Visiting scholar Keymanthri Moodley, MBChB, MFamMed, DPhil, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Stellenbosch University, South Africa presented at the Friday Infectious Disease Conference. Dr. Moodley spoke on, “The Ethics of HIV Prevention Research: Experiences in South Africa”.
C:B Core Faculty member Arlene Davis inaugurates Hospital Ethics Committee’s “Consult Learning Lab” series.
Doug Diekema M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, presents joint Pediatrics/Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds, “When parents and providers disagree.” more info (pdf) »
C:B Core Faculty member Rebecca Walker and Nancy King (Wake Forest University) publish analysis of “Biodefense Research and the U.S. Regulatory Structure: Whither Nonhuman Primate Moral Standing?” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 21:3 (2011)277-310.
Jill Fisher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University, inaugurates 2011-2012 NC Triangle/Triad Bioethics Dinner Seminar series, and presents Research Ethics Grand Rounds, “Recruiting Patients for Pharma: Private-Sector Physicians and Contract Research”. more info (pdf) »
C:B Core Faculty member Stuart Rennie helps lead first module of ARESA Course in South Africa. more info »
C:B Core Faculty member Anne Lyerly and colleagues publish empirical study of “Obstetrician-Gynecologists’ Objections to and Willingness to Help Patients Obtain an Abortion” Obstetrics and Gynecology 118;4 (October, 2011)? 905-912. see the article »
C:B Core Faculty member Anne Lyerly appointed to National Ethics Committee of the March of Dimes. Congratulations, Annie!
UNC Center for Bioethics opens tenure track Assistant Professor search! The C:B and the UNC Department of Social Medicine are seeking applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in bioethics, to begin in July, 2012.
Nancy M P King, J.D., inaugurates the 2011-2012 C:B Visitor’s Program, by delivering the first Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds lecture entitled, “Why Don’t We Agree About End of Life Decisions? And What Can We Do About It?”
