April 10, 2024
Recording now available
Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Communicating Across Cultures: Why Our Traditional Approaches May Fail to Inform and Empower Patients
The UNC Center for Bioethics facilitates research, education, and consultation on ethical issues in biomedical research and health care. The Center is sponsored by the UNC School of Medicine, but includes faculty from and partnerships with programs across the University and the UNC Health Care System.
Upcoming Lectures & Series
May
8
ELSI and the Virome: Bugs, Drugs, and Precision Viral Care
Wednesday, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Center for Genomics and Society Seminars, Research Ethics Grand Rounds
Karen Meagher, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Ethics Research, Mayo Clinic Registration required – https://go.unc.edu/elsivirome Advancing understanding of the human virome (all … Read more
May
30
Annual Pediatric Visiting Ethics Scholar
Thursday, 8:00 am - 9:00 am EST
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
Savithri Nageswaran, MBBS, MPH
Professor, Pediatrics Wake Forest University
Recent News
February 21, 2024
Daniel Moseley quoted in UNC Health Talk about Imposter Syndrome
In 1978, psychologists Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Imes published a paper about highly successful and well-educated women who considered themselves “imposters.” The women whom the psychologists spoke to believed that they weren’t intelligent and didn’t deserve their high-ranking roles and that anyone who said otherwise had been fooled.
February 14, 2024
Mara Buchbinder interviewed for CBS 17 News
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Doctors who care for pregnant women say abortion laws are already impacting patients and physicians. Some worry that if stricter laws go into effect in North Carolina, fewer top-quality doctors will choose to practice in the state.
February 1, 2024
Dr. Eric Juengst, Renowned Bioethicist and UNC Professor, Announces Retirement
After a distinguished career at the forefront of bioethics, Professor Eric Juengst, PhD, is set to embark on a well-deserved retirement. Although stepping back from his full-time role, Dr. Juengst will continue as an emeritus professor, maintaining the flexibility to attend lectures and participate in research at his discretion—a self-coined “open-ended sabbatical.” Journey into Bioethics …
January 25, 2024
Mara Buchbinder one of 13 New Hastings Center Fellows
The Hastings Center is pleased to announce the election of the 2023 fellows. Hastings Center fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology. The latest fellows focus on a broad range of topics with …