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  • 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)

    Murphey 116

    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

  • Book Talk: The Occasional Human Sacrifice

    321 MacNider Hall

    We invite you to join us for the talk in person. Location: Registration required; 321MacNider Hall or Zoom Light refreshments will be served! Kindly RSVP to help us organize better. Carl Elliott, MD, PhD Carl Elliott was originally trained in medicine before going into philosophy, and his most recent book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the … Read more

  • Population Genomic Screening: From Biobank Return of Results to a Clinical Screening Pilot

    Virtual Event

    Tuesday, May 6, 2025 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET Location: Webinar: Registration Required Juliann Savatt, MS, CGC Assistant Professor, Genomic Health, Geisinger Co-director, Geisinger MyCode Genomic Screening and Counseling Program Please register to attend. https://go.unc.edu/jsavatt Currently, identification of individuals with genomic risk remains largely dependent on clinical testing that relies on a personal/family history of disease … Read more

  • Hybrid Event | Comparing Patient and Physician Attitudes About Applications of AI in Healthcare

    Roper Hall 6310
    Hybrid Event

    Tuesday, May 6 4:00—5:00pm ET Roper Hall 6310 or via Zoom Presented by Richard Sharp, Ph.D. Lloyd A. and Barbara A. Amundson Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Director of the Biomedical Ethics Program, the Center for Individualized Medicine Bioethics Program, and the Clinical and Translational Research Ethics Program While artificial … Read more

  • Workshop: Societal and Ethical Implications and Community Engagement Associated with Microbiome Engineering in the Built Environment

    The 2025 PreMiEr SEI Symposium is a virtual workshop designed to bring together researchers, engineers, ethicists, and policymakers to examine the societal and ethical dimensions of microbiome engineering in the built environment. Over the course of the afternoon, participants will explore governance frameworks, public perceptions, and strategies for meaningful community engagement. This symposium provides a … Read more

  • ELSI Friday Forum – Rigor, Reproducibility and Responsibility: ELSI Questions in Population Data Practices

    Zoom
    Virtual Event

    Rigor, Reproducibility and Responsibility: ELSI Questions in Population Data Practices with speakers Anne Flanagin, RN, MA, FAAN, Genevieve Wojcik, PhD, MHS, and moderator Aliya Saperstein, PhD. As large-scale genomic data sets are increasingly linked, harmonized, and repurposed across studies, questions about how to meaningfully define and compare population descriptors have taken on renewed urgency. This panel brings together … Read more

  • Circles of Influence: Evaluation Through Social Networks

    Circles of Influence: Evaluation Through Social Networks | Registration Presenter: Bernard A. Coles IV, PhD Learn about how network science strengthens evaluation. This webinar will cover the key components of network analysis, common measurements, and what network insights can teach us about the effectiveness ofprograms, policies and initiatives Registration: https://go.unc.edu/CirclesRegistration

    FREE