• A Disability Politics of Cure

    Online

    Part of the intellectual life of the Health Care Ethics program is our ongoing online lecture series. This themed series consists of free and open virtual lectures/discussions occurring monthly during the academic year. Presentations are attended by students, staff, faculty, … Read More

  • The Penn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy: Conflict Management Workshops

    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, United States

    The Penn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy is pleased to announce the next in-person conflict management workshops: Thursday-Sunday, Jan. 16-19, 2025. The 4-day workshop will be held at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in … Read More

  • Risk and the Prospect of Benefit in Research

    Online

    Researchers must carefully balance possible risks against expected benefits to ensure ethical study design. Much has been discussed about how to determine risks of research participate and whether there are limits to how risky research can be. Less explored is … Read More

  • Assisted Dying: Australian and UK Perspectives

    Online

    Happy New Year! and welcome to the Bios Centre Newsletter. For our first event in 2025 we are holding an online panel discussion on assisted dying legislation in Australia and the UK. This will take place on Wednesday 29 January at 9.30 a.m. GMT (note time). The Hon. Robert Clark, the former … Read More

  • A Fireside Chat with Anthony Fauci, M.D.

    Online

    Join us for an interactive, online fireside chat with Dr. Fauci as he examines our nation’s past, present, and future responses to pandemics and other public health crises. Dr. Fauci directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) … Read More

  • A Fireside Chat with Anthony Fauci, M.D.

    Online

    Join us for an interactive, online fireside chat with Dr. Fauci as he examines our nation’s past, present, and future responses to pandemics and other public health crises. Dr. Fauci directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) … Read More

  • ELSIconversations: Defining Benefit in Genomics Research

    Online

    Defining Benefit in Genomics Research: How are investigators and communities maximizing opportunities for benefit sharing and what are the challenges? This is session one of the two-part Pioneering Sustainable and Beneficial Global Genomics Research Capacity series. Speakers: María C. Ávila … Read More