Center News

Center News

ELSI 2.0

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The UNC Center for Bioethics is organizing a satellite workshop at the 2012 International Association of Bioethics meetings in Rotterdam, to plan “ELSI 2.0: An International Collaboratory for Genomics and Society Research,” June 26, 2012. For more details, click here.

Marley Burns Virtual Mentor

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UNC medical student Marley Burns was selected as this year’s student editor for the Virtual Mentor journal by the A.M.A. Congratulations, Marley!

 

Gruskin lecture

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Sofia Gruskin, J.D., M.A., Director of the Program on Global Health and Human Rights, University of Southern California, presented the 1st Annual UNC Health and Human Rights Lecture, addressing, “A Rising Imperative: Human Rights in Global Health.” For more information, click here.

Health Law Careers Practioner Panel

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C:B Core Faculty member Arlene Davis, R.N., J.D., participated on the Health Law Careers Practitioner Panel as part of the Carolina Health Law Organization’s discussion on the state of health care law and how health reform will affect different areas of practice.

Kodish REGR

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Eric Kodish, M.D., F. J. O’Neill Professor and Chair of the Department of Ethics, Humanities, and Spiritual Care at the Cleveland Clinic, presented the March Research Ethics Grand Rounds, speaking on “Informed Consent in Experimental Medicine: Phase I Trials in Children with Cancer”.