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When the “Gift of Life” Costs More Than Expected: Ethical Considerations for First Person Authorizations of Organ Donation
2026-06-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
There has been significant concern surrounding the procedures and conditions for donation after circulatory death (DCD). As organ procurement organizations face increased pressure, there have been conflicts and concerns over the expectations for how patients who have designated themselves as donors are treated prior to death, and at the time of the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment. This session will describe the effects and limitations of “first person authorizations” (FPAs) for donation, and how unresolved questions about the scope of FPA can lead to conflict over how and when life sustaining treatment is withdrawn, conflict over treatments for living patients designed to improve organ procurement but not the patient’s medical interests, and confusion about the kinds of information that should be disclosed to patients or their loved ones prior to organ procurement.

A Roadmap for Addressing the Use of Race in Clinical Algorithms
2026-05-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Emma Pierson, PhD
Dr. Pierson is the Zhang Family Endowed professor and assistant professor of computer science at Berkeley, and core faculty in the Computational Precision Health program. She develops data science and machine learning methods to study inequality and healthcare. Her work has been recognized by best paper, poster, and talk awards, an NSF CAREER award, a Rhodes Scholarship, Hertz Fellowship, Rising Star in EECS, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, AI2050 Early Career Fellowship, and Samsung AI Researcher of the Year. Her research has been published in venues including Nature, Science, JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine, PNAS, ICML and NeurIPS, and she has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, and various other publications.

Using AI for Clinical Ethics Consultation: Promise or Peril?
2026-05-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Presented by Matt DeCamp

Hard Choices: Ethics in Modern Oncology
2026-05-08 09:05 - 16:55 (America/New_York) | Online
The Cancer Bioethics Consortium, in collaboration with the MSK Ethics Committee, presents this complimentary virtual conference designed for professionals across the oncology spectrum to explore the ethical complexities of cancer care and research.
The Cancer Bioethics Consortium (CBC) is a newly-created organization of healthcare professionals who work in the fields of oncology and bioethics in the United States. CBC is dedicated to promoting greater awareness, understanding, and collaboration around the ethical issues that permeate oncology practice and research.
The one-day virtual conference, Hard Choices: Ethics in Modern Oncology, convenes nationally recognized experts in oncology and bioethics, representing clinical, academic, administrative, legal, and governmental perspectives. The curriculum focuses on timely and emerging ethical challenges in oncology care and research through the lenses of bioethics, policy, and regulations. Rather than addressing clinical practice directly, the event will center on the less tangible, but equally vital, elements of care. Each session — including those focused on Cell and Gene Therapies, Tissue Acquisition and Bio Banking, and the Drug Shortages Panel — has been carefully designed to maintain a non-clinical perspective. Attendees can expect thoughtful discussions that do not offer guidance or recommendations regarding clinical management, treatment options, medical procedures, or therapeutic decision-making. The conference will emphasize broader ethical and policy issues shaping the field, distinguishing the conference from forums centered on direct patient care.
This conference is intended for both clinicians and non-clinicians seeking to better understand the ethical issues that shape oncology practice and research.
The program will be held live virtually via Zoom. All times listed on the schedule are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Detailed access instructions will be provided in advance of the program. Following the conclusion of the program, participants will receive access to an online syllabus, which will include PDF copies of the faculty presentations.

The Weight of the ‘Why’: From Wanting to Know Why to Responding Ethically to Parents’ Reasons
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) | Online
Presented by Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, HEC-C and Bryanna Moore, PhD

Making the Invisible Visible: Why Cultural Care Matters in Medicine
2026-05-04 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Hybrid, PA
Presented by Bruce Feldstein, MD, BCC

Ethics Grand Rounds: Race Matters in Medical Education, Research, and Practice
2026-05-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
This Grand Rounds examines the historical and sociopolitical construction of race, critiques its persistent use as a biological proxy in clinical algorithms and medical training, and explores how such practices shape diagnostic reasoning and contribute to health inequities. Drawing on empirical evidence and clinical examples, this talk proposes a framework for race-conscious medicine that more accurately reflects the role of structural racism in shaping health outcomes and guides more equitable clinical practice.

