Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, MPhil

Columbia University

International Development and Globalization Fellow

Department of Sociomedical Sciences

New York, NY  10032

(212) 305-0047

(212) 305-3659 (fax)

bmm2102@columbia.edu

Courses

Health & Human Rights, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Fall 2005, Fall 2006.

Publications

Benjamin Mason Meier, James G. Hodge, Jr. & Kristine M. Gebbie, Transitions in State Public Health Law: Comparative Analysis of State Public Health Law Reform Efforts Following the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act, American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming 2009).

Benjamin Mason Meier, Jacqueline Merrill & Kristine M. Gebbie, Modernizing State Public Health Enabling Statutes to Reflect the Mission and Essential Services of Public Health, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice (forthcoming 2009).

Reilly Anne Dempsey & Benjamin Mason Meier, Going Negative: How Reproductive Rights Discourse Has Been Altered from a Positive to a Negative Rights Framework in Support of ‘Women's Rights’, Women’s Global Health and Human Rights (Padmini Murthy & Clyde Lanford Smith eds.) (forthcoming 2008).

Annalijn Conklin & Benjamin Mason Meier, A 'Vector of Rights' Approach to Public Health: Towards an Intersectional Human Rights Framework for Considering the Prevention and Treatment of Harms to Girl Child Soldiers, 13 Australian Journal of Human Rights 65 (2008).

Benjamin Mason Meier & Ashley M. Fox, Development as Health: Employing the Collective Right to Development to Achieve the Goals of the Individual Right to Health, 30 Human Rights Quarterly 259 (2008).

Benjamin Mason Meier, Patricia Stone & Kristine M. Gebbie, Public Health Law for the Collection and Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, American Journal of Infection Control (2008).

Kristine M. Gebbie, Benjamin Mason Meier, Suzanne Bakken, Olveen Carrasquillo, Allan Formicola, Sally W. Aboelela, Sherry Glied & Elaine Larson, Training for Interdisciplinary Health Research: Defining the Required Competencies, 37 Journal of Allied Health 65 (2008).

Benjamin Mason Meier, James G. Hodge, Jr. & Kristine M. Gebbie, Report from the Field: Alaskan Public Health Law Reform, 33 Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law 281 (2008).

Kristine M. Gebbie, James G. Hodge, Jr., Benjamin Mason Meier, Drue H. Barrett, Priscilla Keith, Denise Koo, Patricia M. Sweeney,
& Patricia Winget, Improving Competencies for Public Health Legal Preparedness, 36 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 52 (2008).

Lance Gable & Benjamin Mason Meier, Public Health Powers Serve as Protection, Not Enforcement, American Public Health Association, Get Ready Blog, February 29, 2008.

Benjamin Mason Meier, Advancing Health Rights in a Globalized World: Responding to Globalization Through a Collective Human Right to Public Health, 35 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 545 (2007).

Susan M. Allan, Benjamin Mason Meier, Joan Miles, Gregg Underheim & Anne C. Haddix, Why and How States Are Updating Their Public Health Laws, 35 (supp.) Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 39 (2007).

Benjamin Mason Meier, James G. Hodge, Jr. & Kristine M. Gebbie, Contrasting Experiences of State Public Health Law Reform Pursuant to the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act, 122 Public Health Reports 559 (2007).

Benjamin Mason Meier, Employing Health Rights for Global Justice: The Promise of Public Health in Response to the Insalubrious Ramifications of Globalization, 39 Cornell Int’l L.J. 711 (2006).

Benjamin Mason Meier & Donna Shelley, The Fourth Pillar of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control:  Harm Reduction and the International Human Right to Health, 121 Public Health Reports 494 (2006).

Benjamin Mason Meier & Larisa M. Mori, The Highest Attainable Standard: Advancing a Collective Human Right to Public Health, 37 Columbia Human Rights L. Rev. 101 (2005).  

Benjamin Mason Meier, Breathing Life into the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Smoking Cessation and the Right to Health, 5 Yale J. Health Policy, Law & Ethics 137 (2005).

Benjamin Mason Meier, International Criminal Prosecution of Physicians: A Critique of Professors Annas and Grodin’s Proposed International Medical Tribunal, 30 Am. J. Law & Medicine 419 (2004).

Benjamin Mason Meier, International Protection of Persons Undergoing Medical Experimentation:  Protecting the Right of Informed Consent, 20 Berkeley J. Int’l Law 514 (2003).

Benjamin M. Meier, Reunification of Cyprus: The Possibility of a Foreign-Imposed Peace in the Wake of Past Failure, 34 Cornell Int’l Law J. 455 (2001).

Dissertation

The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Right to Health for Global Public Health and International Health Systems, Proposal, March 6, 2008.

Projects

Organizational Affiliations

Health Law Section—Editor, Health Law News

Building the Base for a Research Agenda on Local Public Health Legal Authority, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, December 1, 2007 - August 30, 2008.

New York Academy of Medicine—Associate Fellow

Analysis of New York Law Against the Model State Public Health Act, New York State Bar Association, Public Health Law Committee, September 15, 2007 - present.

HIV Law Project—Young Professionals Advisory Board  

Collaborations in Public Health Law as it Relates to Oral Health Issues, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 1, 2007 - August 30, 2008.

New York State Bar Association, Public Health Law Committee

Examination of the Relationship between Public Health Enabling Statutes and System Performance, National Network of Public Health Institutes, September 1, 2007 - August 30, 2008.

Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network

Public Health Law and State Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2007 - August 2007.

