Events

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

Presented by David DeGrazia, PhD

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

Presented by Charley Maples, PhD - AMBI - Albany Medical College

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 … Read More