthew.bsky.social
of @gwu1821.bsky.social Law School as our first speaker of the '25-26 year. Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's Health, will be held at noon, Tues., 9/23. Register online; hope to see you there! forms.gle/Ccm2u2m1oBmW...

A flyer announcing the event with our blue Center for Health Law Studies header, a photo of Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew, and the following text information: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, 12 p.m., Scott Hall Room 1166Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's HealthDayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She is the author of the bestselling book Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care and the newly released Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America. In 2013, she co-founded the Colorado Health Equity Project, a medical-legal partnership incubator aimed at removing barriers to good health for low-income clients by providing legal representation, research, and policy advocacy.

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 former CDC directors speak out against Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Sep 1

#TortsInTheWild #SpotTheNegligence "And suddenly, a cow comes out of nowhere and knocks the motorcyclist to the ground!"

It may seem like a far-fetched Torts fact pattern, but it happened in real life!

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Sep 1

#TortsInTheWild #SpotTheNegligence The pond in the background has no fence and was reportedly 3 feet deep!

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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thrilled to announce an upcoming symposium at Utah Law (@sjquinney.bsky.social):

Fireproofing the FDA: Power, Politics, and Public Health

Free to register and featuring @deankronkwarner.bsky.social @saragerke.bsky.social @ghorvath.bsky.social . . .

www.law.utah.edu/event/lee-e-...

Lee E. Teitelbaum Utah Law Review Symposium – Fireproofing the FDA: Power, Politics, and Public Health - S.J. Quinney College of Law

www.law.utah.edu

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Aug 26

#TortsInTheWild #SpotTheNegligence is off to a good start @slulaw.bsky.social! cc: @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Aug 17

Teaching #Torts @slulaw.bsky.social starting tomorrow, using the @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social @kmtani.bsky.social #OpenAccess CALI casebook: www.cali.org/books/torts-...

Borrowing from @tpearl.bsky.social, students will share pictures of #TortsInTheWild #SpotTheNegligence for participation credit!

Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you are looking for a great open-access Torts casebook, here is the one I'll be using this semester:

Karen Tani @kmtani.bsky.social · Jul 31

Torts teachers: the 2025 edition of the completely FREE Witt-Tani casebook is now up on the CALI website! Thanks again to @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social for adding me as a co-author a few editions back. I love this book & love hearing from those of you who use it! www.cali.org/books/torts-...

Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions | CALI

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Aug 7

Enjoyed discussing competition, innovation, standardization, and drug-device combination products at #IPSC2025, hosted by @depaullaw.bsky.social

Co-panelists @patentscholar.bsky.social, @rachelsachs.bsky.social & @drximebena.bsky.social gave terrific talks as well!

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Karen Tani @kmtani.bsky.social · Jul 31

Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions | CALI

www.cali.org

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Jul 28

Lab-grown salmon was recently FDA-approved: washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Yet several states now ban cultured meats: vox.com/future-of-me...

For more background, read our AJLM article "Meat, The Future: The Role Of Regulators In The Lab-Grown Revolution" here: cambridge.org/core/journal...

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · Jul 10

Food recalls in the #UnitedStates often reveal serious mismanagement & structural issues in both #government & private industry, yet they have become unremarkable & even expected in our modern world.

Read: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Subscribe: www.ssrn.com/link/Saint-L...

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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · Jul 7

I just want to re-up this Health Affairs Forefront piece co-authored with @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social. We're working on the concept of a "Public Health Law Vacuum" as a form of governance failure.

Who is creating these vacuums? Why? What are the consequences? And what can we do about it? ⤵️

#PHLaw

Public Health Law Vacuums: A Present And Future Threat | Health Affairs Forefront

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dangerous trend: the intentional creation of public health law vacuums, in which no governance efforts are exerted to address a defined public health problem.

www.healthaffairs.org

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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · Jul 3

With so much of the public health and health care system in turmoil, why not worry about another problem?!

A warning about the looming threat of public health law vacuums from me and my wonderful colleague @profgoldberg.bsky.social.

www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

Public Health Law Vacuums: A Present And Future Threat | Health Affairs Forefront

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dangerous trend: the intentional creation of public health law vacuums, in which no governance efforts are exerted to address a defined public health problem.

www.healthaffairs.org

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Jul 2

#VaccinesWork Important read in @statnews.com from physician-leaders of @aafp.org @ameracadpeds.bsky.social
@acpimphysicians.bsky.social @acog.org @idsainfo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations

“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.