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In Vitro Neural Platforms

Monday, October 2, 2023 8:00 am - 4:00 pm EST Location: Friday Conference Center Download flyer This is an in-person event; Please visit https://tinyurl.com/28eop7ry to register. As the use of in vitro neural platforms like brain organoids and microtissues increases, there is a lack of general knowledge about the limitations of the platforms. Bioethicists and … Read more

Early Modern Economies of Care: Practices of Giving and Receiving Care in the 16th and 17th Century

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Early Modern Economies of Care: Practices of Giving and Receiving Care in the 16th and 17th Century Mandy Fowler,  Doctoral student in English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill   Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00 PM ET Hybrid lecture   "Early Modern Economies of Care" explores practices of giving and receiving care as they existed in sixteenth … Read more

Ethical Issues in the Use of A.I. In Mental Health Care

he Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics and Mental Health Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST Location: Registration Required Dr. Serife Tekin Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health Please contact Dan Moseley, daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu, for registration information. These events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Spark Series on Faculty Research with Seth Berkowitz

Virtual Event Virtual Event

October 21 @ 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Dr. Seth Berkowitz will discuss his new book, Equal Care: Health Equity, Social Democracy, and the Egalitarian State. A general internist and primary care doctor, Dr. Berkowitz will present on how social conditions and mechanisms link injustice to poor health. He’ll share what policies may be effective at achieving better … Read more

How Artificial Intelligence Might Save Bioethics (And it’s not how you think)

5302 Roper Hall

Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D. FRSC FCAHS ICD.D Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST Location: Hybrid: 5302 Roper Hall & Zoom webinar Download flyer We’ll share the Zoom link for the talk on October 17.   By now society has become familiar with the promised benefits and potential pitfalls of the artificial intelligence … Read more

Ethics Around the Table: Rebecca Walker (UNC Philosophy and Social Medicine)

Toy Lounge, Dey Hall 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Ethics Around the Table: Rebecca Walker, UNC Philosophy and Social Medicine Topic: Doctors in prisons. Rebecca Walker is a professor in the Philosophy Department at UNC, with a joint appointment in the Department of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine. She uses philosophical and empirical research methods to address questions at the intersection of biomedicine … Read more

Annual Parr | Bioethics Joint Lecture: Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby (Baylor College of Medicine)

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Please join us for the 2025 Parr|Bioethics Joint Lecture, co-sponsored annually by the Parr Center and the Center for Bioethics. The 2025 Joint Lecturer will be Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby. Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., is the Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. … Read more

Paul A. Godley Health Equity Research Week

  The 2025 Paul A. Godley Health Equity Research Week (HERW) is coming! About HERW HERW, hosted by the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), brings faculty, staff, students and community members together to share health equity research at UNC. HERW is an opportunity to facilitate collaboration, innovation and equity in the UNC School of … Read more