Global Health & Justice Project

Global Health & Justice: Paradigms for Multidisciplinary Collaboration

February 25 -26, 2005
12 CLE General Credits Approved

Presented by
The Global Health & Justice Project at the University of Washington School of Law
and
The Pacific Northwest Center for Health, Law & Policy
(a consortium of UW, Seattle University, Lewis and Clark, University of British Columbia and Gonzaga Law Schools)

PROGRAM INFORMATION

This multidisciplinary program focuses on cutting-edge issues presenting ongoing challenges to global health and justice. How does international law impact our health? What are the populations that are most at risk of human rights abuses and how does this affect individual and population health? Does patent law really impact access to medical innovations, including new pharmaceuticals? How do trade and trade law affect our health? These are some of the questions that will be explored in this two-day conference during which leading medical, public health and legal academics and professionals will consider the many facets of these complex questions. The goal of the conference is to promote dialogue that will lead to identifying future areas of research and foster continued multidisciplinary collaboration. The program will be held at William H. Gates Hall, the new home of the University of Washington School of Law, on the university’s main Seattle campus.

Featured Conference Speakers

LEONARD S. RUBENSTEIN , J.D. is the Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Wesleyan University, Mr. Rubenstein has spent twenty-five years as an advocate for human and civil rights. He is engaged in leadership in the human rights field as a whole, and is currently a member of the board of directors of numerous human rights organizations. He has written extensively in the field of human rights, medical ethics and mental health, and has performed extensive fieldwork in human rights. Mr. Rubenstein is the recipient of the National Mental Health Association’s Mission Award and the Congressional Minority Caucuses’ 2003 Healthcare Heroes Award.

SOFIA GRUSKIN , J.D., M.I.A. is the Director of the Program on International Health and Human Rights at the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and Associate Professor on Health and Human Rights in the Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the editor of the international journal Health and Human Rights, and an associate editor for the American Journal of Public Health. Ms. Gruskin is actively engaged in the policy and practice implications of linking health to human rights. She chairs the UNAIDS Global Reference Group on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, is a founding member of The Consortium for Health and Human Rights, is a technical advisor to WHO, and serves as the principal investigator to a number of projects which focus on ensuring human rights for people living with HIV/AIDS.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Thursday, February 24, 2005

6:00 PM

Second International Women Leaders Dinner
with
Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika
Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States Dr. Mbikusita-Lewanika is a dynamic leader who has advocated for women and human rights in her home country, Zambia, and the developing world. She will speak to the assembled group of scholars, elected and community leaders, and NGO representatives on the role of women in international leadership. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit students involved in the UW Women’s Center and the UW School of Law’s Global Health & Justice Project.

Co-sponsored by the UW Women’s Center and the UW Global Health and Justice Project. HUB Ballroom. See the UW Women's Center website for details and ticket info.

Friday, February 25, 2005
7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 AM	Welcoming Remarks W.H. KNIGHT JR.., J.D. Dean, University of Washington School of Law
8:45 AM	Keynote Address LEN RUBENSTEIN, J.D. Director, Physicians for Human Rights
9:45 AM	BREAK
10:00AM	SESSION 1: Forced Migration, Trafficking and Other Human Rights Abuses Resulting in Poor Health Moderator PAUL STEVEN MILLER , J.D. Professor of Law, University of Washington Speakers SUTAPA BASU , Ph.D. Executive Director, UW Women’s Center; Affiliate Assistant Professor, UW Women’s Studies SHARAN E. BROWN , J.D., ED.D. Research Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, UW ERIC ROSENTHAL , J.D. Founder and Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) JULIA DEVIN , J.D . Immigration Attorney, Consultant, UNCHR, IRC
NOON	LUNCH Human Rights & Emergency Relief Aid: Lessons Learned from Indonesia MARK H. SCHLANSKY CEO & Founder, Uplift International
1:00 PM	SESSION 2: Trade, Treaties and Global Moderator ANNETTE CLARK , M.D., J.D. Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University Speakers MICHELE FORZLEY , J.D., M.P.H. Director, Commercial Alliances & Health Networks Private Sector Partnerships-One, USAID Project Senior Associate, Global Microenterprises Initiatives ANN MARIE KIMBALL , M.D., M.P.H. Director, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Emerging Infections Network; Professor, School of Public Health & Community Medicine, UW FREDERICK ABBOTT , J.D., LL.M. Edward Ball Eminent Scholar, Florida State University College of Law NICK DRAGER , M.D., PH.D. Senior Advisor, Department of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Law, World Health Organization
2:45 PM	BREAK
3:00 PM	SESSION 3: War, Terrorism and the Impact on Population Health Moderator ARTHUR LAFRANCE , J.D. Professor, Lewis and Clarke Law School; Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Center on Health, Law & Policy Speakers JOEL S. SUMMER , J.D. Attorney, Seattle RON WALDMAN , M.D., M.P.H. Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University DAVID P. FIDLER , J.D., B.C.L. Professor of Law & Harry T. Ice Faculty Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington
4:45 PM	ADJOURN

