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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 11d
Prof Heather Walter-McCabe (@profwaltermac.bsky.social) will present at IU McKinney’s Virtual Grand Rounds on medical evidence in court challenges to anti-LGBTQ policies on Thurs. Oct 2 at 1 p.m. EDT.

Register for the webinar here: mckinneylaw.iu.edu/events/curre...
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 12d
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!

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12d
Very excited for this!
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 12d
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.

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Image of the marketing flyer with Prof Bagenstos' headshot and the following text: Center for Health Law Studies Distinguished Speaker Series Reconstructing the Public Health State Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, 12 p.m. Scott Hall, Room 1166 & Zoom Samuel Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, specializes in civil rights, labor and employment law, health law, and governance. From June 2022 to December 2024, he was general counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). From Inauguration Day 2021 to June 2022, he served as general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget. There, he worked on President Biden’s Day One executive orders; helped respond to COVID-19, including implementing several crucial aid programs; responded to regulations adopted by the prior administration just before the inauguration and helped advance the new administration’s regulations on labor, health, the environment, and much else; helped craft and implement the American Rescue Plan, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and what became the Inflation Reduction Act; and assisted in developing two annual budgets, along with advising the entire Executive Branch on issues of appropriations law and administrative law. Bagenstos has published articles in journals such as the Yale Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the California Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, and many others. He also has published two books: Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement (Yale University Press, 2009) and Disability Rights Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2010); he is now working on the fourth edition of the latter. Additionally, he has written articles for nonacademic audiences in publications such as Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, the American Prospect, the Washington Monthly, Slate, and the New Republic.
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 12d
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...
Image of the marketing flyer with Prof Bagenstos' headshot and the following text: Center for Health Law Studies Distinguished Speaker Series Reconstructing the Public Health State Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, 12 p.m. Scott Hall, Room 1166 & Zoom Samuel Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, specializes in civil rights, labor and employment law, health law, and governance. From June 2022 to December 2024, he was general counsel to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). From Inauguration Day 2021 to June 2022, he served as general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget. There, he worked on President Biden’s Day One executive orders; helped respond to COVID-19, including implementing several crucial aid programs; responded to regulations adopted by the prior administration just before the inauguration and helped advance the new administration’s regulations on labor, health, the environment, and much else; helped craft and implement the American Rescue Plan, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and what became the Inflation Reduction Act; and assisted in developing two annual budgets, along with advising the entire Executive Branch on issues of appropriations law and administrative law. Bagenstos has published articles in journals such as the Yale Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, the California Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, and many others. He also has published two books: Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement (Yale University Press, 2009) and Disability Rights Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2010); he is now working on the fourth edition of the latter. Additionally, he has written articles for nonacademic audiences in publications such as Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, the American Prospect, the Washington Monthly, Slate, and the New Republic.
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David A. Simon @davidasimon.bsky.social · 15d
Thank you for a wonderful event! I was so happy to be there and back in the academic environment. Now back to the classroom!
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books!
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Rick Weinmeyer @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social · 15d
This was such an *incredible* experience! And I’m so thankful to my readers, mentors, and fellow scholars for all they did to make for an unforgettable weekend.
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books!
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
THIS is what community looks like.
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
We workshopped! We crafted! We played an enjoyably competitive round of #healthlaw bingo!

We are so grateful to our 4 scholars: Alicia Gilbert, Ben Barsky, Rick Weinmeyer, and David Simon + the many readers who joined us for the 24th Health Law Scholars Workshop.
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 15d
Wow, the 2025 Health Law Scholars Workshop is officially in the books!
@davidasimon.bsky.social @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 16d
Please join us tomorrow as we welcome Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew (@daynamatthew.bsky.social) to SLU Law!

There is still time to register to join us at Scott Hall: lnkd.in/gMJja-ui

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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 19d
Check out those new mugs! 👀

Thank you to our scholars and readers for making this such a wonderful, impactful workshop. We are so glad you are all here with us!

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Heather Walter-McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 19d
It’s finally here! Thrilled to be hosting our 2025 Health Law Scholars at @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social this weekend. Looking forward to lots of great scholarship and discussion.
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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social · 23d
Thrilled to be welcoming #healthjustice shero @daynamatthew.bsky.social -- especially because applications are due this week for our newest experiential offering: the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. Apply now, #SLULaw!

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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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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 25d
Congrats to Rebekah King (3L) and Prof Sinha on their article "The Weight of Stigma" in the @cardozolaw.bsky.social Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice, which highlights how medical & social attitudes affect obesity treatment. We’re proud to see you shaping this critical convo in #HealthLaw!
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 26d
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!

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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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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26
Our Health Law students are hard at work, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to share their stories! Read more here: bit.ly/45AWlRn
Our Health Law students are hard at work, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to share their stories! Paige M. (2L JD/MHA) interned with the Missouri Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control… |...
Our Health Law students are hard at work, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to share their stories! Paige M. (2L JD/MHA) interned with the Missouri Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Un...
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jul 22
Wed 8/13 @ Noon, @slulaw.bsky.social alum Natalie Kean @nataliekean.bsky.social, Director of Federal Health Advocacy at @justiceinaging.org, joins the webinar Medicaid Cuts in H.R.1 – Updates for Aging Advocates to break down changes to Medicaid & Medicare. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Medicaid Cuts in H.R.1 - Updates for Aging Advocates. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In early July, President Trump signed H.R.1 also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after narrowly passing both the House and the Senate. The bill cuts over a trillion dollars from Medicaid, Me...
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jul 3
New on the @slulaw.bsky.social Summations Podcast, Prof @kellygillespie.bsky.social discusses: The Supreme Court's Impact on Health Care Access. We hope you will give this important wrap up a listen!

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Episode 60: The Supreme Court's Impact on Health Care Access
In this episode, we are joined by Professor Kelly Gillespie to explore the health law-related cases from the 2025 United States Supreme Court session.
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Jun 29
Great time at #IPSC2025 in Geneva and #ATRIP2025 in Copenhagen! Presented collaborative work with Prof. Timo Minssen @ucph.bsky.social on the role of proportionality in the development of diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for future pandemics.
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 24
Prof T. Stavroulaki in @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social today arguing in "The Antitrust Battle Against the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis" that "any anticompetitive agreement among employers that harms nurses’ wealth, harms their maternal health as well."

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The Antitrust Battle Against the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis - Petrie-Flom Center
A federal jury convicted Eduardo “Eddie” Lopez of Las Vegas for participating in a conspiracy to fix the wages for home health care nurses in Las Vegas between March 2016 and May 2019. The jury found ...
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 24
Prof Sidney Watson is quoted in NPR discussing the history of Medicaid and its role in long-term care in a preview of new film Caregiving in America.

Read the article: www.npr.org/2025/06/20/n...

Read Professor Watson's article on the history of Medicaid: scholarship.law.slu.edu/faculty/201/
Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film
A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.
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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · Jun 18
In Geneva for the IP Researchers Europe #IPRE conference! Looking forward to presenting early progress on a new project with Prof. Timo Minssen from CeBIL and the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law, titled "Novel Diagnostics, Vaccines, and Therapeutics for Pandemics: A Call for Proportionality"
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 16
What a rave! Congrats to Prof Stavroulaki!
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Jotwell @jotwell.bsky.social · Jun 13
Jotwell International:
Shubha Ghosh, Comparing Health Care Markets, JOTWELL (June 13, 2025) (reviewing Theodosia Stavroulaki, Healthcare, Quality Concerns and Competition Law: A Systematic Approach (2023)), intl.jotwell.com/comparing-he....
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SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Jun 16
Professor Theodosia Stavroulaki is featured in Jotwell!

Shubha Ghosh has identified her book Healthcare, Quality Concerns and Competition Law: A Systematic Approach as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to International Law.

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Comparing Health Care Markets - International & Comparative Law
Theodosia Stavroulaki, Healthcare, Quality Concerns and Competition Law: A Systematic Approach (2023).Shubha GhoshProfessor Stavroulaki of Saint Louis University School of Law and a PhD graduate of th...
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