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2 months ago
The Hastings Center Names Dr. Mara Buchbinder Fellow, 2023
Dr. Mara Buchbinder has been named as 1 of 13 new fellows elected by The Hastings Center for 2023. Hastings Center Welcomes 13 New Fellows
2 months ago
Dr. Mara Buchbinder and Colleagues Document Health Provider Impacts from Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans
Dr. Mara Buchbinder, and colleagues at the UNC School of Medicine and Harvard University, has a new piece out in JAMA Network Open on how OB-GYNs perceive the impacts of state abortion bans post-Dobbs, as well as an accompanying editorial in The News & Observer.
6 months ago
Buchbinder Publishes Research on Physician Stress Highlighted in News & Observer
Mara Buchbinder’s research on physician stress during the Covid-19 pandemic was highlighted in an article on politics and medicine in the Raleigh News & Observer
6 months ago
Merrimon Lecture: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Health Care: Ethical and Legal Challenges
The Merrimon Lecture Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST Location: 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium Download flyer I. Glenn Cohen Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics Prof. Cohen is one of the world’s …