Saturday, February 26, 2005
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM	SESSION 4: HIV, Other Emerging Infections and the Human Rights Paradigm Moderator BETH RIVIN , M.D., M.P.H. Research Associate Professor, UW School of Law; The Global Health and Justice Project; Adj. Research Professor, UW School of Public Health & Comm. Medicine Speakers PAULA E. BRENTLINGER , M.D., M.P.H. Clinical Assistant Professor, International Health Program, School of Public Health & Community Medicine, UW KING K. HOLMES , M.D., PH.D. Director, Center for AIDS and STD, UW DAVID P. FIDLER , J.D., B.C.L.
10:45 AM	BREAK
11:00 AM	SESSION 5: Intellectual Property Rights: Are They a Barrier to New Medical Technologies? Moderator YASUSHI KODAMA, M.D., LL.M. Professor of Medicine, University of Tokyo and Partner, Tokyo law firm Speakers MARGARET CHON, J.D. Professor of Law, Seattle University MASATOSHI HAGIWARA , M.D., PH.D. Professor & Director, Laboratory of Gene Expression, School of Biomedical Science & Dept. of Functional Genomics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University RUTH OKEDIJI , LL.B., LL.M., S.J.D. William L. Prosser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota GREG SIMON , J.D. President, Faster Cures/The Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions
12:30 PM	LUNCH
1:30 PM	Closing Address: The Right to Health: An International Construct Speaker SOFIA GRUSKIN , J.D., M.I.A. Director, International Health & Human Rights Program, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health Comments PATRICIA KUSZLER , M.D., J.D. Associate Dean, Research & Faculty Development, UW School of Law; Adjunct Professor UW School of Medicine, School of Public Health & Comm. Medicine MARY ANN BOBINSKI , J.D., LL.M. Dean, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver AGUS PURWADIANTO , M.D., J.D. Chair, Department of Forensic Pathology & Lecturer, University of Indonesia School of Law
3:45 PM	ADJOURN

REGISTRATION

This program has been approved for 12 General CLE Credits in Washington. For information regarding CLE credits in other states, contact UW CLE at 206-543-0059.

Registration Fees - Pre-registration is required!

$300 for Conference and Dinner
$250 for Conference with CLE, No Dinner
$200 for Conference, No CLE, No Dinner
$50 Discounted Student Rate, No Dinner

Registration deadline has been extended through February 21, 2005!
Three ways to register:

Download PDF Brochure and Registration Form
Mail Form and Payment to:
University of Washington School of Law
CLE Registration
William H. Gates Hall, Box 353020
Seattle, WA 98195-3020
FAX: 206-685-3929
WEB: www.uwcle.org

Pre-registration is required for all participants.

Refunds are available up to five business days prior to the program. In lieu of a refund we encourage participants to send a substitute. Please notify UW CLE of any requests for refunds or substitutions. All cancellations are subject to a $30 handling charge.

To request accommodations for the disabled, please contact the Disability Services Office at least 10 days in advance: 206-543-6450 (voice); 206-543-6452 (TTY); 206-685-7264 (fax) or dso@u.washington.edu (e-mail).

Housing/Accommodations: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Watertown Hotel, 4242 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, 206-826-4242 or 866-944-4242; www.watertownseattle.com. Rooms will be available until Feb. 1, 2005. After this date, accommodations will be on a space-available basis. Please identify yourself as a participant in the “Global Health and Justice Conference” when making a room reservation.

For more information:
800-CLE-UNIV or 206-543-0059
uwcle@u.washington.edu