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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 20h

Welcome Sofia Palmieri, our new Post-Doctoral Fellow in Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law, whose research is at the intersection of law, ethics, artificial intelligence, and health care: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/people/postd...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 5d

Video of our 20th anniversary celebration is now live youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 9d

Should we have maximum age limits for lawmakers and judges? Is the advanced age of many leaders cause for concern? What can neuroscience research tell us about the aging process?

Qs to be addressed in our lunchtime discussion on Oct. 8: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 12d

Agentic AI could revolutionize health care delivery. Amid severe shortages in maternal health care, significant legal and ethical questions loom.

Susannah Baruch shares thoughts on the new Health Affairs article: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 14d

🚨We are currently accepting abstracts for our 2026 annual conference, “Embryo Law and Ethics.”

Read more here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 15d

Join us Oct. 8 for an in-person lunchtime discussion of the legal, scientific, medical, and ethical issues related to aging political and judicial leaders.

RSVP for location: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 21d

We are excited to welcome seven new student fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center. Tai, Julia, Danny, Quincy, Evelyn, Aarushi, and Jared will be with us for the 2025-26 academic year.

Read about their research interests here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/09/17/i...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 22d

New article by Susannah Baruch argues pronatalists' efforts have been shown to harm people and not increase birth rates: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · 23d

Take a look at our special Climate Justice collection for Harvard Climate Action Week: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join us to celebrate two decades of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
RSVP here petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 29

New blog post on Europe’s efforts to combat addictive algorithms petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/20/a...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 27

RSVP for our 20th Anniversary celebration: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 21

New article by I. Glenn Cohen and Guillermo Astudillo call for data deletion as a cornerstone of future U.S. data privacy protections: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 19

As we celebrate 20 years of the Petrie-Flom Center, see press coverage of our opening plus a teaser of our anniversary event on Sept. 11. RSVP for location: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 12

A new paper by ‪Christopher Robertson @bulaw.bsky.social and Wendy N. Epstein ‪at DePaul University in @nejm.org highlights the role private law is poised to play in American health care in the coming years www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Governance in quantum technology is needed, according to a new paper in Science. To read the article, by authors Mateo Aboy, Urs Gasser, I. Glenn Cohen, and Mauritz Kop, click here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Aug 1

Predictive aging technology, how AI will affect health insurance, how to protect against agetech misuse, menopause capitalism, and medicalized aging for profit: Watch our annual conference's fourth panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnjq...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 25

Expanding right to die options for older Americans, federal law and policy to support older adults, anti-discrimination employment protections, and elder abuse: Watch our annual conference's third panel here: youtu.be/KkSqH_8ZnLo?...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 21

Last week, 60 participants gathered for a two-day intensive training on issues in psychedelics-related law, medicine, research, and policy.

Sign up for our newsletter to get event updates: mailchi.mp/law/petrie-f...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 16

How to determine biological age (and when it’s ethical to use it), growing cognitive decline among the physician workforce, modernizing Medicare for extended lifespans, and elder-targeted health care: Watch our annual conference's second panel here: youtu.be/FYeVNQGDLKc?...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

Agency and capacity, decision-making by, with, and for people with aged dementia, financial decision-making in older age, and human rights protections as related to older persons: Watch our annual conference's first panel here: youtu.be/FzKWdZCIrlY?...

Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 3

New comment in @thelancet.com by Alicia Ely Yamin, Emma Joanna Lengle, & @gregggonsalves.bsky.social ‬highlights the efforts coalescing across the U.S. to combat “a full-fledged assault on science and public health.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jul 1

New post on Bill of Health examines how cuts to Medicaid could affect millions of disabled and older adults: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/07/01/m...

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Petrie-Flom Center @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci on Bill of Health: “When health care systems rely on digital tools to expand access but ignore underlying inequalities, they risk excluding the very communities they aim to serve.” petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/06/16/d...

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