Highlights from the North Carolina Regional Bioethics Workshop
April 16, 2026
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Highlights for the Lab Dog Book Panel on Animal Research
April 13, 2026
Highlights from the UNC Center for Bioethic’s 47th Merrimon Lecture
March 2, 2026
Dr. Jonathan Oberlander Awarded Kenan Senior Research and Scholarly Leave for FALL 2026
February 5, 2026
Dr. Ron Strauss Awarded 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction
February 5, 2026
7th ELSI Congress | Now Accepting Abstracts through Feb. 16
January 22, 2026
Abstracts are now being accepted for the 7th ELSI Congress, which will be held on June 22 – 24, 2026 in Chapel Hill, NC. The submission period is January 16 – February 16. For over three decades, the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research...
Dr. Jean Cadigan Elected as 2025 Fellow for The Hastings Center for Bioethics
November 21, 2025
Dr. Giselle Corbie Featured in President’s Forum for Upcoming Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Medicine
October 10, 2025
Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine, will host the 2025 President’s Forum, Health Leadership in Turbulent Times: Shaping Science, Medicine, Policy, and Trust in a New Era, on Monday, October 20, from 5:00 to 6:15 p.m. ET in Washington, DC. This year’s Forum will bring together distinguished leaders to explore...
Dr. Gail Henderson Receives $1 Million NHGRI Grant to Host 3 Biennial Conferences
October 7, 2025
Gail Henderson, PhD of the Social Medicine Department was recently awarded a U13 grant from the NHGRI Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program. Since its creation in 1990, NHGRI’s Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program has supported a large body of empirical, analytical and conceptual research...
Dr. Payal Chakraborty Joins the Department of Social Medicine as an Assistant Professor
September 17, 2025
Payal Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and core faculty in the UNC Center for Thriving Communities. Dr. Chakraborty is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding the impact of structural marginalization (e.g., discriminatory policies, restrictive reproductive health policies)...