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Danielle Pelfrey Duryea
@pelfreyduryea.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies. Health equity, race-gender-law, medical-legal partnership, regulatory compliance, pedagogy. #healthlaw
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Getting excited for next week's @mofoundhealth.bsky.social Advocates' Retreat!
Home - Missouri Foundation for Health
We are a resource for the region, working with communities and nonprofits to generate and accelerate positive changes in health. Our Initiatives
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November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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This really was an inspiring set of conversations.
Thank you, @sbagen.bsky.social!

#publichealth #healthlaw
drsinhaesq.bsky.social Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 28d
Thought-provoking talk today by @umichlaw.bsky.social Professor @sbagen.bsky.social on his experiences in public service and his ideas for "Reconstructing the Public Health State"

On behalf of @slulaw.bsky.social and @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social, thank you for joining us!
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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My remarkable #SLULaw colleague @profwaltermac.bsky.social! #healthlaw
sluhealthlaw.bsky.social SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · 11d
Policies shape health. Now we can measure how. The PIPH Project, co-led by Prof. Heather Walter-McCabe, has released the first dataset tracking U.S. conversion therapy laws. Read more: www.slu.edu/law/news/202...

@profwaltermac.bsky.social @slulaw.bsky.social @templelegalepi.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Verdict from the Illinois side of the St. Louis area.
Say her name. Say their names.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Ex-Illinois Deputy Convicted in Fatal Shooting of Woman Who Had Called 911
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#HealthLaw people: Come work with me (& other folks much more exciting than me) at @slulaw.bsky.social, home of USNWR's top-ranked health law program! I can attest to the lovely colleagues, thoughtful students, and deep sense of mission.

More info/apply: slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
October 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Very much looking forward to meeting Rebecca Haw Allensworth here at @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social! #healthlaw
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Excited for today’s Childress Lecture at @slulaw.bsky.social! Could not be a more timely topic.

And lovely to catch old friend and colleague @nicolehallett.bsky.social for pre-conference coffee this morning!
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Absolutely fantastic HBR piece on "workslop" (love the term). If only someone could have predicted this, maybe in an HBR article 2 years ago? 🤔 hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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#HealthLaw people: Come work with me (& other folks much more exciting than me) at @slulaw.bsky.social, home of USNWR's top-ranked health law program! I can attest to the lovely colleagues, thoughtful students, and deep sense of mission.

More info/apply: slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
October 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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The More You Know ... 🌈
#shutdown #healthlaw

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Factchecking Claims about Medicaid and Marketplace Health Coverage for Immigrants – Government Shutdown Edition
We are getting a lot of questions about the U.S. government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, after a bipartisan failure to reach a deal to fund the government. The main point reporters are t…
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October 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Thrilled to be welcoming #healthjustice shero @daynamatthew.bsky.social -- especially because applications are due this week for our newest experiential offering: the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. Apply now, #SLULaw!

@slulaw.bsky.social #medleg #healthlaw
sluhealthlaw.bsky.social SLU Law Center for Health Law Studies @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social · Sep 2
We are pleased to host Dean @daynamatthew.bsky.social
of @gwu1821.bsky.social Law School as our first speaker of the '25-26 year. Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's Health, will be held at noon, Tues., 9/23. Register online; hope to see you there! forms.gle/Ccm2u2m1oBmW...
A flyer announcing the event with our blue Center for Health Law Studies header, a photo of Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew, and the following text information: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, 12 p.m., Scott Hall Room 1166Evidence That A Healthy Democracy Is Good For The Nation's HealthDayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She is the author of the bestselling book Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care and the newly released Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America. In 2013, she co-founded the Colorado Health Equity Project, a medical-legal partnership incubator aimed at removing barriers to good health for low-income clients by providing legal representation, research, and policy advocacy.
September 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I’m out of words.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 8
Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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I know we’re all numb, but no.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
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September 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Los Angeles Is Contaminated Now www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o... #healthlaw
Opinion | Los Angeles Is Contaminated Now
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August 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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😡 Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
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August 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Failed utterly to get pix at #SEALS2025, so pls enjoy this photo of the same ocean 1026 miles north…in the winter.

BUT I did get to meet @linniss.bsky.social, @profmelaniebjacobs.bsky.social IRL & lots of other wonderful people! We missed you, @eweeksy.bsky.social!
July 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Missouri's $100M tornado aid for St. Louis awaits federal reimbursement details

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July 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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marymshannon.bsky.social Mary Shannon @marymshannon.bsky.social · Jul 23
New @stlpublicradio.bsky.social reporting highlights our research on how St. Louis's largest physician groups sued nearly 1,000 patients over medical debt—disproportionately in Black and low-income ZIP codes.

Huge thanks to Sarah Fentem for telling this story.

#MedicalDebt #HealthEquity #STL
stlpublicradio.bsky.social St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · Jul 23
Physician groups at SLU and Wash U are suing patients over small medical bills — and disproportionately targeting people from ZIP codes with lower incomes and higher Black populations.

Here's why these universities say their approach is justified:
July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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More info here: d2mxsxvdlyuhqy.cloudfront.net/mailing/7t4b...
July 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Very happy to see that significant money is going to InvestSTL and to organizations that made immediate tornado relief happen, including ActionSTL and 4theVille. #STL

JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis www.jsmf.org/tornado-reco...
JSMF Commits Nearly $3 Million to Support Tornado Recovery in St. Louis — JSMF
JSMF announced a nearly $3 million investment to support recovery and rebuilding efforts following the deadly May 16 tornado that struck the St. Louis region.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Not sure where they’re coming from, but the 1979 #NYRB issues I’m finding around @slulaw.bsky.social today are giving me good vibes.
June 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#Missouri ranks 43rd in health overall, including:
- 31st on racial health equity
- 36th access & affordability
- 40th prevention & treatment
- 47th income health equity
- 50th avoidable hospital use & cost
@commonwealthfund.org

Let's do better, Missouri.

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June 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage
Health insurance companies use AI to decide which health care treatment to cover. State laws and federal agencies are now moving toward regulating these algorithms.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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It is impossible not to read this in conjunction with the Supreme Court's heartrbreaking, awful decision in Skrmetti allowing states to deny transgender teens the health care they need.
maggieastor.bsky.social Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Opinion: Support your #STL neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts #FQHCs
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Opinion: Support your St. Louis neighbors; oppose Medicaid, SNAP cuts
Every day, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in St. Louis serve hundreds of community members who rely on Medicaid, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) or both. These are familie...
www.stltoday.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM