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
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
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
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
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
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 | 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
Biosecurity in the Age of AI and Genomics with speakers Jassi Pannu, MD, Gigi Gronvall, PhD, and moderator Stephanie Guerra, PhD. The convergence of AI and biotechnology is reshaping both the promise and the peril of biological research, potentially increasing beneficial capabilities to achieve new therapeutics faster while also introducing new risks that nefarious actors could misuse of … Read more
Building Bridges: Data Systems for Research and Evaluation | Registration Presenter: Marlena Kuhn, MPH With a showcase of examples, learn how practical applications of integrating data tools and processes can build systems that facilitate research and evaluation. Examples will range from recruiting for clinical trials to evaluating published research impact. Register: https://go.unc.edu/BridgesRegistration
Save the Date Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Thursday, September 4, 2025 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET Location: Cancer Hospital Conference Room 1-Sanofi Aventis Christine Grady, MSN, PhD Dr. Grady is a nurse-bioethicist and a senior investigator who is the former Chief of the Department of Bioethics. Dr. Grady has published widely in the biomedical and bioethics … Read more
