Law professors and health experts explored how the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated social inequalities during Wednesdayâs fourth installment of a Harvard Law School seminar series on the intersection of Covid-19 and the law.
The Law Schoolâs Petrie-Flom Center â which promotes interdisciplinary scholarship in health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics â hosted the event, which was moderated by Yale Law School senior research fellow Ryan P. Knox.
The virtual panel â titled âThe Disparate Burdens of COVID-19â â brought together legal scholars including Berkeley Law professor Daniel A. Farber, Middlesex University senior lecturer Joelle Grogan, and Yale Law professor Judith Resnik. Amherst College political science professor Tess E. Wise also spoke at the event, in addition to two health experts â American Medical Association Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank and Erik J. Rodriquez, a biobehavioral epidemiologist at the Nation