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Professor Walter-McCabe Partners with the Network for Public Health Law to Author Brief on Health Emergencies
05/07/2020
The Network for Public Health Law published an issue brief, "Summary of Authority and Actions Regarding Public Health Emergencies: Indiana Public Health Code," by Heather A. Walter-McCabe, IU McKinney Assistant Professor of Social Work and Law.
The brief, published May 6, outlines Indiana’s Public Health Code and Communicable Disease Rules, which provide an array of actions that state and local health officers can use to a public health emergency, a timely issue for the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Professor Walter-McCabe’s research is done at the intersection of law, social work, and public health. Her research translates complex legal issues and research findings across multiple professions to make the information accessible for use by practitioners and advocates in improving population health. Most recently she is leading research examining law and policy impacting LGBTQ health disparities and wellbeing.
