Events

Bioethics events in the Triangle

Fall 2007: Global Health Ethics Seminar (EPID 898-01)

Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 pm,

McGavran-Greenberg Building 1304

UNC School of Public Health

This new seminar is part of our collaborative NIH/Fogarty Bioethics capacity-building project. The seminar aims to explore emerging bioethics themes in international health research, to link research ethics issues with those of poverty and social and global justice, and to provide a forum for researchers to discuss ethical concerns in the conduct of their research.

Seminar sessions will be lead by UNC faculty and a number of experts invited from North Carolina and beyond. A schedule of dates, topics and speakers are available here. This Fall's theme was The Many Faces of Justice and Injustice in Health Research, Policy and Practice.

This 2 credit seminar can be used to fulfill requirements of the Global Health Certificate or the Certificate in Public Health Ethics. The seminar is targeted to graduate and professional students with some basic knowledge of epidemiology.

This seminar is in conjunction with the Fall 2007 Bioethics seminar at our partners at the University of Louvain (Belgium). The seminar will also be offered as a 2 credit course in Fall 2007.

Ethics in the Professions Public Seminar

Doctors of Death? Exploring the Medical Ethical Issues of Capital Punishment."

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

A panel of professionals, UNC faculty and students gather to discuss the ethical issues raised by the involvement of medical professionals in conducting executions. This event is coordinated in conjunction with UNC’s first year student summer reading book selection, "The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions," by Sister Helen Prejean. For a  further listing of capital punishment related events  across campus this year, please visit: www.carolinacreativecampus.org. This event is free and open to the public. Location, 4:00 pm.

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