New Next Year...ePerformance!

July 2014

Volume 4, Issue 2

HLS STAFF CONNECTION

Special points of

interest:

New next year… ePerformance!

Spotlight on the Petrie-Flom Cen-ter

Career Center

Environmental Updates

Inside this issue:

New next year… ePerformance!

1

Congratulations Peer-to-Peer Award Winners

1

Spotlight on the Petrie-Flom Center

2-3

Current Job Open-ings

4

HLS Thinks Big 4

Congratulations: Promotions, trans-fers, & new hires

5

Congrats Harvard Heroes!

5

Word on the Yard: Summer = Outdoor Dining = Food Trucks!

6

HLS Sustainability Updates

7

Editor-in-Chief Katie Grinna

Human Resources is happy to announce that 100% of performance evaluations for this year are complete. Your assistance was truly appreciated!

100% of active eligible HLS staff members received a performance evalua-

tion this year. Many thanks to everyone for their work on this

important process. Next year, with the introduction of an

online tool called ePerformance, the performance evaluation

process should be faster and easier. You will be hearing more

about ePerformance in the weeks and months to come.

ePerformance is the name of the University-wide on-line per-

formance management tool that we will use for performance

evaluations next year. The forms will be located in PeopleSoft self-service. There will no longer

be a need to keep track of paper evaluations, and as an added bonus, it will be a GREEN pro-

cess!

Rest assured that training and support will be provided as the time comes closer to actually begin to complete your FY15 Performance Evaluations. Stay tuned for more information!

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Congratulations Peer to Peer Award Winners

from March 1, 2014 - May 31, 2014

Devin Advani

Laurie Anderson

Rebecca Andreasson

Kathryn Beaudry

Anna Bennett

Gina Cinelli

Russell Coleman

Meaghan Dorsi

Maureen Goddard

Meg Kribble

Ken Lafler

Robb London

Louise O’Connell

Rory Placa

Steven Ramos

Lauren Reed

Geoff Swift

Heather Williams

Giving Recognition Page 2

Volume 4, Issue 2

Spotlight on the Petrie-Flom Center

The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnolo-

gy, and Bioethics has a number of interesting research initia-

tives taking place. Lauren Reed and Paige Pascarelli asked

the Center about some of these interesting projects. Enjoy!

The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University,

Law and Ethics Initiative

The Players Health Study is a transformative research initiative

launched in February 2014 through an agreement between the

National Football League Players Association and Harvard

Medical School. The Players Health Study aims to improve

the integrated health and wellbeing of professional football

players, without focusing solely on any one disease or condi-

tion. It is comprised of (1) a major clinical research initiative

seeking to define the incidence and severity of medical condi-

tions that impact the quality and length of life of professional

football players, (2) several innovation grants to fund cutting

edge studies with a high likelihood of impacting the health of

football players, and (3) a law and ethics component, led by the

Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and

Bioethics at Harvard Law School.

Over the initial years of the project, the Law and Ethics pro-

gram will undertake a variety of distinct initiatives with the

primary goal of understanding the legal and ethical issues that

may promote or impede player health and wellbeing, and de-

veloping appropriate responsive recommendations. Planned

projects include:

A qualitative research study (“listening tour”) with players

and their families intended to catalogue legal and ethical

concerns related to health and wellbeing, and to identify

additional stakeholder priorities, questions, and hypotheses

for future work.

A comparative legal and organizational policy analysis of

various professional sports leagues to identify best practic-

es in protecting player health and wellbeing, ranging from

contract structure to relationships between teams and med-

ical staff to insurance systems and other topics.

Development of an ethical framework and accountability

structure for player health and wellbeing, including recom-

mendations regarding the responsibilities of key actors and

guidance on the baseline legal and ethical protections that

should be afforded to all players.

Public conferences, events, and publications to facilitate

discussion of law and ethics issues, and to solicit feedback

from players and other stakeholders.

Additional projects will be identified in collaboration with rel-

evant parties, with advice and guidance from a Law and Ethics

Advisory Panel (LEAP), comprised of leading bioethicists and

lawyers, players, and family members.

The Law and Ethics team also actively participates in provid-

ing real-time consultation and advice to ensure that the clinical

projects within the Players Health Study are conducted in ac-

cordance with the highest legal and ethical standards.

