Virtual Webinar https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Li3T_5AdQ3alvj5J6EsBLg In traditional predictive genetic testing, single gene variants are analyzed to determine whether individuals are at high risk of developing disease. The vast majority of diseases, however, are polygenic - caused by many different genes. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) hold promise to predict risk for complex diseases like heart disease or diabetes … Read more
Parr - Bioethics Joint Lecturer Elizabeth Barnes, PhD Jointly sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds offers an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care within the hospital. There are no commercial support or … Read more
Parr - Bioethics Lecturer Elizabeth Barnes, PhD G-100 Bondurant Hall (Hybrid) Jointly sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds offers an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care within the hospital. There are no … Read more
Annual Pediatrics Visiting Scholar Holly Gooding, MD, MSc Old Clinic Auditorium (Room 4008) Hybrid Jointly sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics and the UNC Hospital Ethics Committee, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds offers an innovative and interactive forum for engaging with ethical, legal, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care within the hospital. … Read more
The Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics and Mental Health Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST Location: Registration Required Dr. Gregg Caruso 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. Click here … Read more
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 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
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.
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 Merrimon Lecture
