The advent of new technologies that allow analysis of entire genomes presents many challenges to the researcher. A great deal of information is obtained through genomic sequencing and such information is highly heterogeneous, ranging from frankly uninterpretable to highly informative regarding the risk for future health conditions. Dr. Evans will discuss some of these challenges … Read more
The 2016-2017 UNC Geography Department Colloquium Series, Between Certainty andExperimentation, Presents: A Lunchtime Conversation with Dr. Andrew Curley
Sex Bias in Biomedical ResearchMelina R. Kibbe, MD Chair, Department of Surgery UNC School of Medicine
The talk will describe the rationale, design and early insights from an ongoing genetic epidemiologic study of early childhood oral health in NC. The project is based on five-year NIH award totaling $8.4 million aimed to investigate the genetic underpinning of ECC among a multi-ethnic community-based sample of approximately 9,000 preschool-age children enrolled in Head … Read more
Dr. Nancy Lopez, Associate ProfessorSociology, University of New Mexico Director and Co-founder, Institute for Study of "Race" & Social Justice, RWJF Center for Health Policy What patterns of inequality can be revealed when quantitative researchers interrogate race-gender-class gaps in six-year graduation outcomes and remedial class placement for distinct race-class-gender social locations as categories of experience? … Read more
“African-Americans in Orthodontics” Ernest J. Goodson, DDS Adjunct Professor, Department of Orthodontics, UNC School of Dentistry/ Private Practice, Fayetteville, N.C.
Raj Telhan is an Assistant Professor of PM&R and Social Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill. He studied Literature and Medicine at the University of Virginia where he was a Crispell Scholar. He was Chief Resident at NYPH/Columbia-Cornell University Medical Center and also trained at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Telhan is a recipient of the … Read more
As translational researchers turn to electronic information sources for clinical research recruitment, they are increasingly using on-line communication tools to educate potential participants and document their consent. How can we prevent this from reducing informed consent to the equivalent of a software licensing acceptance check box? John Wilbanks, PhD, is the Chief Commons Officer at … Read more
We are pleased to announce the third statewide conference of the Clinical Ethics Network of North Carolina, “Conundrums in Clinical Ethics Consultation: Consciousness, Capacity, and Compulsion.” This event will take place on Friday, February 24, 2017, at the Conference Center of Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This full-day conference will feature … Read more
A New York Times best-selling author (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory), Caitlin Doughty is a Los Angeles mortician and death theorist. Her use of personal storytelling has propelled her to the national forefront as an advocate for bringing the realistic discussion of death back into popular culture. Join Duke … Read more
