December 4, 2008
Call for Abstracts International Conference:Â New Challenges for Biobanks. Â Ethics, Law and Governance Leuven, Belgium May 18-20th, 2009 The last few years have witnessed an important expansion of collection and processing of human biological samples and of the related information … Read More
December 2, 2008
Dr. Mary J.C. Hendrix, President and Scientific Director, Children’s Memorial Research At no other time in history have we been this close to translating basic scientific discoveries into novel therapeutic strategies to benefit humankind. However, the traditional missions of academic institutions … Read More
December 2, 2008
Call for Abstracts: End of Life Decisions, Ethics in clinical practice, research and policy XI Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society Seglarhotellet, Sandhamn June 8-9th, 2009 Clinical ethics is a multi-disciplinary and multi-professional field. We invite scholars and … Read More
December 1, 2008
International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society Huntsville, Alabama, USA January 30th-February 1st, 2009 This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. … Read More
December 1, 2008
The Science in Society Conference 2009 Cambridge University, United Kingdom August 5-7th, 2009 This Conference will address disciplinary and interdisciplinary challenges in the sciences, and in particular the relationships of science to society. Key themes addressed by the Conference include the … Read More
November 24, 2008
The Illinois Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum (IL HEC Forum), University of Illinois at Chicago The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago Friday, January 9, 2009 8:30AM – 3:00 PM Location: Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine (Room 160) … Read More
November 24, 2008
19th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Paris, July 5-9th, 2009 Topics Include:  Biological Sciences  Health Sciences / Geriatric Medecine  Behavioural and psychological sciences  Social Research, Policy and Practice Organizers Message Every four years, … Read More
November 17, 2008
Call For Papers By January 5, 2009 Consortium on Law and Values, Health, Environment & the Life Sciences 10th Anniversary Conference “What’s Next in Law, Health & the Life Sciences? Â Debating Openness, Access & Accountability” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN … Read More
November 17, 2008
Michigan State University 10th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference April 4th, 2009 Call For Papers The graduate students at Michigan State University’s Department of Philosophy invite papers in all areas of social political thought and value theory, including: Social and Political … Read More
November 17, 2008
A Call For Fine Writing The Left Atrium, the medical humanities section of the CMAJ, is seeking finely crafted, accessible submissions that are relevant to the experience of being a physician, including: Narratives Narrative medicine articles (with pertinent patient consent), … Read More
November 13, 2008
Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Time: Thursday, December 18, noon – 1pm Location: 303 E. Superior Street, Lurie Research Center, Hughes Auditorium Lunch will be provided for the first 100 attendees. For more information on … Read More
November 12, 2008
Bioethics: The New Issues New Technology/New Ideas/New Challenges 12th National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference March 13-14th, 2009 Harvard University Presented by the Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society. Â Sponsored by the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities. The 2009 conference at Harvard University … Read More
November 12, 2008
Call For Proposals for the 2009 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Spring Conference: Abstracts Due December 15th, 2008 Books to Bedside: Translational Work in the Medical Humanities April 23-25, 2008 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago A common … Read More
November 10, 2008
NATIONAL ACADEMIES HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE Symposium on Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics Thursday, November 20, 2008 National Academy of Sciences • Auditorium 2100 C Street, N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20418 Draft Agenda: … Read More
November 10, 2008
Just Health: Current Debates A Conference on Norman Daniel’s Recent Book Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly Saturday, November 15th, 2008 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Reception: 6:00-7:00 pm Harvard Medical School Gordon Hall 25 Shattuck Street Boston, MA Speakers … Read More
November 10, 2008
The President’s Council on Bioethics will be meeting November 21-22.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows: Thursday, November 20th: 9:00 am – Session 1: Medical Futility Lawrence J. Schneiderman, M.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine … Read More
November 8, 2008
2008 John Nuveen Lecture, University of Chicago, November 20, 2008 Leon Kass is one of the nation’s leading experts on medical ethics. In 2001, he was appointed chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics by President Bush. His early research … Read More
November 5, 2008
Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL is hosting an annual Brain Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Exploring the Mind”. The keynote speaker is Dr. john A. Kessler, Chair of the Neurology deptartment at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. … Read More
October 31, 2008
Public Meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics SUMMARY: The President’s Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its thirty-fifth meeting, at which it will discuss three topics: exercises of conscience in the practice of the health … Read More
October 31, 2008
Translation of Stem Cells into Clinical Stem Cell Therapeutics Public Symposium Thursday, November 20, 2008 National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C. The meeting will explore issues related to the translation of stem cells into clinical therapeutics, with a particular focus on the … Read More
October 22, 2008
12th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference March 13-14, 2009 At Harvard University Presented by the Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society FOR MORE INFORMATION! The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conferenc (NUBC) is an annual event that brings together students and speakers from across … Read More
October 22, 2008
2008-09 Lecture Series on Law, Health & the Life Sciences Prof. Arti Rai, JD, Duke University School of Law Tuesday, November 4, 2008 11:30am-1:00pm Coffman Memorial Union: Theater (1st Floor) REGISTER HERE! In her lecture, Prof. Rai will discuss how … Read More
October 20, 2008
Lecture by Drew Indy, Stanford University Imagine generating a living thing of your own design, to your own specifications. Recently, researchers have developed powerful new technologies that allow life to be built from scratch. New, engineered organisms are being constructed … Read More
October 17, 2008
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics welcomes The Robert Henry Levi & Ryda Hecht Levi Visiting Professor in Bioethics and Public Policy Dr. Bernard Lo: Director of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California, San Francisco … Read More
October 9, 2008
Lecture By C. Ben Mitchell, Ph.D. DATE: November 1st, Saturday TIME: 10 a.m. LOCATION: Williamson Public County Library MORE: 1314 Columbia Avenue, Franklin, TN 37064 The Lecture, followed by a Q & A, is open to the public. Morning refreshments … Read More
