Pediatric oncology is often held up as the model for learning healthcare systems to emulate. There is much truth—but also a few cautionary notes—in this view. This presentation will describe how pediatric oncology has created a learning healthcare culture, one on which other areas of pediatrics and medicine can build as they seek to improve … Read more
Joint Lecture Series Presented by: Steven Joffe, MD, MPH Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania Joint Lecture Series UNC Center For Bioethics UNC Parr Center For Ethics
Learn about our work at Carolina and on four continents to improve local and global health with special presentations from our country directors and keynote addresses from: Richard Chaisson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and International Health and Director, Center for Tuberculosis Research at Johns Hopkins University and Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Global Health and … Read more
In recognition of the Hastings Center’s 50th anniversary, this conference surveys the past, present, and future of bioethics scholarship, practice, and policy. The program addresses a broad range of issues and topics, including medical and research ethics, health disparities and health equity, health law, policy, and financing, and the history and philosophy of bioethics. It … Read more
In collaboration with CHER and with support from the Merrimon Lecture Fund, the Center for Bioethics will host Dr. Helena Hansen from NYU and a panel of respondents in a public workshop on ““Race, health equity, and the opioid epidemic: a panel discussion”. Panelists: Helena Hansen, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry New York … Read more
Guest Speaker: Helena B. Hansen, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry New York University For more information: April 2019 - Race and Opioid Events Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein (lauren_brinkley@med.unc.edu) Mara Buchbinder (mara_buchbinder@med.unc.edu) Sponsored by Department of Social Medicine, Center for Bioethics, Center for Health Equity Research, Moral Economies of Medicine working group, and the 2019 … Read more
Bioethics@UNC (BUNC) seminar: Shlomit Zuckerman, LLB, PhD, Associate Director of the new Bioethics and Law Center, at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Acquired her PhD in bioethics from the Case Western doctoral program. She recently served as the ethics consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Health Committee on the Management of Sperm Donation, … Read more
Kurt Gilliland, PhD Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Evaluation, UNC School of Medicine/Associate Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC School of Medicine Skeletons in our Closet: Anatomical Eponyms While many eponyms are no longer taught or used in medicine, certain structures in anatomy, embryology, histology, and neuroscience will always be better known by … Read more
The third lecture in the Spring 2019 ENLaCE Multilingual Research Capacity Building Lecture series will take place on Wednesday, April 24, from 10am - 11:30am. Dr. Laura Villa Torres will present on including in health research Latina families whose members have different categories of immigrant or non-immigrant status. About presenter: Dr. Laura Villa Torres holds … Read more
Tonia C. Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C Assistant Professor of Social Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina This advanced webinar is designed for clinical decision makers who are actively involved in HIV care and research. It is also relevant for registered nurses, PharmDs, and other health professionals. Registration ends on … Read more
