Caroline Bledsoe (Northwestern) and Stacey Langwick (Cornell) are due in town for a workshop (http://africa.unc.edu/events/legislating_gender_in_africa/) and will meet with us for a lunch discussion on the theme of global health, now scheduled for 1-2 pm in the Incubator Room, Hyde Hall.
Brown Bag Lunch Seminar: Like North Carolina, Canada has been discussing the the legalization of physician "aid-in-dying." Grab your lunch and come join us and McGill University's Daniel Weinstock for an update of that debate in Canada, and a discussion of how it compares with North Carolina's deliberations over House Bill 611, the "Death with … Read more
This talk examines the interarticulation of race and disability in the transnational 19th century, particularly around the notion of "slowness." It concentrates on the work of John Langdon Down, known for defining modern-day Down Syndrome as "mongoloid idiocy." The framing questions of the talk that relate toxicity and intoxication are part of Chen's larger current … Read more
Should we take the moral concerns of biobank donors seriously?Raymond De Vries, Professor and Co-Director Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine University of Michigan
Marilia Sá CarvalhoResearch Scientist , FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro Visiting Scholar, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Rita Franco RêgoAssociate Professor, Universidade Federal da Bahia Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds, Jointly with the Department of Pediatrics Presents: Visiting Ethics Scholar, John Lantos, MD, Director of Pediatric Bioethics, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City. John D. Lantos is a pediatrician and nationally recognized bioethicist whose work has focused on the ethics of clinical trials, and the ethical issues in neonatology, cancer … Read more
The UNC Center for Bioethics is pleased to announce that Dr. Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH, will be delivering this year’s Merrimon Lecture on “Striking the Balance: Patient Care, Activism, and Public Service in the Health Professions.” on September 20th from 12:00 – 1:30pm in G100 in Bondurant Hall at the University of North Carolina at … Read more
"Employees as Research Participants: Ethical & Regulatory Considerations"David Resnik, PhD
Jane Thrailkill, PhDBowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Associate Professor Department of English and Comparative Literature University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
