The Work of the Hall Center for Law & Health
Public Health Law Program
In 2005, the Center launched its new Public Health Law program to spearhead the Center's growing activities in law and public health. In April 2005 the Center joined forces with the Indiana Partnership to Prevent Violent Injury and Death, a program of the Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children. This partnership will focus on public health research and scholarship on violent injury and death. The partnership brings together over 40 departments and programs at IU Medical Center, Riley Hospital, professional medical associations, individuals, faith communities and civic and government organizations from around the state. [more...]
State Health Law and Policy Initiative
The purpose of this project is to develop innovative programs and strategies for health system reforms. These programs and strategies are implemented and tested in Indiana and intended to serve as models for the nation. Research under this project is primarily empirical and interdisciplinary. The project includes the Center's work on strategies to expand coverage for the working poor, the development of a model Medicaid reform policy for state governments, and a two-year state-wide demonstration of computerized quality improvement strategies for community-based, long-term care funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. [more...]
McDonald Merrill Ketcham Lectureship and Award
The McDonald Merrill Ketcham Award is given annually to a leader whose work has touched both professions of law and medicine and constitutes significant contributions to each profession. The Hall Center for Law and Health on behalf of the law school and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics on behalf of the IU School of Medicine decide upon the awardee. The recipient gives a lecture at the law school and grand rounds at the medical school. [more...]
