June 10, 2009
Beyond the Embryo: Transnational, Transdisciplinary, and Translational Perspectives on Stem Cell Research November 14-15, 2009 Lake of Geneva, Hermance, Switzerland About the Workshop The Workshop “Beyond the Embryo: Transnational, Transdisciplinary and Translational Perspectives on Stem Cell Research” is co-sponsored by … Read More
June 2, 2009
5th International DNA Sampling Conference September 16 – 18, 2009 Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada In 2007 genetic pioneering researchers James Watson and Craig Venter had their personal genomes decoded and released to the world. These events and the rate at which … Read More
June 1, 2009
Biodigital lives: making, consuming and archiving the lives of technoscience 14 July 2009, 9am – 5.30 Educational Development Building (EDB 315) University of Sussex, UK This one-day workshop will examine issues and questions about digital and biodigital life, lives and identities … Read More
June 1, 2009
UK Annual Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 23rd and 24th of June 2009 The conference is scheduled for Tuesday the 23rd and Wednesday the 24th of June 2009 and will be held in Seminar Room One of the Institute of Governance at Queen’s … Read More
May 26, 2009
The New York Academy of Medicine Humanities in Medicine and Medical Education Program June 1, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Oliver Sacks, MD, FRCP, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, will speak on “The Art of Medicine.â€Â Dr. … Read More
May 6, 2009
The planning process of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has entered its second phase, and we are again seeking your input. Based upon your many on-line comments about the questions originally posed in four white papers in Phase … Read More
May 6, 2009
Spring 2009 Silverstein Lecture Series Personal Genomes and Web 2.0 Volunteerism George Church, PhD, Harvard Medical School What good was a personal computer in 1977? What good is a personal genome today? Does it help predict disease, help you decide on … Read More
May 5, 2009
Baylor University Medical Ethics Conference 2009 June 12-13, 2009 Program Description: The Baylor University Medical Ethics Conference provides a working forum for practicing health care professionals-including physicians, health care administrators, health-related social workers, and chaplains-to explore the pressing moral questions … Read More
April 28, 2009
Launch of consultation on medical profiling and online medicine: the ethics of ‘personalised’ health care in a consumer age The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is holding a public consultation on the ethical issues raised by online healthcare, telemedicine and commercial … Read More
April 28, 2009
The Division of Ethics of Science and Technology Sector for Social and Human Sciences UNESCO UNESCO Ethics Teacher Training Course in Windhoek, Namibia (24-28 August 2009) One of the activities undertaken to disseminate information concerning the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, adopted … Read More
April 24, 2009
Call for Papers and Presentations: Biodigital lives: making, consuming and archiving the lives of technoscience: 14 July 2009, 9am – 5.30, Educational Development Building (EDB), University of Sussex, UK, Hosted by the Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics … Read More
April 23, 2009
Our 3rd HEC Swap Shop (Hospital Ethics Committee) Burlington, VT May 1, 2009 Hampton Inn & Conference Center Colchester, VT A gathering of Hospital Ethics Committee members and Clinical ethics consultants to share interesting, surprising, and vexing cases. Registration Form … Read More
April 23, 2009
The Division of Ethics of Science and Technology Sector for Social and Human Sciences UNESCO International Conference on Bioethics and Human Rights, Baku, Azerbaijan (17-19 June 2009 On June 17-19, 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and in the framework of the celebration of the … Read More
April 14, 2009
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (Volume 12, Number 2, May 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Human nature, medicine & health care” by Bert Gordijn and Wim Dekkers, 119. “Medical technologies and the life world: an introduction to the theme” by Fredrik … Read More
April 14, 2009
First Summer Institute on Public Health Genomics: Translating Genomics into Policy and Practice June 22-26, 2009 Seattle, Washington The Human Genome Project and other advances in genomics and related technologies are paving the way for a new era in the … Read More
April 13, 2009
Clinical Ethics Summer Institute 2009 Theme: Ethics from Boardroom to Bedside July 13 – 16, 2009 Hamilton, Ontario Canada The Clinical Ethics Summer Institute for this year, CESI 2009, will focus on Ethics from Boardroom to Bedside. CESI’s mission is … Read More
April 13, 2009
Advancing Ethical Research Conference November 14-16th, 2009 Nashville, TN The 2009 Advancing Ethical Research Conference Scholarship Program assists those members of the research, academic, and medical communities who cannot attend the conference due to financial constraints. PRIM&R has developed four distinct scholarship … Read More
April 9, 2009
Biobank Summer School  July 1-5, 2009  Wellcome Trust Conference Center – Hinxton, Cambridge  Organized & Sponsored by: The Wellcome Trust & Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G) Selection of candidates to participate in the summer school will take place in April … Read More
April 9, 2009
European Summer University Health Law and Bioethics July 1st to 10th, 2009 Toulouse (France) and Namur (Belgium) TOULOUSE SESSION July 1 to 10th, 2009:Â A -YOUNG RESEARCHERS FORUM July 1st, 2009Â Researchers under 35 are invited to make an oral … Read More
April 9, 2009
End of Life Decisions: Ethics in clinical practice, research and policy XI Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society Seglarhotellet, Sandhamn 8-9 June 2009 Death is the most personal and yet impersonal event in our lives. Death is necessarily … Read More
April 6, 2009
The Manuel Velasco-Suárez Award in Bioethics The Manuel Velasco-Suárez Award in Bioethics was created in 2002 to stimulate young scholars in the development of their capacities for bioethical analysis. It is one of five awards presented by the Pan American … Read More
April 6, 2009
Curso Intensivo de Actualización de Postgrado Ética de la Investigación y Responsabilidad Social en Salud VI Auspiciado por la Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética de la Universidad de Buenos Aires DÃas y hora de realización: Martes de 18 a 21 Lugar: … Read More
April 2, 2009
Smithsonian Science and Scholarship in Society Series The Caring that is Health: The Gift of Nursing and Nursing Research in American Society April 30, 2009 National Museum of American History American healthcare is taking a quantum leap into the future. … Read More
March 31, 2009
5th International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering Brooklyn, New York April 3-5, 2009 Polytechnic Institute of NYU Internationally known speakers from US and overseas will speak on a wide range of diverse topics including: Biomedical Ethics and Education, Ethics of … Read More
March 27, 2009
Society for Genomics Policy and Population Health Spring Conference 2009 June 3, 2009 The Spring conference will take place on Wednesday 3 June 2009 at Mary Ward House, Tavistock Place, London. The meeting will discuss:  “What is so special about genes? … Read More