American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Impact of the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act: A Comprehensive Assessment of Changes in State Public Health Laws, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January 2006 - August 2007.

Public Health Law Association

Presentations

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Tobacco Control:  Delineating the Rights-Holder and Duty-Bearer, Tobacco Control and Human Rights Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1, 2008.

Community Water Fluoridation, Back in the Courts: Applying Public Health Law to Improve Oral Health, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 9, 2008 (with Jocelyn Getgen & Kristine M. Gebbie).

Evolution in the Health & Human Rights Movement, Delegate, Global Health Issues and Human Rights Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, England, June 6, 2008.

Legal Issues in Real Time During Disasters and Public Health Emergencies, New York State Bar Association, “Getting Ready in New York: Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness,” Yonkers, New York, May 15, 2008 (with Jocelyn Getgen).

Applying Public Health Law to Improve Oral Health, National Oral Health Conference, Miami, Florida, April 28, 2008.

The Highest Attainable Standard: The Implications of an Evolving Human Right to Health for Public Health and Global Health Systems, Unite for Sight Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 12, 2008.

Inequality and Health, International Development & Globalization Symposium, Columbia University, April 11, 2008 (moderator).

Comparative Analysis of State Public Health Law Reform Efforts Following the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, December 10, 2007 (with Kristine M. Gebbie & James G. Hodge, Jr.).

Using International Legal Advocacy to Promote Human Rights, Georgia-American University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, November 21, 2007.

Human Rights for the Public's Health, New York Medical College - School of Public Health, Westchester, New York, November 17, 2007.

Legal, Ethical and Policy Implications of Bioterrorism, Social and Policy Implications of Bioterrorism and other Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, November 14, 2007.

Easing Resource Constraints for Public Health: Progressive Realization of the Right to Health Through the Right to Development, American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, November 7, 2007 (with Ashley M. Fox).

Evolution of a Human Right to Health: An Incomplete Success, American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, November 6, 2007.

Competencies for Interdisciplinary Public Health Research, American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007 (et al.).

Public Health Law and State Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance, Columbia University, October 4, 2007 (with Kristine M. Gebbie).

Deus ex Medicus? Harmonizing Individual and Collective Health Rights for Mental Health Promotion, International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy, June 29, 2007.

Moderator and Facilitator, Competencies, The Public’s Health and the Law in the 21st Century: A Summit on Legal Preparedness, Atlanta, Georgia, June 19, 2007.

The Evolution of Health Rights in a Globalised World: Responding to Globalisation through a Collective Human Right to Public Health, Public Health & Human Rights Conference, Prato, Italy, June 9, 2007.

State Public Health Law Modernization: Assessing the Impact of the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, Florida, June 3, 2007.

The Girl as Soldier and Slave: Bridging Public Health and Human Rights in Violence Prevention, Canadian Law & Society Association Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, June 2, 2007 (presented by Annalijn Conklin).

Public Health Law - Statutes Modernization Project Update, Wisconsin Public Health Law Association Annual Meeting, Appleton, Wisconsin, May 24, 2007.

Physician Responsibility for Human Rights, Public Health/Preventive Medicine Residency Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, May 18, 2007.

Forum: Legal & Ethical Considerations for the Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, April 23, 2007.

Human Rights in Global Tobacco Control: A Rights-Based Approach to the FCTC and Its Protocols, Tobacco and Human Rights Roundtable, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 27, 2007.

Maximizing the Available Resources:  The Intersections of the Individual Human Right to Health and Collective Right to Development, Unite for Sight Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, April 14, 2007 (with Ashley M. Fox).

Civil Liberties Implications of Bioterrorism Response and the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act, Social and Policy Implications of Bioterrorism and other Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, November 15, 2006.

The Promise of Human Rights for Public Health, Introduction to Global Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, November 9, 2006.

Modernizing Public Health Laws in the 21st Century: The Impact of the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act on State Legislative Reforms, American Public Health Association 134^th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 2006 (with James G. Hodge, Jr.).

Transcending Available Resources: Improving Public Health Through the Right to Development, American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 2006 (with Ashley M. Fox).

Beyond “the highest attainable standard”: Analyzing an Evolving Right to Health as a Means of Protecting Public Health, American Public Health Association 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2006.

Applying the Human Right to Health to Tobacco Control: Tobacco Cessation, Harm Reduction, and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, American Public Health Association 134^th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2006 (with Donna Shelley).

Advancing Health Rights in Globalized World, IGERT Third Annual Symposium on Development and Globalization, Columbia University, November 3, 2006.

A Method for Assessing Changes in State Public Health Laws: What has been the impact of the Model State Public Health Act?, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 26-27, 2006.

Alaska Public Health Law Reform Pursuant to the Turning Point Model State Public Health Act: Transforming National Collaboration into State Legislation, The Public’s Health and the Law in the 21st Century, Centers for Disease Control, June 12, 2006.

Employing Health Rights for Global Justice: The Promise of Public Health in Response to the Insalubrious Ramifications of Globalization, Cornell International Law Journal Symposium, Global Justice: Poverty, Human Rights, and Responsibilities, Cornell Law School, April 10, 2006.

The Highest Attainable Standard: Advancing a Collective Human Right to Public Health, American Public Health Law Conference, Centers for Disease Control, June 12, 2005 (with Larisa M. Mori).

The Civil Liberties Implications of Bioterrorism, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, December 1, 2004.

Global Tobacco Control: The Role of International Law, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, April 26, 2004.

For additional publications, presentations, and professional experiences, see curriculum vitae.

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