Petrie-Flom Center
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Petrie-Flom Center
@petrieflomcenter.bsky.social
Research program at Harvard Law School exploring issues at the intersection of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics https://linktr.ee/petrieflom
The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality digital symposium is live on our Bill of Health blog. Explore psychedelic use, law, and spiritual experience here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t... (pt 2)
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality digital symposium is live on our Bill of Health blog. Explore psychedelic use, law, and spiritual experience here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t... (pt 1)
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
See the event recording and media coverage for "Toward Psychedelics Access: Go Faster or Slower?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=C12f...
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Check out our new digital symposium on Bill of Health titled The PULSE of Psychedelics, Law, and Spirituality. We will be publishing one post per day for the next week. Get started here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/24/t...
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Universal health care is typically a central principle of democratic socialism. So why is New York City’s new mayor-elect, a proud democratic socialist, not pushing for it in his platform? Read more from PFC Student Fellow Tai Dinger on Bill of Health: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/11/20/m...
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Extended to Nov. 9: this year’s call for abstracts for our annual conference on “Embryo Law & Ethics.” Seeking papers that offer innovative perspectives and inventive approaches: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Congrats to our student fellows on completing their first round of Bill of Health blog posts petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/blog/latest/
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Register to attend or livestream our lunchtime debate exploring the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics. Swipe through pt 2 of our panelists. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Register to attend or livestream our lunchtime debate exploring the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics. Swipe through pt 1 of our panelists. petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Harvard Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture, a collaboration between CSWR @harvarddivinity.bsky.social, Mahindra Center, and Petrie-Flom, is seeking abstracts for papers for Psychedelic Intersections: Bridging Humanities, Religion, and Law.
petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Join us Nov. 5 for a lunchtime debate on the surge of interest in increasing access to psychedelics w moderator David Plotz, co-host of the podcast @slate.com Political Gabfest petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Panelists explored the legal, scientific, and ethical challenges of determining whether, and how, society should set limits on leadership longevity at last week’s event, How Old Is Too Old to Govern?

See the event recording and coverage: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New article on polygenic risk scoring in the American Journal of Bioethics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Welcome Sofia Palmieri, our new Post-Doctoral Fellow in Medicine, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law, whose research is at the intersection of law, ethics, artificial intelligence, and health care: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/people/postd...
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Video of our 20th anniversary celebration is now live youtube.com/playlist?lis...
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Should we have maximum age limits for lawmakers and judges? Is the advanced age of many leaders cause for concern? What can neuroscience research tell us about the aging process?

Qs to be addressed in our lunchtime discussion on Oct. 8: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Agentic AI could revolutionize health care delivery. Amid severe shortages in maternal health care, significant legal and ethical questions loom.

Susannah Baruch shares thoughts on the new Health Affairs article: www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🚨We are currently accepting abstracts for our 2026 annual conference, “Embryo Law and Ethics.”

Read more here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/current-oppo...
September 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Join us Oct. 8 for an in-person lunchtime discussion of the legal, scientific, medical, and ethical issues related to aging political and judicial leaders.

RSVP for location: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
September 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are excited to welcome seven new student fellows to the Petrie-Flom Center. Tai, Julia, Danny, Quincy, Evelyn, Aarushi, and Jared will be with us for the 2025-26 academic year.

Read about their research interests here: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/09/17/i...
September 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New article by Susannah Baruch argues pronatalists' efforts have been shown to harm people and not increase birth rates: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Take a look at our special Climate Justice collection for Harvard Climate Action Week: petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
September 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us to celebrate two decades of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
RSVP here petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/detai...
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New blog post on Europe’s efforts to combat addictive algorithms petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/20/a...
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM