March 8, 2011
Designer Babies…Savior Siblings…Rent-a-Wombs…Egg Harvesting…Sperm Donation… Shocking realities not from the pages of a novel, but from everyday headlines. Paige C. Cunningham, JD, executive director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, will explore how Aldous Huxley’s fictional vision of … Read More
March 8, 2011
Registration deadline is 11 March 2011 Flooding in Australia. Earthquake in Haiti. Indian Ocean Tsunami. Hurricane Katrina. Disasters generate healthcare needs. Providing for these needs requires research. A Symposium will be held April 4-5, 2011 at the Brocher Foundation to … Read More
March 3, 2011
Dublin, Ohio April 29, 2011 If you participate in the ethics consultation service at your health care institution or facility, or if you have an interest in ethics consultation, please give serious consideration to attending this conference. For more information
February 15, 2011
The American Nurses Association and Ethics of Caring are collaboratively sponsoring the National Nursing Ethics Conference in Los Angeles, CA at the Hilton Universal City. March 24-25, 2011 The two-day meeting focuses on ethical issues that abound in today’s healthcare. … Read More
February 15, 2011
The Erasmus Observatory is proud to announce the Annual Summer School on Health Law and Ethics in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. June 27 – July 8, 2011 The course is designed to enhance the preparation of health professionals confronted with legal … Read More
February 15, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:00 am – 4:30 pm National Institutes of Health (NIH) Main Campus Natcher Conference Center Building 45, Balcony A and B Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 The goal of this conference is to exchange ideas on cutting edge … Read More
February 2, 2011
Columbia University Masters of Bioethics Program Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Uris Hall, Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue / 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 This symposium will examine the complex ethical and psychological … Read More
February 1, 2011
June 7-10, 2011 Hiram College (Hiram, OH) This intimate seminar will engage fundamental questions about the reasons, materials and methods central to teaching in the medical humanities.  Participants’ conversations will inform the content of a forthcoming literary anthology, On Healers and … Read More
January 27, 2011
The 20th Anniversary Symposium of the KP NCAL Department of Medical Ethics March 5, 2011 7:30am – 4:30pm On this date, the Department of Medical Ethics residing within KP-TPMG Northern California celebrates its twentieth yearly anniversary. This landmark occasion invites … Read More
January 27, 2011
August 5-7, 2011 The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. Key themes addressed by the Conference include the social impacts of science, the values and ethics of science, the pedagogies of science, the knowledge-making processes of science, the politics of … Read More
January 27, 2011
June 22 – 24, 2011 Third biennial SPSP conference will be hosted by the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis), University of Exeter, UK. Confirmed keynote speakers: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science Université Paris-X Nanterre … Read More
January 26, 2011
Conference Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011 St. Francis College 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 Papers Due Date: Monday, January 31, 2011 This multidisciplinary conference will feature panels on a variety of perspectives on women’s health, as well as … Read More
January 26, 2011
May 3-4, 2011 Conference at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress The aim of the conference is to discuss Nordic collaboration in biobank based research. The Nordic countries have a long history of utilising biological samples, patient records and health registers to … Read More
January 25, 2011
April 10-11, 2011 University of Michigan This landmark conference represents the 1st time in the United States that Islamic scholars and religious leaders, social scientists, health professionals, and Muslim community stakeholders are coming together to discuss Islamic law, bioethics, medicine … Read More
January 25, 2011
Seattle, Washington July 22-23, 2011 A distinguished panel of experts will address a range of challenging medical and social issues: * Under what circumstances should individual providers or health care institutions extend medical care to children whose families cannot pay? … Read More
January 20, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Uris Hall, Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue / 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 This symposium will examine the complex ethical and psychological aspects of scientific innovations in reproductive … Read More
January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 Lecture Theatre 1, New Hunt’s House, King’s College London – Guy’s Campus, London SE1 1UL 3:30-6:00pm This seminar is open to all but participants are asked to book a place in advance by emailing [email protected]. For … Read More
January 18, 2011
The University of Pennsylvania announces their 3rd annual Neuroscience Boot Camp July 31-August 10 2011 What happens at Neuroscience Boot Camp? Through a combination of lectures, break-out groups, panel discussions and laboratory visits, participants will gain an understanding of the … Read More
January 18, 2011
IV International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics of the University of Barcelona Barcelona January 21, 2011 Organized by the UNESCO Chair in bioethics of the University of Barcelona with the collaboration of the Catalonian Authority for Data Protection, … Read More
January 18, 2011
June 9-11 2011 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois This second international interdisciplinary conference* aims to explore the past, present, and possible future of comics in the context of the healthcare experience. For more information
January 18, 2011
April 8-9, 2011 Berry College, Mount Berry, GA Featured Speakers include: Ronald Bailey, Patrick Deneen, Charles Rubin, and Robert Kraynak The conference is free and open to the public. For more information
December 7, 2010
2011 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference Duke University March 18-20, 2011 The conference will bring together leaders in bioethics and students from across the nation for focused talks and lively discussion of critical issues. It offers a unique opportunity for students … Read More
December 3, 2010
December 14 and 15 2010 Cagliari, Italy The event is organized by the Autonomous Region of Sardegna and Sardegna Ricerche, in association with the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, and will focus on questions which arise in practical medicine in … Read More
November 30, 2010
Saturday, February 5, 2011 8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Uris Hall, Weill Cornell Medical College 1300 York Avenue / 69th Street, New York, NY 10021 This symposium will examine the complex ethical and psychological aspects of scientific innovations in reproductive … Read More
November 19, 2010
January 20, 2011 9:30am – 5pm ESRC Genomics Policy & Research Forum, University of Edinburgh This workshop is co-organised by Dr Christine Knight, Policy Research Fellow, and Dr Malcolm Smith, Bright Ideas Programme Visiting Research Fellow (January 2011), ESRC Genomics … Read More
