Grand Rounds – Christine Grady, MSN, PhD

UNC Neurology is pleased to host Dr. Christine Grady, Former Chair Dept. of Bioethics, Clinical Center, NIH & Former co-chair Brain Neuroethics Working Group, NIH.

Title of Talk: Ethical Conundrums in Neuroscience Research

Dr. Grady is a nurse-bioethicist and a senior investigator who currently serves as the Chief of the Department of Bioethics.

Dr. Grady has published widely in the biomedical and bioethics literature and authored or edited several books, including The Oxford Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics.

She served from 2010-2017 as a Commissioner on the President’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Her work is known internationally, and she has lectured widely on ethical issues in clinical research and clinical care, HIV disease, and nursing. She is an elected fellow of the Hastings Center and of the American Academy of Nursing, a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, and is the recipient of multiple awards.

She holds a BS in nursing and biology from Georgetown University, a MSN. in community health nursing from Boston College, and a PhD in philosophy from Georgetown University.

The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.

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This activity is planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the above-named course director, in association with the Office of Continuing Professional Development (UNC CPD).  The CPD staff, course director and co-course director have no financial relationships with commercial interests as defined by the ACCME.

Speaker Disclosure

The speaker has no financial relationships with commercial interests.

CME Credit

Grand Rounds is streamed LIVE on WebEx. You can now receive CME credit for joining the session online, please provide your FULL NAME when logging into WebEx or credit will not be granted.  CPD does not award partial credit for one hour sessions, so participants must attend at least 50 minutes of the session to receive.