Helena Hansen, MD, PhD (New York University) Jennifer Carroll, PhD, MPH (Elon University) Jon Zibbell, PhD (RTI) Virgil Hayes (NC Harm Reduction Coalition)

The Parr | Bioethics Joint Lecture Series Thursday April 4, 5-6:30 pm Hyde Hall, University Room Steven Joffe (Medical Ethics, Penn) “Ethical Obligations Towards Research Subjects” The ethical distinction between medical care, which seeks to advance the patient’s well-being, and biomedical research, which seeks to answer a question for the benefit of future patients, is … Read more

At the intersection of clinical and public health ethics lies the important practices of infection control. Often taken for granted as both proper and necessary, infection control encompasses a variety of practices that invite closer scrutiny. Is isolation worth the burden it imposes on patients? Do our monitoring practices pass the ethical sniff test? Is … Read more

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Keith Andrew Wailoo is Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University where he teaches in the Department of History and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the Chair of the Department of History, and the former Vice Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School. He has produced award-winning research and teaches on a range … Read more

Special Event with Department of Surgery

Pediatric Ethics Consultation:  A Look Behind the Curtain

Speakers for this panel include: Rebecca Walker PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, Philosophy, UNC Jean Cadigan PhD, Social Medicine, Bioethics, UNC Gary Gala MD FACS, Psychiatry, UNC