Law and Ethics Team Members:

I. Glenn Cohen, JD: Project Lead; Professor, Harvard Law

School; Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, M.Bioethics: Project Co-Lead;

Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center

Christopher Deubert, JD: Senior Law and Ethics Associate

Patrick Taylor, JD: Advisor

Adrian Velazquez: Project Coordinator

The Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience

Petrie-Flom will begin a new collaboration with the MGH

Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior - the Project on Law and

Applied Neuroscience - in Fall 2014. The collaboration will

include a Senior Fellow in residence, public symposia, and an

HLS Law and Neuroscience Seminar.

Amanda Pustilnik, JD, currently a Professor at the University

of Maryland School of Law, will be the first resident Senior

Fellow in Law and Neuroscience in 2014-2015. Professor

Pustilnik will pursue original research, mentoring, and public

engagement related to issues of pain and the law.

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At a Glance:

The Petrie-Flom Center, founded in

2005, is an interdisciplinary research

program at Harvard Law School

focused on the fields of health law

policy, biotechnology, and b ioethics.

Our affiliated faculty are leading

experts in these fields, regularly

quoted in major media outlets and

published in a variety of top law and

medicine publications. In addition to

a range of public events, we also

host a number of fellows and interns

each year and participate in a variety

of sponsored and collaborative re-

search projects. We host an active and

highly trafficked blog, Bill of Health,

and have just launched the new peer-

reviewed, open-access Journal of

Law and the Biosciences (JLB).

For more information, please visit

our website

http://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu.

Sign up for the listserve for biweekly

updates from the Center!

Phone: 617-496-4662;

Fax: 617-394-5001

E-mail petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu

23 Everett Street, 3rd Floor

Cambridge, MA 02138

The Project will also include expert symposia and public events to promote focused discussion on ques-

tions at the intersection of pain, addictions, and the law. Finally, the Hon. Nancy Gertner, who is an HLS

Professor of Practice as well as a CLBB faculty member and Petrie-Flom affiliated faculty, will teach a

Law and Neuroscience Seminar to introduce students to this complex and growing translational field.

The course will draw on HLS and CLBB’s interdisciplinary legal and scientific faculty. Said Gertner, “I

am delighted to be part of this venture which brings together the extraordinary resources of MGH's Cen-

ter for Law, Brain and Behavior and Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center. The subject – the inter-

section of law and neuroscience – deserves no less.”

Law and Applied Neuroscience Team Members:

I. Glenn Cohen, JD: Project Co-Lead; Faculty, Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior; Professor, Har-

vard Law School; Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center

Hon. Nancy Gertner, JD, MA: Project Co-Lead; Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School; Faculty

Affiliate, Petrie-Flom Center

Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD: Project Co-Lead; Co-director of CLBB; Senior Consultant, Massachu-

setts General Hospital Law and Psychiatry Service; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical

School

Bruce H. Price, MD: Project Co-Lead; Co-director of CLBB, Chief of Neurology, McLean Hospital;

Associate in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard

Medical School

Amanda Pustilnik, JD: Project Co-Lead; Senior Fellow in Law and Neuroscience

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, M.Bioethics: Project Co-Lead; Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center,

Harvard Law School

Petrie-Flom’s Collaboration with Harvard Catalyst

The Petrie-Flom Center has recently joined the Regulatory Foundations, Ethics, and Law Program of

Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center at Harvard Medical School.

The Center will focus on two priority areas: 1) participant recruitment to (and retention in) research

studies, and 2) clinical data sharing for research purposes.

The Center's work will aim to develop practical solutions to key barriers to clinical trial recruitment,

focusing on such issues as the use of financial incentives, demographic targeting, diversity, engagement

with vulnerable populations, and the use of social media. Through exploration of international and com-

parative dimensions, engagement with critical stakeholders, and benchmarking current practices and

concerns, this project will produce educational modules and guidance documents for IRBs, investiga-

tors, and recruitment managers, model policies and other toolkits, consensus statements, and the like.

Petrie-Flom will also examine the current landscape and challenges of sharing clinical data with quali-

fied researchers. The project is designed to identify potential gaps in oversight, assess compliance de-

mands, and craft recommendations about current and projected needs for the sharing of clinical data.

Considering clinical data sharing in both its international and comparative context, this project will com-

bine factual inquiry with legal and ethical analysis to identify and evaluate key uses, adaptations, and

challenges.

