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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Speakers: Kayhan Parsi & Nanette Elster
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, … Read More
Feature Lecture Presenter: Federica Lucivero, PhD, Ethox Centre CREEi Center for Global Bioethics and ASBH Environmental Bioethics Affinity Group Annual Lecture
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 … Read More
Panelists: Jamie Levine Daniel, PhD, Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management and Public Service (New York University)
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 … Read More
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. … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
