Megan Prictor
@meganprictor.bsky.social
Lawyer, PhD. Snr Lecturer, law & emerging health tech at Melbourne Law School, Uni of Melbourne. Digital health, data governance, health law, regulation, clinical tech, consultation recording. + Cataract Kids Australia. Views are my own. RT≠endorsement.
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RFK Jr's tenure at HHS is shaping up to be one of inconsistent, nonsensical, and dangerous overregulation (see, e.g., vaccines) and underregulation (see, gene and cell therapies)
“President Trump has given us an executive order that says for every regulation that we put in place, we have to get rid of 10." HHS & FDA apparently moving forward with broad deregulatory agenda for cell & gene-based medical interventions. www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/fda-...
'Not a horse and pony show': At FDA cell and gene roundtable, officials look for ways to cut red tape
At a June 5 cell and gene therapy roundtable hosted by | At a June 5 cell and gene therapy roundtable hosted by the FDA, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked t...
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June 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
RFK Jr's tenure at HHS is shaping up to be one of inconsistent, nonsensical, and dangerous overregulation (see, e.g., vaccines) and underregulation (see, gene and cell therapies)
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cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
Inaugural Lecture for the Law, Health and Society Research Unit at Deakin University coming up on 24 June 5pm, featuring @juliansavulescu.bsky.social speaking on the ethics of polygenic editing and selection. Register here: bit.ly/45EzWTr
Inaugural Annual Lecture: Ethics of Polygenic Editing and Selection
Professor Julian Savulescu will deliver the inaugural Lecture for the Law, Health and Society Research Unit
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June 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Inaugural Lecture for the Law, Health and Society Research Unit at Deakin University coming up on 24 June 5pm, featuring @juliansavulescu.bsky.social speaking on the ethics of polygenic editing and selection. Register here: bit.ly/45EzWTr
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Submissions are now open in response to the Issues Paper, and the ALRC is inviting individuals and organisations to provide submissions until 11 July 2025.
Read the Issues Paper and learn more about the Review of Surrogacy Laws at: www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
Read the Issues Paper and learn more about the Review of Surrogacy Laws at: www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
Review of Surrogacy Laws: Issues Paper (2025)
Submissions in response to the Issues Paper are now open. The Issues Paper introduces our inquiry and explains what we have been asked to do. It provides a brief overview of surrogacy laws in Australi...
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June 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Submissions are now open in response to the Issues Paper, and the ALRC is inviting individuals and organisations to provide submissions until 11 July 2025.
Read the Issues Paper and learn more about the Review of Surrogacy Laws at: www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
Read the Issues Paper and learn more about the Review of Surrogacy Laws at: www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...
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Regional #seismic networks are the backbone of #earthquake safety in the U.S., and funding them is critical.
Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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April 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Regional #seismic networks are the backbone of #earthquake safety in the U.S., and funding them is critical.
Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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Research fellow - job opportunity (with me!) - University of Melbourne Law School - 0.5 FTE, to December 2027. Health law and genomic data governance as part of national LINEAGE project jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
Details : Research Fellow (Health Genomics Governance) : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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April 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Research fellow - job opportunity (with me!) - University of Melbourne Law School - 0.5 FTE, to December 2027. Health law and genomic data governance as part of national LINEAGE project jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.
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We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!
Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs
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Strathclyde Law School is advertising for a readership in public law. Details here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...
Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.
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Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.
March 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Strathclyde Law School is advertising for a readership in public law. Details here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...
Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI746/r...
Feel free to contact me if you have any queries about this post.
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Our annual Call for Abstracts is out! We really look forward to reading about your fascinating research as we select the speakers for our 2025/2026 Seminar Series. Also, feel free to share this call with your friends and colleagues. You can find more details (including deadlines) below:
March 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our annual Call for Abstracts is out! We really look forward to reading about your fascinating research as we select the speakers for our 2025/2026 Seminar Series. Also, feel free to share this call with your friends and colleagues. You can find more details (including deadlines) below:
1/3 VERY pleased to let you know about new published research on the role and impact of recordings of healthcare consultations in Australian court cases. doi.org/10.1093/medl...
I looked at 46 cases decided by Australian courts...
I looked at 46 cases decided by Australian courts...
Saving trouble, saving time: the role and impact of healthcare consultation recordings in Australian legal proceedings
Abstract. Healthcare professionals have long expressed concern about their exposure to litigation if they allow consultations to be recorded. There has bee
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March 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
1/3 VERY pleased to let you know about new published research on the role and impact of recordings of healthcare consultations in Australian court cases. doi.org/10.1093/medl...
I looked at 46 cases decided by Australian courts...
I looked at 46 cases decided by Australian courts...
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Maybe you just need a distraction from the Cyclone, the (nearly) Election, the geo-political crises or the climate catastrophe? Try Case In Point, a lively, chatty podcast about legal curiosities and culture. Wherever you listen to your pods.
March 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Maybe you just need a distraction from the Cyclone, the (nearly) Election, the geo-political crises or the climate catastrophe? Try Case In Point, a lively, chatty podcast about legal curiosities and culture. Wherever you listen to your pods.
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We’re excited to partner with the @royalsociety.org to invite applications for the International Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hjfKtj
February 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We’re excited to partner with the @royalsociety.org to invite applications for the International Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hjfKtj
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Read the whole thread. Most of my research would be airbrushed out of all funding and publication in USA right now. NB good luck doing epidemiology research without the word 'bias'. #academicsky #episky
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Read the whole thread. Most of my research would be airbrushed out of all funding and publication in USA right now. NB good luck doing epidemiology research without the word 'bias'. #academicsky #episky
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Taranaki Maunga recognised as a legal person after treaty settlement passes into Crown law in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Taranaki Maunga becomes a legal person as treaty settlement passes into law
Mt Taranaki will be jointly managed by iwi and the Crown and the name Mt Egmont will be consigned to history.
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January 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Taranaki Maunga recognised as a legal person after treaty settlement passes into Crown law in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - Wendell Berry (2018)
January 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
‘The Peace of Wild Things’ - Wendell Berry (2018)
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Hiring a research-to-policy fellow to work with the Center for an Informed Public. Apply here! uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat... #jobs
UW Human Resources
University of Washington Human Resources
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January 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Hiring a research-to-policy fellow to work with the Center for an Informed Public. Apply here! uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat... #jobs
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Confronted with a brakeless, self-driving car with 4 passengers in it, Bentham regretted his work on utilitarianism.
January 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Confronted with a brakeless, self-driving car with 4 passengers in it, Bentham regretted his work on utilitarianism.
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For those interested in free access to legal information, AustLII Co-Directors Philip Chung and Andrew Mowbray were today honoured by being appointed as Members of the Order of Australia (AM). The AustLII Media Release concerning the appointments is at:
www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
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January 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For those interested in free access to legal information, AustLII Co-Directors Philip Chung and Andrew Mowbray were today honoured by being appointed as Members of the Order of Australia (AM). The AustLII Media Release concerning the appointments is at:
www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/anno...
Just back from two weeks away and took the chance to breathe...
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just back from two weeks away and took the chance to breathe...
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
a close up of a man 's face with the words but that is not for them to decide below him
Alt: A close up of Gandalf’s face with the words “but that is not for them to decide” below him
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January 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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