The Edges of Pediatric Ethics: Boundaries, Frontiers and Transitions
2026-04-30 07:30 - 2026-05-01 15:45 (America/Denver) | Anschutz Health Sciences Building, 1890 N Revere Ct, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States
Overview
This year’s ethics conference examines ethical challenges at key points of change in pediatric care. The first day focuses on transitions across the pediatric continuum, including neonatal transitions into pediatrics and adolescent transitions out of pediatric systems, with attention to continuity, equity, and shared decision-making. The second day explores the ethical impact of new and emerging technologies on children and pediatric medicine, addressing how innovation shapes care delivery, data use, and clinical decision-making. Together, the conference provides a focused forum for navigating ethical practice during periods of transition and technological advancement in pediatrics.
Learning Objectives

Discuss supportive decision making in medically complex adults.
Apply ethical principles to guide decision-making for patients with prolonged hospitalizations.
Implement best practices for ethical and confidential communication with patients via EMR messaging.
Integrate ethical and clinical considerations to optimize care for medically complex adult patients.
Discuss the ethical implications of designing and developing custom VR experiences for pediatric use cases.
Evaluate adolescent capacity and consent to ensure ethical and legally compliant care decisions.
Apply ethical frameworks to guide care decisions for fetuses and neonates with complex medical conditions.
Analyze ethical considerations in pediatric genetic testing to inform disclosure and treatment decisions.

Learner Outcome
Participants will gain enhanced knowledge and practical strategies to navigate complex ethical challenges in pediatric healthcare, including sustainability, behavioral health, trauma-informed care, and the intersections of ethics, policy and law, enabling them to improve decision-making and advocacy in their professional practice.
Continuing Education Credit
Registration, attendance, sign-in and submission of the evaluation, including a written response to questions related to any change in practice that you may make as a result of learning that took place at this activity, are required for successful completion and receipt of the certificate of attendance. Claim only those hours you attend.
Medical: Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 12.25 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.

2026 Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum (CHEF) ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Underexplored Ethical Issues at the End of Life
2026-04-27 07:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Elliman Conference Center, Colorado
This event brings together clinicians, ethicists, and scholars to examine complex ethical questions that arise in end-of-life care but often receive limited attention in clinical training and discussion. Through a series of expert presentations, this program will explore ethical challenges related to determinations of non-beneficial treatment, physician proxy decision-making, and the uncertainty that frequently accompanies serious illness prognoses. Speakers will also address the ethical dimensions of caring for vulnerable older adults, strategies for communicating difficult news to patients and families, and the responsibilities clinicians hold in honoring cultural and personal death rituals. Together, these discussions aim to deepen participants’ understanding of ethically grounded, compassionate care at the end of life.

Bioethicists and Hospital & Healthcare Policy: A Panel Discussion
2026-04-21 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
The Bioethics Network of Ohio (BENO) is hosting its next virtual education session on Tuesday April 21st at 4pm Eastern. It will be a panel presentation and discussion with three ethicists working in different capacities with hospital and healthcare policy. It is the first of a series of quarterly education sessions BENO is offering this year on bioethics & policy. BENO education sessions are free for anyone to attend live. BENO members also have access to a repository of recorded education sessions. Ohio residence is not required for membership.

PGTME Listens
2026-04-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Are you a member of the biopharmaceutical industry working in the gene therapy space? We want to hear from you! Please join us on Monday, April 20th, from 3-4pm ET via Zoom for PGTME Listens.
Each spring, the Working Group on Pediatric Gene Therapy & Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine hosts virtual listening sessions with different groups of gene therapy stakeholders. If you are employed by a biotech, pharmaceutical company, or a non-academic sponsor, you are eligible to participate in the RESCHEDULED industry members session on Monday, April 20th.
The purpose of this event is for you to tell us what ethical issues are on your mind, with regard to pediatric gene therapy clinical trials and the introduction of gene therapies into the medical care of kids. PGTME wishes to learn from YOU—the true experts in these matters—what ethical challenges, concerns, and/or opportunities should inform our work. PGTME will not be presenting any information at these meetings. Rather, please come ready to share your experiences and thoughts with us! These sessions are intended to be informal and conversational.

Tenth Annual Medical School Ethics Conference: AMSEC 2026
2026-04-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | New York Academy of Medicine, New York City
The annual medical student ethics conference (AMSEC) is a national medical student conference to address ethical issues that arise in medical education. The conference will be held in person at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City on April 18, 2026. The keynote speaker will be David Shoemaker, PhD, Wyn and William Y. Hutchinson Professor of Ethics and Public Life at the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University.

