Friday, April 11, 2025
Location: American University Washington College of Law
8:30-9:00 am ET Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am ET Welcome Remarks
• Maya Manian, J.D.
Faculty Director of the Health Law and Policy Program, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Tracy Weitz, PhD
Director of the Center on Health, Risk and Society, Professor of Sociology, American University
9:20-10:30 am ET Panel 1: Youth Mental Health and Access to Care
Moderated by: Thomas Williams, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Yael Cannon, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
• Ana Caskin, M.D.
Deputy Medical Director, Georgetown University Health Justice Alliance
• Marisa Parrella, MSW
Founder and Executive Director of The MOMENTUM Residency
• Tomar Pierson-Brown, J.D.
Director of the Health Law Certificate Program; Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
10:30-10:45 am ET Break
10:45-11:55 am ET Panel 2: The U.S. Educational System and Social Determinants of Health for Youth
Moderated by: Angi Porter, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Nicole Pryor Tuchinda, J.D., M.D., LLM
Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Health Law Program, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
• Thalia Gonzalez, J.D.
Professor of Law and Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair, Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice, University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco
• Rachel Perera, PhD
Fellow, Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy
• James Huguley, Ed.D
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
12:00-12:30 pm ET Lunch
12:30-12:40 pm ET Dean's Remarks and Introduction of Keynote
• Heather Hughes J.D.
Interim Dean, American University Washington College of Law
12:45-1:30 pm ET Lunch Keynote
• Rep. Arvind Venkat, M.D.
Pennsylvania State Representative; Emergency Physician
1:30-1:45 pm ET Break
1:45-2:55 pm ET Panel 3: Advancing Access to Care for LGBTQ+ Youth
Moderated by: Andrew Budzinski, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Harry Barbee, PhD
Assistant Professor, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Alejandra Caraballo, J.D., MPA
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School
• Carlos E Rodriguez-Diaz, PhD, MPHE, MCHES
Chair and Professor Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
2:55-3:05 pm ET Break
3:05-4:15 pm ET Panel 4: Adolescent Access to Reproductive Health Care post-Dobbs
Moderated by: Jamie Abrams, J.D.
Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
• Naomi Cahn, J.D.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law, Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law, Co-director of Family Law Center, University of Virginia School of Law
• Shanta Trivedi, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law
• Jamille Fields Allsbrook, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
• Julie Maslowsky, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing
• Joanna Grossman, J.D.
Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and the Law and Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
4:15-4:30 pm ET Closing remarks
• Asha Scielzo, J.D.
Director of the Health Law and Policy Program, Adjunct Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law