The modern world faces religious, spiritual and existential quandaries, as new technologies redefine the beginnings and ends of life. Excruciating choices arise about when to turn off the machines - whether and when we should "play God." The COVID-19 pandemic … Read More
Join us October 20 through October 22, 2024, in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia for our 12th annual Healthcare Ethics and Moral Distress Consultation Intensive Training Seminar. Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the grounds and gardens of the University of Virginia … Read More
Presented by Anna D. Goff, PhD, HEC-C, Clinical Ethics Fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY This talk will report on research conducted about the experiences of those doing work as Healthcare Ethics Consultants, including the most emotionally … Read More
The 2024 Medical Humanities Conference will be on Friday, October 25th. It will be virtual, through Microsoft Teams. There will be a track on AI and healthcare; submissions on other topics will be accepted as well. Conference registration will open in … Read More
The 19th International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation (ICCEC) will be held in Lausanne – Switzerland, on June 5-7, 2025, with a day of pre-conference events on June 4. The congress will be placed under the following theme: “Plurality, … Read More
Decades of underinvestment in rural communities, health care, and public health institutions left rural America uniquely vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the pandemic prompted creative actions to meet immediate health and social needs and illuminated opportunities … Read More
Available data sets continue to grow in both size and complexity, resulting in new ethical concerns. Join us for a panel discussion on the use of Big Data in research. Our conversation will explore critical issues including: What should data … Read More
Columbia University’s Master of Science in Bioethics program grounds students in interdisciplinary approaches and models to address the most pressing bioethical challenges. The Bioethics program prepares students to act as responsible and responsive leaders in this new and ever-growing field. … Read More
Are you a junior scholar working in pediatric research ethics, gene therapy ethics, or clinical trial ethics? Would you like to share your work, hear what other junior scholars in the space are working on, and learn how to advance … Read More
Duquesne University's Center for Global Health Ethics and the James F. Drane Bioethics Institute at PennWest University will hold the first biannual conference on Global Bioethics from November 7-9th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the current globalized world, many challenges and issues need solutions at … Read More
About the Spearker: Nadia N. Sawicki, JD is Beazley Chair in Health Law and Georgia Reithal Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Prof. Sawicki's research addresses issues at the intersection of torts, health law, and bioethics, … Read More
Join us for Bioethics in Film: From Screen to Seminar for a compelling discussion on Happening (2021), directed by Audrey Diwan, focusing on the film’s exploration of reproductive rights and bioethical issues. Our speaker is Carol Sanger, JD, Barbara Aronstein Black Professor Emerita of Law … Read More
