UGA law school hosting panel discussion on the Ebola crisis

The University of Georgia School of Law will host a panel discussion on the Ebola crisis on Wednesday, January 21, from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room or Rusk Hall.

With experts in international public health law, domestic public health law and global public health policy, the panel will address: what authority the federal government has to detain, isolate and/or quarantine individuals with Ebola; consent and privacy issues for Ebola patients undergoing treatment; travel restrictions for people leaving West Africa and the sealing of borders for countries with an Ebola epidemic; the roll out of experimental drugs being developed in the United States to Africa and the significance of Ebola being identified as a threat to international peace and security by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2177. Panelists will include: Matthew Penn, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Law Program Director; Polly J. Price, Emory University professor of law; and Phaedra S. Corso, UGA College of Public Health’s UGA Foundation Professor of Human Health. Georgia Law Associate Professor Fazal Khan will moderate.

Contact Name: Laura Tate Kagel
Contact Email: lkagel@uga.edu