Public Health Law News: Interview with Aila Hoss, JD

Profile in Public Health Law: Interview with Aila Hoss, JD

Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Public Health Law Academy

This online academy created by PHLP and ChangeLab Solutions helps public health professionals understand the legal system’s role, historically and currently, in improving population health. The training offers three courses: Introduction to Public Health Law, Legal Epidemiology Review, and Hot Topics in Public Health Law. The training was created through cooperative agreement 6NU380T000141-04-02 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies for Medication Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Children, United States, 2015

This article, published in Public Health Reports, describes the legal epidemiology methods used to assess Medicaid prior-authorization policies related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication prescriptions for young children. The article also explains the results of the assessment.

CDC Externships in Public Health Law

The Public Health Law Program (PHLP) offers externships in public health law, tribal public health, and administration and communications. The externships consist of 9–14 weeks of professional work experience with PHLP in Atlanta, Georgia. Unpaid externships must qualify for academic credit as authorized by law and public health schools. Applications for summer 2018 positions are due by January 31, 2018.

Human Rights Exhibit at Georgia State University College of Law

Health Is a Human Right examines historical health equity challenges over the past 120 years in the United States. The exhibit, which includes interactive, online distance learning resources, will be at Georgia State College of Law until April 25, 2018. The exhibit is provided by the David J. Sencer CDC Museum at CDC and supported by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health under cooperative agreement UG4LM012340 with the University of Maryland, Health Sciences and Human Services Library.

Public Health Law News Quiz Question, November 2017

When are applications for summer 2018 internships with PHLP due?