MEHP Joint Lecture with Leslie Francis, PhD, JD

We are thrilled to announce the second annual MEHP Joint Lecture featuring Leslie Francis, PhD, JD from the University of Utah on Tuesday, April 29 at 12 pm with sponsorship from the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition.

• Talk title: “Why Federalism Matters for Health Care”
• Location: BRB 251; lunch will be provided.
• The talk is hybrid and will not be recorded.
• Registration is required. Click here to register.

Leslie Francis is Alfred C. Emery distinguished professor of law and distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Utah. She was founding director of University of Utah Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences from 2015-2022. Professor Francis was President of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association in 2015-2016. From2015-2019 she served as the elected Secretary-General of the International Society for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. She is a past member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and past co-chair of the Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Professor Francis's most recent book is States of Health: Federalism and Bioethics, (co-authored with John Francis (Oxford 2024). She is the author of many papers in the areas of disability law and ethics, privacy and data use, justice, and bioethics.