Surrogate Designation and Domestic Violence: Ethical & Structural Gaps
2026-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Presented by Charley Maples, PhD – AMBI – Albany Medical College

Whose Best Interests? Interrogating the Ethics of Surrogate Decision-making
2026-04-16 | BRB 251, Biomedical Research Bldg II/III, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States
BIO: Jennifer L. Herbst, JD, MBE is a Professor of Law and Medical Sciences at Quinnipiac University’s School of Law and Frank H. Netter, MD, School of Medicine. Her current research looks at, and challenges, the use of fiduciary framing for surrogate decision making in law and clinical ethics. She completed a JD and MBe from the University of Pennsylvania, an LLM from Temple University, and a Certificate in Theology and Health Care from Duke Divinity School.

Bioethical Responsibilities in Twenty-First Century Crises
2026-04-14 19:00 - 20:15 (America/New_York) | Online
Please join us on Tuesday April 14th from 7-8:15pm Eastern for a virtual conversation among bioethicists engaging new approaches to tackle current bioethical crises. The conversation will be held as a virtual webinar hosted by the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science to welcome a recent essay collection, Bioethical Responsibilities in Twenty-First Century Crises, out now with Bloomsbury Press as part of its Revolutionary Bioethics Series.

This virtual event will be a discussion between the book editors, Elizabeth Lanphier and Larry Churchill and four authors from the collection – Johnathan Flowers, Takunda Matose, Lisa S. Parker, and Travis Rieder – to engage in a rich conversation about the core themes of the book: the need for new bioethical methods and focus to address contemporary problems not previously at the forefront of the field, but for which bioethics is essential to producing solutions. The featured authors’ chapters speak to topics including disability and erasure, incarceration and detention, climate change and environmental catastrophe, and the role of emotions, affect, and time in reasoning. The conversation will consider how each of these topics are becoming more pressing every day, and how, as individuals and communities, we might think about our responsibilities to address them. Recognizing that bioethics and the events of our world touch each of us who are alive, this will be an engaged, public-facing conversation for a wide audience.

For those unable to attend live, the conversation will be recorded and viewable on the Center for Public Engagement with Science YouTube page. But those attending live will also be able to participate and ask questions. We hope to see you there.

Uncovering the Past Responsibly: Exploring Ethical Challenges and Recommendations of Ancient DNA Research
2026-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Ancient DNA research is transforming how scholars reconstruct population histories, yet these tools operate within scientific and political landscapes that shape whose ancestors are studied, how consent is interpreted, and which communities bear the consequences of genomic discovery. When genetic data are drawn from ancestral remains, questions of privacy, cultural authority, and descendant impact become central rather than peripheral. Without careful governance, ancient DNA research risks reinscribing historical harms, marginalizing community knowledge, and obscuring the lived realities of those most connected to the past.
This forum examines how ancient DNA research can be conducted in ways that center ethical responsibility, community partnership, and transparency. Drawing on community‑engaged genetic anthropology, archaeogenetics, and legal‑ethical analysis, it identifies evidence‑based strategies for responsible research design, data stewardship, and descendant engagement.
The discussion will explore key questions:

How should consent be understood for ancestral remains?
What obligations do researchers hold toward living relatives?
How can communities shape research priorities?
What frameworks ensure that ancient DNA research advances knowledge without perpetuating structural harm?

Speakers:

Jada Benn Torres, PhD (Director, Laboratory of Genetic Anthropology and Biocultural Studies & Associate Professor of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University)
Kathrin Nägele, PhD (Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
moderated by Jennifer K. Wagner, JD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Law, Policy, and Engineering & Anthropology, Penn State University)

32nd Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics: Ethics and Public Health
2026-04-08 | Online
The annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship: “Ethics and Public Health” will take place on April 24, 2026. This year’s topic is Public Health and Ethics. We are bringing together a diverse group of scholars from multiple disciplines to address some of the most important ethical issues related to public health.
Thomas Antley Pitts, II, M.D. (1893-1991) served as a member of the Board of the Medical University of South Carolina for thirty-six years and served as its chairman for twenty-five of those years. He left a substantial bequest to the Medical University of South Carolina to endow “a series of lectures on medical ethics.” The series has become known as the Pitts Memorial Lectureship, and has been held annually since 1993.
Presented by the: Medical University of South Carolina Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Office of Humanities, Office of Continuing Education, College of Medicine.
The Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship is supported by the MUSC Foundation.