Catalyst Project Team Members:

I. Glenn Cohen, JD: Project Lead; Professor, Harvard Law School; Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Cen-

ter

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, M.Bioethics: Project Co-Lead; Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center

Robin Pierce, JD, PhD: Senior Law and Ethics Associate

Patrick Taylor, JD: Senior Law and Ethics Associate

Yennifer Pedraza: Project Coordinator

Career Center

Career Help:

“Space equals importance”, so

put the most critical

information first and spend more time and space

talking about the skills, experiences,

and results that are directly related to the job you are

applying for.

Forbes.com

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Volume 4, Issue 2

Current Job Openings

HLS Thinks Big A BIG thank you to Dean Minow and to all the faculty members who made

HLS Thinks Big a successful event on May 27, 2014. Elizabeth Bartholet | Jacob Gersen | Tyler Giannini | Intisar Rabb| Jonathan Zittrain

Req # Job Title Department 32864BR Assistant Director of Academic Affairs Academic Affairs 32672BR Assistant Director of Admissions Admissions 30603BR Assistant Director, Development Communications Development 32941BR Assistant Director, HLS Annual Fund Development 33035BR Assistant Director, Online Content and Production Team Communications 33134BR Associate Director of Major Gifts Development 32457BR Clinical Fellow Legal Services Center 32582BR Clinical Instructor Berkman 32537BR Clinical Instructor (Criminal Justice Institute) Criminal Justice Institute 32879BR Cyberlaw Clinic Project Coordinator Berkman 32170BR Development Communications Coordinator Development 30595BR Director of Donor Engagement Development 33194BR Director of IT Services ITS 32002BR Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations Development 33169BR Director, Program on International Law and Armed Conflict Prog on International Law/Conflict 32990BR Faculty Assistant Faculty Support 31476BR Graduate Program Admissions and Financial Aid Staff Assistant Graduate Program 31475BR Graduate Program Admissions and Financial Aid Staff Assistant Graduate Program 33280BR Part-Time Grant Writer/Administrator Legal Services Center 30887BR Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program on the Legal Profession 32996BR Program Associate Human Rights Program 33080BR Research Assistant Labor and Worklife Program 32780BR Senior Manager for Events Scheduling and Support Events 32706BR Staff Assistant III Dean of Students Office 32671BR Workshop Coordinator/Program Assistant HNMCP

Career Center Page 5

Volume 4, Issue 2

Human Resources Office

(617) 495-4611

Congratulations to those new to HLS and to those who received recent pro-motions/transfers from January 1, 2014—March 31, 2014

Employee Name Title Department New Hires: Rashid Alvi Deputy Director Islamic Legal Studies Program Whitney Boesel Fellow Berkman Lucy Cummings Program Administrator Immigration and Refugee Clinic Michelle Deakin Public Information Officer Communications Warren Dent Clearinghouse and Negotiation Pedagogy Coordinator Program on Negotiation Stephany Doulames Staff Assistant III, Donor Engagement Development Sands Fish Program Fellow Berkman Dallas Foster Digitization Specialist Library Kathryn Gerstner Staff Assistant III, HLS Annual Fund Development Elizabeth Gwin Attorney Clinical Fellow in Veterans Legal Clinic Legal Services Center Mallory Heath Research Services Assistant Library Brett Johnson Academic Technology Project Manager Library Jacquelyn Kenahan Operations Supervisor Events Branden Loizides Linux Systems Administrator ITS Christopher Magliozzi Project Coordinator Berkman Bonnie Matthews Assistant Director, Human Resources Human Resources Jeffrey McNaught Director of Student Affairs Dean of Students Melissa Pelletier Housing and Resident Life Coordinator Dean of Students Ari Peskoe Environmental Law Policy Fellow Environmental Program Keone Peterson Coordinator, HLSA Clubs and SIGS Development April Pettit Operations Supervisor Events Robin Pierce Senior Law and Ethics Associate Petrie-Flom Center Gerardo Raffaele Mail Clerk Facilities Caroline Rende Executive Assistant Faculty Support Elizabeth Riggs Editorial/Online Assistant Communications Karoline Ryan Staff Attorney Trauma Learning Policy Initiative Maria Scenna Editorial/Online Assistant Communications Cari Simon Fellow OPIA Tara Skurtu Fellowship/Office Assistant Safra Shiona Sommerville Program Coordinator Program on Negotiation Jacob Weinstein Senior Manager for Strategic Program Development PIFS Susan Whelihan Alumni Relations Coordinator Development Adam Ziegler Library Technology Project Manager Library

