Petrie-Flom Center
Research program at Harvard Law School exploring issues at the intersection of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics linktr.ee/petrieflom
- Tune into this webinar with @masonmarks.bsky.social discussing the anticipated rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- Read The Practice from @hlsclp.bsky.social where I. Glenn Cohen, @cshachar.bsky.social, & @susannahb.bsky.social discuss the health law profession, the history of Petrie-Flom, and its current research areas clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...
- As of 2023, a third of Americans had at least one tattoo. Yet regulation of the industry has been inconsistent, specifically on the issue of whether artists need medical training. This is the focus of a new blog post by student fellow Evelyn Shiang: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2026/01/16/w...
- Join us for this one-hour webinar to discuss possible changes on the horizon from reclassification of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. Click here to register: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- A recent article in JAMA co-authored by I. Glenn Cohen analyzes California SB243, the first U.S. law to establish safeguards aimed at reducing suicide risk associated with the use of artificial intelligence–based “companion chatbots." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- New @jama.com article written by @medlawdan.bsky.social, @drsinhaesq.bsky.social, and I. Glenn Cohen examines the FDA’s plan to approve leucovorin for some patients with autism using evidence that departs from traditional regulatory standards jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
- Stay tuned for our newsletter tomorrow mailchi.mp/law/petrie-f...
- Read coverage of our recent psychedelics event: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
- The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality digital symposium is live on our Bill of Health blog. Explore psychedelic use, law, and spiritual experience here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t... (pt 2)
- The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality digital symposium is live on our Bill of Health blog. Explore psychedelic use, law, and spiritual experience here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t... (pt 1)
- See the event recording and media coverage for "Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=C12f...
- Check out our new digital symposium on Bill of Health titled The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality. We will be publishing one post per day for the next week. Get started here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t...
- Universal health care is typically a central principle of democratic socialism. So why is New York City’s new mayor-elect, a proud democratic socialist, not pushing for it in his platform? Read more from PFC Student Fellow Tai Dinger on Bill of Health: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/20/m...
- Extended to Nov. 9: this year’s call for abstracts for our annual conference on “Embryo Law & Ethics.” Seeking papers that offer innovative perspectives and inventive approaches: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
- Congrats to our student fellows on completing their first round of Bill of Health blog posts petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/blog/latest/
- Register to attend or livestream our lunchtime debate exploring the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics. Swipe through pt 2 of our panelists. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- Register to attend or livestream our lunchtime debate exploring the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics. Swipe through pt 1 of our panelists. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- The Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture, a collaboration between CSWR @harvarddivinity.bsky.social, Mahindra Center, and Petrie-Flom, is seeking abstracts for papers for Psychedelic Intersections: Bridging Humanities, Religion, and Law. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
- Join us Nov. 5 for a lunchtime debate on the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics w moderator David Plotz, co-host of the podcast @slate.com Political Gabfest petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- Panelists explored the legal, scientific, and ethical challenges of determining whether, and how, society should set limits on leadership longevity at last week’s event, How Old Is Too Old to Govern? See the event recording and coverage: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- New article on polygenic risk scoring in the American Journal of Bioethics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 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...
- Video of our 20th anniversary celebration is now live youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- 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...
- 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...
- 🚨We are currently accepting abstracts for our 2026 annual conference, “Embryo Law and Ethics.” Read more here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
- 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...
- 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...
- New article by Susannah Baruch argues pronatalists' efforts have been shown to harm people and not increase birth rates: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Take a look at our special Climate Justice collection for Harvard Climate Action Week: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- 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...
- New blog post on Europe’s efforts to combat addictive algorithms petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/20/a...
- Sign up for our newsletter here: mailchi.mp/law/petrie-f...
- RSVP for our 20th Anniversary celebration: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- 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/...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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/...
- 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...
- 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?...
- 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...
- 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?...
- 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?...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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- Missed our annual conference livestream? Watch it now: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
- PFC’s Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary about the implications of 23andMe’s bankruptcy filing www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac... Thank you to Inter-CeBIL and Novo Nordisk Foundation for their support in this research area
- New article in @nejm.org by I. Glenn Cohen, Ifeoma Ajunwa, and Ravi B. Parikh explores increased risk that AI will be used to surveil and monitor health care workers www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... This work was supported by funding from Novo Nordisk Foundation.
- New I. Glenn Cohen article in Nature Machine Intelligence examines unregulated emotional risks of AI wellness apps: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
