Agenda ::: Health in the Hills

A rural road near a farm

Thursday, February 24, 2022

9:00 a.m. ::: Coffee and a Light Breakfast
Fitzsimmons Event Hall

10:00 a.m. ::: Welcome 
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Jared Phalen, Executive Article Selection and Symposium Editor, Vol. 124, West Virginia Law Review
Jaylin Johnson, Executive Article Selection and Symposium Editor, Vol. 124, West Virginia Law Review

10:15 a.m. ::: Frontier Nursing and Rural Midwives 
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Hannah Haksgaard, Associate Professor of Law, University of South Dakota

11:00 a.m. ::: Break

11:15 a.m. ::: Why Aren’t Mountain State Folks Getting the Shot? Health Literacy, COVID-19, and Vaccination Rates in West Virginia Counties
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Associate Professor of Health Services Administration and Policy, Temple University
Aimee Palumbo, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Temple University

Noon ::: Lunch

12:30 p.m. ::: Lunchtime Presentation — Materials Related to Technology and Health
Fitzsimmons Event Hall
Jessica Roberts, Leonard H. Childs Chair in Law, University of Houston

1:15 p.m. ::: Appalachian Health Panel
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Hannah Haksgaard
Elizabeth Van Nostrand
Aimee Palumbo
Jessica Roberts
Valarie Blake, Professor of Law, West Virginia University
Nathan Hammons, Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic, Marquette University

2:00 p.m. ::: Break

2:15 p.m. ::: The Immigration Solution for Improving Rural Health
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Kit Johnson, Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma

3:00 p.m. ::: Break

3:15 p.m. ::: International Human Rights as a Vehicle for Achieving Rural Health
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
David Moore, Sterling and Eleanor Colton Endowed Chair in Law and Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University

4:00 p.m. ::: International Solutions Panel
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
David Moore
Kit Johnson

4:30 p.m. ::: Closing Remarks
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Jared Phalen
Jaylin Johnson

4:35-6:15 p.m. ::: Refreshments
Fitzsimmons Event Hall


Friday, February 25, 2022

8:00 a.m. ::: Coffee and Light Breakfast
Fitzsimmons Event Hall

9:00 a.m. ::: Welcome Back
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Jared Phalen
Jaylin Johnson

9:15 a.m. ::: Financing Rural Health Care
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Zack Buck, Associate Professor of Law, University of Tennessee

10:00 a.m. ::: Medicaid Expansion Expectations
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Deborah Farringer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (Law), Associate Professor of Law, and Director of Health Law Studies, Belmont University

10:45 a.m. ::: Break

11:00 a.m. ::: Dental Care in Rural Populations and Medicare Coverage
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Jacqueline Fox, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina

11:45 a.m. ::: Lunch

12:30 p.m. ::: Panel on the Costs of Rural Health
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Zack Buck
Deborah Farringer
Jacqueline Fox

1:00 p.m. ::: Trans Health in Appalachia
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Valarie Blake
Nathan Hammons

1:45 p.m. ::: Closing Remarks
Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom
Jared Phalen
Jaylin Johnson
Kaitlyn Akers, Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 124, West Virginia Law Review

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