Promotions: Chloe Bush Sections and Events Coordinator Dean of Students Tracey-Ann Daley Student Activities Coordinator Dean of Students Lindsay Dumas Digital Projects Archivist Library Samantha Fitzgerald Registration and Exams Administrator Registrar Emily Forgett Associate Director of Leadership Gifts, HLS Annual Fund Development Ellen Holloway Associate Registrar for Curriculum and Academic Services Registrar William MacIntosh Technical Support Analyst ITS Megan Markov Associate Registrar for Technology and Enrollment Services Registrar Matthew Matturro Desktop Support & Project Analyst ITS

“It’s not what you achieve, it’s what

you overcome.

That’s what

defines your

career.” Carlton Fisk

Kimberly Dulin Associate Director for Collection Development and Digitization

Library

Micah Nemiroff Program Coordinator

OPIA

Congratulations Harvard Heroes!

News in the Community Page 6

Volume 4, Issue 2

Word on the Yard Summer in Boston means plenty of opportunities for outdoor dining, so Lauren Reed and

Paige Pascarelli checked out the various food trucks here at Harvard!

(http://www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/

ag_market.html)

In other food related

news….

The Farmer’s Market

@ Harvard is back! Churn 2, sampled by Lauren

& Paige Bon Me, sampled by Lauren Captain Marden’s Seafoods,

sampled by Paige

Paris Creperie, Sampled by

Lauren & Paige

Favorite Dish:

Paige: Salted Caramel Ice

Cream

Lauren: Salted Caramel Ice

Cream

Favorite Dish:

Lauren: Tofu Sandwich

Spicy Lemonade

Favorite Dish:

Lauren: Salted Caramel

Paige: Butter and Sugar

Crepe

Favorite Dish:

Paige: Fish Tacos

http://pariscreperie.com/

Harvard Square Restaurant News!

Opened in the Fall, 2013

Aldenharlow.com

40 Brattle St.

Opened in the Fall, 2013

Beathotel.com

13 Brattle St. (http://www.beathotel.com/)

(http://aldenharlow.com/)

(http://www.shakeshack.com/)

Opened in January, 2014

Shakeshack.com

92 Winthrop St.

The Taco Truck

has opened a

brick and mortar

restaurant @ 83

Mt. Auburn St.!

(http://www.thetacotruck.com/locations/cambridge-store)

Environmental Updates Page 7

Volume 4, Issue 2

HLS Sustainability

Questions? Comments? Ideas? Contact sustainability@law.harvard.edu

90% of Waste Generated

at HLS Commencement

Diverted from the Landfill

Green Your Office Coffee Station

Love the convenience of your office coffee station but worry about its

environmental footprint? Take the Green Team’s survey to help us

put together a set of resources for greening your coffee breaks at

work:

hlscomposting.wufoo.com/forms/office-coffee-station-survey/

Tireless Green Team members; Carrie Ayers, Anna Ben-

nett, Carla Gannon, Julie Kron, Angela Limoncelli and

Karen Thomas led the efforts to separate by hand the waste generated from

the Commencement luncheon into trash, recycling and compost, resulting

in a phenomenal 90% of waste being diverted from the landfill. Here are

the numbers:

Total Number of Waste Bags Collected: 304

Number of Bags Collected by Type—

Recycling: 164

Compost: 109

Trash: 31

Total Percentage of Waste Composted or Recycled: 90%

Since 2006, we here at the law school have reduced green-

house gas emissions by 24% (and accomplished that de-

spite over 25% growth in campus size during this same

period).

Let’s continue our exceptional progress towards the Uni-

versity’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30%

by 2016 by taking two simple steps in our work spaces:

1. Adjust your temperature setting to the summer

cooling set point of 74°F

2. Allow for a brief lag in cooling your office space

when you enter it after a break

Thank You!

For these and more photos of the recycling and composting efforts at

Commencement, visit: http://bit.ly/HLSCommencement14

New Terracycle Bin

Locations Added Upcycle your used up cookie, energy bar

and granola bar wrappers, chip bags, and

writing instruments at the bins in:

Reminder as Summer

(and Cooling Season) Begins...

Hauser

Austin

Langdell

Griswold

Areeda

Gannett

House

23 Everett St.

WCC

Student lab

Pound

Hark