Diane Rowland, Sc.D., Executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation. What’s at stake for America’s most vulnerable as Medicaidexpansion faces repeal and restructuring? Join us for a discussion with Diane Rowland, a noted authority on health policy, Medicare and Medicaid, and health care for poor and disadvantaged populations. She will assess Medicaid’s role in … Read more
The CHER Spring Student Open House is an opportunity for students at undergrad, post bacc, and graduate levels to meet with the Center leadership and project coordinators, and to learn more about the Center, its projects, and possible opportunities for involvement for the summer and fall.Students who want to attend should visit the following link … Read more
Beth Epstein, PhD, RN, Director, Moral Distress Consultation Service. Associate Professor of Nursing, Chair, Acute & Specialty Care Department UVA Hospital System.
November 11-12, 2016. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supports a wide range of cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of health, disability, and healthcare. In light of these diverse research and education initiatives, the Health and Humanities Exchange (HHEX) conference will offer a forum for knowledge sharing, workshops, and generative conversations.
Please join us on Tuesday, April 18, 12.30 - 2.00 PM (Alumni 313) for a lunchtime discussion with our very own Mara Buchbinder, Michele Rivkin-Fish, and Rebecca Walker to celebrate the publication of their edited volume, Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice: New Conversations Across the Disciplines (UNC Press, 2016). Lunch will be provided. The introduction … Read more
Colloquium Series: This talk explores the role scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a US federal science agency, played in researching and testing vaccines for the human papillomavirus (HPV). Dr. Aviles argues that interpretations of “translational research” native to the NCI influenced these researchers’ efforts to design and test first- and second-generation HPV vaccines. … Read more
The UNC Center for Bioethics, along with our co-sponsors, invite you to join us this Thursday for our April REGR talk with Dan Nelson presenting on “Updating Regulations for Human Subjects Research:The New Common Rule has Arrived! What Changes are Coming?” Follow the link in this message or the flyer to get more information and … Read more
Dr. Jorge Pérez, Professor and Senior Researcher Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri.Jorge Pérez, MD has been a leader in Cuba’s response to HIV since the 1980s. He was the director of the AIDS Sanatorium in Santiago de las Vegas from 1989-2000 and of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri in Havana from 2007 … Read more
Dr. Judith Tintinalli, Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine, UNC School of Medicine This talk is “Part 2” of Dr. Tintinalli’s November 2015 lecture, “Emergency Medicine: A Bold Idea.” Dr. Tintinalli is Professor and founding Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently Professor Emeritus … Read more
Visiting Pediatric Ethics Scholar: Ben Wilfond, MD, Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Professor and Chief, Division of Bioethics; Professor, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine.Please join us for this presentation examining the intersections of clinical care and research. Dr. … Read more
