Events

The AI for Health Equity Design Sprint is a two-day, interdisciplinary program bringing together participants from across healthcare, data science, engineering, policy, ethics, and other fields to develop AI-based approaches to real-world healthcare access and equity challenges presented by community … Read More

Join us November 8 through 10, 2026, in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia for our 13th 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 … Read More

The James F. Drane Bioethics Institute at PennWest University, in collaboration with Duquesne University’s Center for Global Health Ethics, will host the Second Duquesne–PennWest Conference on Global Bioethics from November 12–14, 2026, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. In today’s deeply interconnected world, many of the … Read More

You are invited to join us for The Greenwall Foundation's William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture, Confinement and Care: The Ethics of Health Care Behind Bars, on Monday, November 16, at 6:30 p.m. EST. Homer Venters, MD, former Chief Medical Officer for the … Read More

New technological capabilities always introduce new ethical challenges: under what conditions should we use this technology? What ethical concerns or trade-offs does it reveal? What new obligations does it impose? In this presentation, Lisa M. Rasmussen, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy … Read More

Presented by: Mark Kuczewski, PhD, HEC-C Ethics Grand Rounds represents a dynamic initiative, proudly supported by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and run by the Clinical Ethics Education Council. Each session is crafted to showcase compelling case studies and … Read More

This Grand Rounds explains how regulation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has produced substantial public‑health improvements in the United States and why weakening those standards risks reversing those gains. The session briefly reviews PM2.5 sources, health effects, and the regulatory … Read More

There has been a proliferation of posted behavior signs over the last five years. They are now ubiquitous in both inpatient and outpatient settings and across pediatric, adult, and allied health practices. Named as notices for "Patients and Visitors," these … Read More

Presented by: Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH Ethics Grand Rounds represents a dynamic initiative, proudly supported by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and run by the Clinical Ethics Education Council. Each session is crafted to showcase compelling case studies and … Read More

Presented by: Kristin Furfari, MD, MS, HEC-C Ethics Grand Rounds represents a dynamic initiative, proudly supported by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and run by the Clinical Ethics Education Council. Each session is crafted to showcase compelling case studies … Read More

Presented by: Phil Fung, MD Ethics Grand Rounds represents a dynamic initiative, proudly supported by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities and run by the Clinical Ethics Education Council. Each session is crafted to showcase compelling case studies and pressing … Read More

Care for the dying and their loved ones is a most rewarding but also challenging endeavor. Such care can evoke complex moral questions that often defy standard methods of ethical analysis. In this seminar, we enter into dialogue with the … Read More