O'Neill Institute Launches

Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

On April 19 and 20, Georgetown University Law Center and the School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS) celebrated the official launch of the Linda and Timothy O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law.

The O’Neill Institute was created by a generous $10 million gift from alumni Linda and Timothy O’Neill.

The institute is among the first for the study of global and national health law, with centers on global health, disease prevention and health outcomes, health regulation and governance, and health care financing and organization.

The two-day event featured the inauguration of internationally renowned legal scholar Lawrence O. Gostin as the Linda and Timothy O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law.

It also included keynote addresses by leaders in various sectors, as well as a series of academic panels on related topics.

Timothy O’Neill is the senior strategy officer at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York. A 1977 graduate of Georgetown Law, he is a member of the university’s Board of Directors and chairman of the finance committee.

Linda O’Neill graduated from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies in the same year and is the current chair of the school’s Board of Visitors.

For full coverage of the launch, visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/events/oneill_story.html

For Inaugural Program Webcasts and Transcripts, visit: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/program.html

(Photos by Bill Petros)
Congressman Richard Gephardt, Linda O'Neill (NHS'77), and Timothy O'Neill (L'77)	NHS Dean Bette Keltner speaks at a panel, featuring (l-r) Kathryn Zeiler of Georgetown Law, Derek Yach of PepsiCo, Michael Stoto of NHS Department of Health Systems Administration, Congressman Richard Gephardt, and Bernhard Liese of NHS Department of International Health.
Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine	David Kessler, former FDA commissioner
O'Neill Professor Lawrence Gostin speaks while (l-r) NHS Dean Bette Keltner, Law Dean Alexander Aleinikoff, and Georgetown President John J. DeGioia listen.	Georgetown President John J. DeGioia presents the O'Neills with a gift along with NHS Dean Bette Keltner and Law Dean Alexander Aleinikoff.
Julie Louise Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Law Dean Alexander Aleinikoff, NHS Dean Bette Keltner, Timothy O'Neill (L'77), Linda O'Neill (NHS'77), O'Neill Professor Lawrence Gostin, and Georgetown President John J. DeGioia
Bernhard Liese, chair of the NHS Department of International Health, and Georgetown President John J. DeGioia	Sharon and Craig Ramey, directors of Georgetown University Center on Health and Education, with NHS Dean Bette Keltner
Colleen Scanlon (NHS'76, H'00) and NHS Dean Bette Keltner