LATEST NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

University of Minnesota Law Professor Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD, has co-authored the first introduction to brain science specifically for lawyers, judges, and those interested in the legal implications of neuroscience. Brain Science for Lawyers, Judges, and Policymakers guides readers through the fundamentals of brain science and highlights the ever-increasing role neuroscience data plays in court cases and public policy.

The Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences is hosting a virtual Lecture Series titled “When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide.” The first webinar in the series, “Considering Medical Aid in Dying,” will be Wed., May 1, from Noon to 1:30pm Central time. The webinar will feature three international experts on the law, ethics, and clinical realities of medical aid in dying, both in the U.S.

A new online tool, launched by the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB), allows researchers to better evaluate brain organization by identifying an individual’s neural networks. The tool aims to help clinicians develop personalized approaches for care.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH renewed its designation of the Masonic Cancer Center (MCC) as a comprehensive cancer center last summer. MCC’s community engagement efforts and innovations to high-impact clinical trials were contributing factors in the renewal.

Thanks in part to initial seed money from UMN’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute’s Office of Discovery and Translation (ODAT), a new low-cost, portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner

Family members tracking the progress of hospitalized loved ones have a new tool to connect with clinicians.

Susan M. Wolf, JD, Chair of the Consortium on Law and Values, co-authored a recent article appearing in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society critiquing state approaches to triage in the COVID-19 pandemic. The article on “COVID‐19 Triage Schemes to Face the Next Public Health Emergency” calls for improvements in triage to prepare for the next pandemic.

Prof. Michele Goodwin from Georgetown Law Center – a collaborator on Consortium grants – spoke on “Dr. King and the Long Arc Toward Reproductive Freedom and Justice” at the University of Minnesota Law School’s 9th Annual MLK Convocation in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prof. Michele Bratcher Goodwin, JD, LLM, SJD, is the Linda D. & Timothy J.

The Consortium is excited to welcome Prof. Alan Rozenshtein, JD, as an Affiliate Faculty Member. Prof. Rozenshtein is an expert on cyberlaw and artificial intelligence, whose research has addressed critical issues in biomedicine, including pandemic surveillance and ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, a Senior Editor at Lawfare, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Scholars Strategy Network.

An article on Trends in U.S. Public Confidence in Science and Opportunities for Progress led by Arthur Lupia, PhD (University of Michigan) with authors including Consortium Chair Susan M. Wolf, JD, was published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article analyzes the U.S. public's confidence in science across time.