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Diabetes and the American Century

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Bullitt History of Medicine Club’s Spring 2022 lecture, presented via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Lecture: Diabetes and the American Century Speaker: Dr. Richard McKinley Mizelle, Jr. Associate Professor of History, University of Houston Time: February 1, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2g_NqlhAT9SdByvbYEuwvg Lecture information: Diabetes has played a key role in multiple … Read more

On the Importance of History to Medicine, with Chinese Medicine as Exemplary Case

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Bullitt History of Medicine Club’s Spring 2022 lecture, presented via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Lecture: On the Importance of History to Medicine, with Chinese Medicine as Exemplary Case Speaker: Dr. Nicole Elizabeth Barnes Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, History, Duke University Time: April 5, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Registration link: https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yAY7cqS9TQywb8I4D6sKfA Lecture … Read more

Merrimon Lecture Series: Elena Conis, Ph.D., September 9th, 12:00 pm Virtual Lecture

Virtual Event

Elena Conis, Ph.D., September 9th, 12:00 pm Virtual Lecture Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Prior to joining the Graduate School of Journalism, she was a professor of history and the Mellon Fellow in Health and Humanities at Emory University and an award-winning health columnist for the Los … Read more

Merrimon Lecture: Finding the ‘Greater Good’ in an Era of Polarization: What Vaccine Hesitancy Has Taught Us

4008 Old Clinic Auditorium

The Merrimon Lecture 2022 September 14 Wednesday, 12:00 pm 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium https://bioethics.unc.edu/talk/merrimon-lecture-2022/ Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science and is the Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She is also a Clinical Professor of Health Metrics … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Providing Optimal Care When Providers and Patients Do Not Share the Same Language

Bondurant Hall, G100

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Chair and Professor, Communication Studies University of Minnesota October 12 https://bioethics.unc.edu/talk/providing-0ptimal-care-when-providers-and-patients-do-not-share-the-same-language/ Elaine Hsieh (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 2019) is Chair and Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Minnesota (starting 7/15/2022), and a Visiting Professor at the University of … Read more

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds: Conceptualizing Culture in Healthcare Contexts: A Theoretical Framework

Bondurant Hall, G100

Conceptualizing Culture in Healthcare Contexts: A Theoretical Framework Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Chair and Professor, Communication Studies University of Minnesota Elaine Hsieh (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 2019) is Chair and Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Minnesota (starting 7/15/2022), and a Visiting Professor at the University … Read more

Merrimon Lecture Series: Driving Down Infant and Child Mortality: Victories, Dilemmas, and Persistent Disparities

Hybrid Event

Perri Klass is a Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. She attended Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital, Boston. The Merrimon Lecture Series Bullitt History of Medicine Lectures Location: Hybrid - 321 MacNider and Zoom Lunch provided Webinar Link Passcode: 716821 … Read more

Beyond the Medical: Genetic Testing for Social Traits

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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

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

Parr Center

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

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds-Save the Date

Bondurant Hall, G100

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