Leveraging a Sturdy Norm: How Ethicists Really Argue
2026-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Presented by David DeGrazia, PhD

Protecting Whistleblowers and Fighting Fraud
2026-03-27 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Online
Whistleblowers serve the public when they expose fraud in government-funded health care programs, leading to millions of dollars in recovered costs. Though laws protect whistleblowers, it still takes great moral courage and leaves individuals exposed to negative consequences. In this seminar, we are joined by two experts in health care fraud to discuss fraud detection and whistleblower protection. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.
Presenters:

Taryn Vian, PhD, Professor, University of San Francisco, School of Nursing and Health Professions
Maya Efrati, JD, MPP, Director of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Government Accountability Project

Moderator:

Alexander Egilman, Senior Research Assistant, PORTAL, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Register here to receive the Zoom link and call-in details in your automated confirmation email. The seminar recording will be uploaded to our YouTube channel in the weeks following the event date, pending no technical issues. Registrants will receive a follow-up email containing the recording link when it is ready.

Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University. Organized by seminar leaders Leah Rand, DPhil and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH. Co-hosted by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL), and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.

The Ethics of Access and Outcomes: Maternity Care in Rural US Communities
2026-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
This presentation will tackle core concepts related to safety during childbirth: access to and outcomes of care, with a focus on rural U.S. communities. It will present research findings on declining access to obstetric care in rural communities, what happens when rural communities lose obstetric services, and why hospitals close obstetric units. It will also consider the path forward, describing strategies to ensure that rural maternity care is safe, viable, and accessible.
Learning Objectives: After this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Quantify declining access to obstetric care in rural communities.
Describe what happens when rural communities lose obstetric services.
Understand why hospitals close obstetric units.
Discuss what could help keep rural maternity care viable and accessible, including case studies of hospitals and communities providing rural maternity care.

This is an event of the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA), hosted by the Center for Bioethics, and co-sponsored by the following U of MN Units: Business Advancement Center for Health (BACH), Minnesota Carlson; Center for the Study of Political Psychology, College of Liberal Arts; Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC); Department of Pediatrics, Medical School; Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health, Medical School; Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts; Medical School; Minnesota Population Center; Program in Health Disparities Research, Medical School; Rural Health Research Center; School of Dentistry; School of Nursing; School of Public Health.
Speaker(s)
Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Kozhimannil is the Co-Director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the University of Minnesota Rural Health Program. In 2025, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of her research and policy leadership to improve maternal and child health, particularly in rural and Native American communities. She lives on Dakota land (Mahto Bde). Her ancestors come from northern Minnesota (Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, the White Earth Nation), Germany and France. She earned a PhD at Harvard University, an MPA at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and a BA at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Kozhimannil conducts research to inform health policy that supports people at critical times in their lives, including pregnancy and childbirth. Referencing her research and recommendations, new local, state, and federal laws have allocated resources to improve access to prenatal, obstetric, and postpartum care, focusing on communities that face challenges accessing high quality care, including rural communities. She teaches courses that build skills for engagement in public health programs, policy, and research, and she works extensively to engage with and inform leaders with the power to improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities, starting at birth.

Festschrift Honoring Tom L. Beauchamp (1939-2025)
2026-03-26 08:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Lohrfink Auditorium, Rafik B. Hariri Building, Georgetown University Hilltop Campus, Washington, DC, United States
Georgetown University’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, will host this Festschrift on Thursday, March 26, 2026 to honor the life, work, and enduring legacy of philosopher and bioethics pioneer
Tom L. Beauchamp (1939–2025).
The all-day event will bring together leading scholars whose work has been shaped by Beauchamp’s foundational contributions to ethical theory, research ethics,
animal rights, and public policy.
James Childress, University of Virginia
David DeGrazia, George Washington University
Christine Grady, National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey Kahn, Johns Hopkins University
Eva Feder Kittay, SUNY Stony Brook
Henry Richardson, Georgetown University

Navigating Moral Distress and Professional Well-Being Through Compassionate Pedagogy
2026-03-24 | BRB 251, Biomedical Research Bldg II/III, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States
BIO: Tessy A. Thomas, DO, MBE is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Bioethics at Geisinger in Danville, PA. She is a Pediatric Critical Care Physician working at Geisinger-Janet Weis Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. As a bioethics scholar she works within the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences with a focused passion in exploring the depths of moral distress and professional integrity of healthcare professionals. She is also the Graduate Medical Education Director for Professionalism in the Clinical Learning Environment.

