On August 6, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave a talk titled "EMTALA and the Legal and Ethical Obligations of Discharging Unhoused Patients" at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. @staceytovino.bsky.social gave two talks at the SEALS Annual Meeting, including at the Health Policy Panel and Health Law Discussion Group. She also chaired the SEALS Mentor Committee, pairing 48 scholars with mentors and arranging the presentations and comments.

Tuesday morning health policy panel at #SEALS26

Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social recently signing a contract with West Academic Publishing to publish her first sole-authored casebook, “The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Past, Present, and Future”!

lol! I’m so glad you survived! Yay! You’re such an awesome colleague!!

Michael Smith@msmith750.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Many thanks to my colleague, @staceytovino.bsky.social, for waving water bottles in my face over the last two weeks to make sure I'm not hydrophobic.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave the closing keynote ("Gambling Disorder and the Law") at the @histmedsouth.bsky.social Annual Meeting, sponsored by the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. @staceytovino.bsky.social gave a plenary talk (“Gambling Disorders and the Law: A 2026 Update”) at the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling’s 19th Ann. Nev. St. Conf. on Problem Gambling, sponsored by the Nev. Legislature and Nev. Div. of Public and Behavioral Health.

So excited to be at UK Rosenberg Law today with my incredible @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social colleague and co-author, Professor @tpearl.bsky.social, presenting our forthcoming @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social article ("Excluded at the Root: Health Insurance Discrimination Against Hair Loss Conditions").

Last week's AALS Annual Meeting featured eleven @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social faculty members who presented their works-in-progress, spoke on panels, served as commentators and moderators, and organized section programming.

Congratulations to Professor @nicolebporter.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Chai Feldblum Award from the AALS Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies!

Such an amazing panel today about managing disability in the academy, including tenure, promotion, and beyond. Thank you to our officers and executive committee members for your support! @nicolebporter.bsky.social @robynmpowell.bsky.social @katmacfarlane.bsky.social @nicolebporter.bsky.social

I could not agree more, @katmacfarlane.bsky.social!

Kat Macfarlane@katmacfarlane.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Nicole Porter’s work has been so important to understanding disability law and her leadership helped make our affinity group a reality. Congrats, Nicole!

Congratulations to Professor Nicole Buonocore Porter @WM.edu Law School for winning the AALS Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies' 2026 Chai Feldblum Award!

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On Thursday, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave a one-hour presentation titled "HIPAA Review and Updates for Prosecutors" on behalf of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social) was invited to give featured commentary at the University of Tulsa College of Law as part of its Inaugural Fred Dorwart Endowed Lecture. The Lecture was given by Professor Janet Levit, the Fred Dorwart Chair.

Thank you, @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · 11mo ago

On Saturday, @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social gave a plenary address titled "Gambling Disorder and the Law" in Nashville at #OMED25, the world's largest osteopathic medical conference.

Thank you, @tpearl.bsky.social, for conceiving of this idea for our article! You are amazing!

Tracy Pearl@tpearl.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I am so grateful to be a part of Drexel University School of Law's "Weaving it All Together: Hair, Health, Law & Policy" symposium and to have presented a paper today about health insurance discrimination against hair loss conditions with my amazing co-author, @staceytovino.bsky.social.

Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professors Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social and Tracy Pearl @tpearl.bsky.social, for placing their article, "Excluded at the Root: Health Discrimination Against Hair Loss Conditions,” with the Ohio State Law Journal!

More expert insight! @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social was quoted in a Berkshire Argus article about a MA hospital that inappropriately accessed patient information in violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Check it out: www.berkshireargus.com/berkshire-he...

THE ARGUS EYE: Berkshire Health Systems told regulators it can’t afford a full investigation of decade-long data breach

Even as it acknowledged a decade of improper access to patient data by a “rogue employee,” the largest employer in Berkshire County—and provider of health care to most residents—claimed a full audit w...

berkshireargus.com

#SEALS25 health care reform panel!

Amazing talks by @uh.edu Professor Jessica Mantel, University of South Carolina School of Law Professor @jacquelinefox.bsky.social, and @uconnlaw.bsky.social Professor John Cogan at #SEALS25!

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino @staceytovino.bsky.social presented her work at the intersection of health law and artificial intelligence during the University of Oklahoma's Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Implementation Workshop.

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

Prof. Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social) wrote a chapter for the ABA’s Commission on Disability Rights' new book, Lawyers, Lead On II. Her chapter offers advice to aspiring lawyers with disabilities on protecting the confidentiality of their physical and mental health information.

New @tamu.bsky.social Law Review reprints!

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social) gave a talk on her latest article, "Law Enforcement, Reproductive Health Information, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule" at the Boston University School of Law.

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social) gave an invited 45-minute presentation titled "Mental Health Care and the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Current Legal Issues" at a Nonprofit Law and Finance Conference at Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social) gave a webinar titled "Artificial Intelligence and the HIPAA Privacy Rule" as part of a University of Oklahoma AI Webinar Series sponsored by the OU Data Institute for Societal Challenges (DISC).

Thank you, Dean @annacarpenter.bsky.social!

Anna E. Carpenter@annacarpenter.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Prof. Stacey Tovino (@staceytovino.bsky.social), whose article "Dialing In or Dialing Out? The Relationships Between State Telemedicine Law and Access to Buprenorphine" was just published in the Texas A&M Law Review! digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/fac_articles...

@uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor @staceytovino.bsky.social gave an invited symposium presentation titled "Law Enforcement, Reproductive Health Information, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule" at the University of Iowa College of Law.

The amazing @lizchiarello.bsky.social giving an incredible keynote at the Iowa Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice symposium.