Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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NINE PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2024 AALS ANNUAL MEETING January 2024 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2024 Annual Meeting featured nine Penn State Dickinson Law scholars who served as panelists, moderators, and speakers. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON POLICYMAKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH LAW AND IMMIGRATION LAW October 2023 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf recently published an article titled “Interagency Dynamics in Matters of Health and Immigration” in the Boston University Law Review. The article is one of a series of articles that Professor Makhlouf has written as part of her broader research agenda on health law and immigrants. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MEDHA MAKHLOUF CO-AUTHORS ARTICLE IN JAMA HEALTH FORUM July 2023 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf recently co-authored an article, “State Flexibility in Emergency Medicaid to Care for Uninsured Noncitizens,” in JAMA Health Forum. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MEDHA MAKHLOUF CO-HOSTS “HEALTH EQUITY IMMERSION” WITH PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE April 2023 — On the morning of Saturday, April 15, 2023, an interdisciplinary group of Penn State students, faculty, and medical residents met at The Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburg to engage in a day of experiential learning focused on the theme “Making the Invisible Visible.” This second iteration of the Health Equity Immersion, first piloted in October 2022, was a component of the curriculum for students enrolled in Penn State Dickinson Law’s Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. Full story |
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MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIP CLINIC STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN INAUGURAL “HEALTH EQUITY IMMERSION” WITH PENN STATE HEALTH MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE STUDENTS October 2022 — An interdisciplinary group of Penn State students, faculty, and medical residents boarded a bus in Hershey to embark on the inaugural Health Equity Immersion — a five-hour experience designed to teach participants about the social and political determinants that contribute to health disparities. Among the participants were students in the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic and Professor Medha D. Makhlouf, who co-developed the experience with colleagues at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF TO ATTEND CONVENING ON DISPLACEMENT AND HEALTH IN GREECE September 2022 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf was selected to attend the upcoming Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE) Convening on Displacement & Health, from September 19-23, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Convening will host twenty Senior Fellows whose work focuses on issues of refugee and immigrant health, mental health, and trauma-informed care. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF CO-AUTHORS ARTICLE FRAMING IMMIGRATION REFORMS AS HEALTH POLICY September 2022 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf recently co-authored an article, “Immigration Reforms as Health Policy,” in the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy. The article was published in a symposium issue titled “Health Care After the 2020 Election: The Path: Forward,” which focuses on the most important post-election opportunities to advance health access and health equity. Professor Makhlouf’s co-author is Patrick Glen, Senior Litigation Counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF TO PRESENT NEW ARTICLE AT "HEALTH LAW BEYOND HEALTH LAW" WORKSHOP August 2022 — On August 23, 2022, Professor Medha Makhlouf will present her draft article, “Interagency Dynamics in Matters of Health and Immigration,” at the “Health Law Beyond Health Law” workshop, sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF PRESENTS AT ANNUAL HEALTH LAW PROFESSORS CONFERENCE June 2022 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf traveled to the 45th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, which took place from June 1-3, 2022, at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law of Arizona State University. There, she attended her first meeting as a Board Member of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME); facilitated discussion at the Jay Healey Teaching Session; and participated in a panel discussion focused on public health scholarship and curriculum. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF LEADS WORKSHOP AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION May 2022 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf facilitated a workshop she organized at the annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education titled “Lessons for Clinicians from The Art of Gathering and Beyond.” The workshop described and modeled strategies for enhancing clinical gatherings of all kinds, including supervision and evaluation sessions, staff meetings, celebrations, and virtual and in-person convenings. It was inspired by the book, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, by Priya Parker. Full story |