Collaborating with Non-Academic Organizations
2026-03-23 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | Online
Panelists:
Jamie Levine Daniel, PhD, Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management and Public Service (New York University)

The Stories We Tell: Putting Ethics into Practice in Caring for Our Patients, Our Colleagues and Ourselves External Inbox
2026-03-23 - 2026-03-24
Please join us in Atlanta for our 31st annual Healthcare Ethics Consortium conference, hosted by the Emory University Center for Ethics.
The conference will address The Stories We Tell: Putting Ethics into Practice in Caring for Our Patients, Our Colleagues, Ourselves.
We welcome in-person and virtual participation for 2 days of excellent speakers, participant engagement working sessions, discussion, and sharing of frameworks and models relevant to practice.
Session topics include: engaging patient narratives; storytelling as pedagogy in healthcare education; effecting change through narrative; myths, misconceptions and stigma; narrative methods in practice.
Opening speakers include:

Martha Montello, PhD, Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has trained medical students, graduate students, fellows and clinicians in narrative approaches to clinical ethics since 1990.
Riva Lehrer, Instructor in Medical Humanities at Northwestern University, is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. Ms Lehrer’s work has been featured in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, the United Nations and museums throughout the U.S.. Her memoir, Golem Girl, was published in 2020.

Our onsite location is the Emory Conference Center on the Emory University campus in Atlanta.
Virtual attendees will be involved in breakout sessions for all workshops, in addition to sessions with speakers and panelists.
Registration for in-person participants is Friday, March 6, 2026 by 11:59 pm EST.
Registration for virtual participants is Friday, March 20, 2026 by 5:00 pm EST.
We do not want funding to be an obstacle for those wishing to participate.
We have limited scholarships funds available for partial or full registration fees.
For further information about funding, please email your request to hec@emory.edu with subject line “Conference Scholarships”.
Applications for CME, CNE and Social Work hours are currently under review and CEU certificates will be provided to all attendees.
Please let us know if you have other questions. (hec@emory.edu)
We look forward to your joining these 2 days of interdisciplinary discussion and skill-building,

Environmentally Sustainable Health Research: The Ethics in the Tools
2026-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Feature Lecture Presenter: Federica Lucivero, PhD, Ethox Centre
CREEi Center for Global Bioethics and ASBH Environmental Bioethics Affinity Group Annual Lecture

Constrained Choice: Autonomy and Reproductive Genomics in Pregnancy Outcomes
2026-03-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Prenatal screening, carrier testing, and emerging precision medicine tools are rapidly integrating into reproductive care. Yet these technologies operate within healthcare systems that racialize genetic risk, constrain meaningful choice, and unevenly distribute access to care. In punitive reproductive policy environments, receiving genetic information during pregnancy can result in surveillance, coercion, and structurally constrained decision-making. Rather than alleviating inequities, genomics may reproduce longstanding disparities in reproductive health.
This forum examines how genomic technologies can be governed and implemented in ways that center reproductive dignity and autonomy. Drawing on decolonial feminist frameworks and empirical analysis of healthcare delivery, it identifies evidence-based system-level strategies that support informed decision-making without reinforcing structural harm. By focusing on healthcare system pathway beyond individual choice, this discussion advances a model of genomics-informed pregnancy care grounded in equity, accountability, and reproductive justice.
This session will be moderated by Jennifer James, PhD, with panelists Khiara M. Bridges, PhD, and Jallicia Jolly, PhD.

A Social Justice Framework for Neurodivergent Adults: Shifting to a Supported Engagement Model
2026-03-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
Speakers: Kayhan Parsi & Nanette Elster

The Ethics of Access and Outcomes: Maternity Care in Rural US Communities
2026-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
This presentation will tackle core concepts related to safety during childbirth: access to and outcomes of care, with a focus on rural U.S. communities. It will present research findings on declining access to obstetric care in rural communities, what happens when rural communities lose obstetric services, and why hospitals close obstetric units. It will also consider the path forward, describing strategies to ensure that rural maternity care is safe, viable, and accessible.

U.S. Immigration Detention: Bioethical Transgressions and Imperatives
2026-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online
While issues related to immigration detention are often in the news, less discussed are the specific bioethical breaches that have occurred since its inception and worsened as the number of people detained has skyrocketed. This talk will discuss the current state of U.S. immigration detention, specific areas where bioethical principles and norms have been most grossly violated, and the areas that most need light shone on them in order to improve the care of those detained.

The Conscience of Care: Navigating Health in the Culture Wars
2026-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Dov Fox, DPhil, JD, LLM will engage pressing challenges for biomedicine against the backdrop of our rapidly shifting legal, economic, social, and healthcare environments. More details coming soon! This event is co-hosted by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and the Petrie Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.
